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Sweet Potato Chips with Rosemary & Black Pepper.

May 22, 2013 - 9 Comments

Sometimes I like to really think hard about posts and what they will contain. Other times, they seem to write themselves.

Sometimes, I'm tempted to just throw a picture up and be like, here. Make this. Eat it. Because sometimes the food is just so fantastic it really needs to fluffy words to surround and support it.

Take bacon for example. Clearly a food that can stand on it's own. No words make bacon better. Bacon just IS better.

Alas, this recipe is not for bacon. And though I try to not post two recipes in a row (mainly because I know how much it means to you to hear my ridiculous packing updates), but as previously stated, sometimes the posts choose me.

They beg. Plead with me.

Shaaaare me! My goodness must be spread around the globe!

So I oblige. And get to eating. And then writing.

This recipe is not new or cutting edge. What it IS is a wonderful replacement for that nasty bag of chips currently sitting in your cupboard. Ya. I see it. It's half full of crumbs, pumped full of preservatives, and layered with yellow #5. Fake, rancid, hydrogenated oils fill it's pores.

Lucky for your potato chips, I don't judge. I just use traditional, nourishing fat to create a much, much better alternatives.

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Tallow Fried Sweet Potato Chips with Rosemary & Black Pepper
You will need:
– 1/2 cup – 3/4 cups home rendered tallow (or coconut oil)
– 2 large sweet potatoes
– Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
– 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, minced

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Step One: In a large cast iron skillet, melt the tallow over medium-high heat. The temperature of the oil should be fairly high, that way it will fry and crisp up the chips instead of simply cooking them (=soggy chips) (=no bueno).

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Step Two: While the tallow heats up, use a mandolin to slice the sweet potatoes into super thin slices. You will notice from the photos that I have no mandolin. Just this super cool knife I've been telling you about on Facebook. By all means, the knife works to slice the sweet potatoes. But I'm telling ya, it's about time for me to splurge on one of those beautiful and useful mandolines. It's impossible for this untrained hand to get a super consistent thin slice from the potatoes, resulting in some super thin pieces and some thicker pieces. This results in slightly inconsistent results. Regardless of whether you have a mandoline or a sharp knife, I'm sure you understand the goal here. Slice those spuds.

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Step Three: Gently place a few of the sweet potato slices into one even layer in the hot oil. Don't overcrowd. It will take a few batches to fry them all this way, but that's okay. It'll really help to make 'em crispy when they have plenty of delicious fat to fry in.

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Step Four: When the potatoes begin to slowly curl up at the edges and brown (this will take 2-3 minutes), quickly flip them over. Allow the other side to gently brown as well. Don't burn them. Gently brown, I say.

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Step Five: When completely crispy and delicious, move them over to a towel-lined plate to dry. Quickly sprinkle each batch with a generous pinch of sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and minced rosemary.

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Step Six: Repeat the steps until no more sweet potato slices remain.

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The result of your effort will be this incredibly wonderful tower of sweet potato chips. The sweet, subtle scent of rosemary will tickle your senses before their crispy goodness even touches your lips.

That sweet rosemary makes me weak at the knees. Hence the reason I ate this entire plate of sweet potato chips.

What? Don't judge. I'm lactating for Pete's sake!

If there's one thing I've learned about raising rabbits thus far it's this: lactating Mama's eat A TON of food. Much more than the average human…er, rabbit. Hence my excuse.

It's nature, man.

For other great meal ideas, no matter what your dietary restrictions, check out the meal planning service I use: Real Plans.

Tallow Fried Sweet Potato Chips with Rosemary & Black Pepper

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Course Appetizer, Side Dish, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • ½ – ¾ cup home rendered tallow (or coconut oil)
  • 2 large sweet potatoes
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 1 tbsp fresh rosemary, minced

Instructions
 

  • In a large cast iron skillet, melt the tallow over medium-high heat. The temperature of the oil should be fairly high, that way it will fry and crisp up the chips instead of simply cooking them (=soggy chips) (=no bueno).
  • While the tallow heats up, use a mandolin to slice the sweet potatoes into super thin slices. You will notice from the photos that I have no mandolin. Just this super cool knife I've been telling you about on Facebook. By all means, the knife works to slice the sweet potatoes. But I'm telling ya, it's about time for me to splurge on one of those beautiful and useful mandolines. It's impossible for this untrained hand to get a super consistent thin slice from the potatoes, resulting in some super thin pieces and some thicker pieces. This results in slightly inconsistent results. Regardless of whether you have a mandoline or a sharp knife, I'm sure you understand the goal here. Slice those spuds.
  • Gently place a few of the sweet potato slices into one even layer in the hot oil. Don't overcrowd. It will take a few batches to fry them all this way, but that's okay. It'll really help to make 'em crispy when they have plenty of delicious fat to fry in.
  • When the potatoes begin to slowly curl up at the edges and brown (this will take 2-3 minutes), quickly flip them over. Allow the other side to gently brown as well. Don't burn them. Gently brown, I say.
  • When completely crispy and delicious, move them over to a towel-lined plate to dry. Quickly sprinkle each batch with a generous pinch of sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, and minced rosemary.
  • Repeat the steps until no more sweet potato slices remain.
Keyword chips, sweet potato
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Comments:

  1. Meredith

    May 22, 2013 at 10:33 am

    YES! Thank you so much for this recipe. We love sweet potato chips and we’ve been looking for something amazing to do with ours. I can’t wait to make these tonight!!

    Reply
  2. Jeanette_P

    May 23, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    baked sweet potato chips are good too, we like them with cumin

    Reply
  3. Andrea

    May 31, 2013 at 2:07 pm

    These were amazing! but.so.time.consuming. This is really my first time deep frying anything. Any tips? Do most people use a deep fryer?

    Reply
    • Keeley

      June 1, 2013 at 3:05 pm

      This isn’t considered deep frying….to deep fry it is easier with a deep fryer. It takes A LOT of oil.

      Reply
      • Andrea

        June 2, 2013 at 7:35 pm

        Sooo… there’s no quicker way to do this recipe? Because I would definitely like to eat them again :).

        Reply
        • Shaye Elliott

          June 3, 2013 at 7:32 am

          You could use a larger cast iron skillet so you could do more at a time – I’ve seen some pretty big ones! 😉 You could also do them in a deeper skillet and just use more tallow as well.

          Reply
          • Andrea

            June 4, 2013 at 12:28 pm

            Thanks!

  4. Deb B

    November 18, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    I can’t wait to make these, I’m sure these will be just as good as all your other recipes we’ve made! …never even thought to fry sweet potatoes – & we love sweet potato fries! Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Camille Olivia

    November 22, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    you are a HOOT! (and yes, I’ve made these…but not with coconut oil {next!} and not with the Rosemary) Can’t wait to do it “your” way! Thanks, Loveliness!

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