Take your fries up a few notches. These smoky spiralized purple sweet potato fries are anything but boring! Baked, crispy, colorful, & smoky! Gluten-free, vegan, paleo, & oil-free, these fries will change your life!
The day has come. I teased you at the start of the year and I just didn't know when would be the perfect time to finally post these. I originally shared my most popular recipe, Spicy Spiralized Sweet Potato Fries, in May of 2015, well my friends, Summertime seems to be fry time! Let's see if these catch on as much as their orange brother. I have faith they will. These guys are smokin' and PURPLE!
Sexy, smokin', purple fries 😉 They're beckoning you, I know! Don't they look rather pink, though? I promise I used a Stokes! But if we ever find a pink potato...I think my life would be complete!
Potatoes are just great. The greatest food and really the most satisfying to me. I go through pounds and pounds a week. Mostly in the form of Japanese Sweet Potatoes (the best! I would say purple are, but they were MIA this year). The food I have the strongest and most frequent cravings for are potatoes; that's why I eat so many! If I'm having a bad day, a potato it is! There is no problem potatoes can't fix! (maybe...)
We all have those certain foods we reach for when we need some comfort. Thankfully, mine are rather healthy and nutritious! Sorry cake and cookies, I'm just not that into you! If I were given the choice between a potato and a cupcake, I would choose the former. However, my preferred potato "dish" would be as follows: A large Japanese Sweet Potato, "baked" in the microwave, split open, and stuffed with some sort of nut/seed/coconut butter with a dash of cinnamon. The eaten by cutting round slices, so you get these wheels with nutty butter in the middle...AHHHH, so good!
Japanese are the best in their density, sweetness, and texture. None of that watery "not a potato" crap that orange sweets are (haha, I have strong feelings, but you know I would still have and orange potato if I had to, but I haven't in over a year! Caveat: I just share recipes with them since I know everyone can find good ole' orange sweets!) Now...a Stokes purple sweet potato...they are just as glorious as the Japanese, but so hard to find :/ So when I fo get my hands on some, I make them last and use them in fun unique ways! Like gnocchi, pancakes, cookies, or you know, these spiralized fries!
Smoky Spiralized Purple Sweet Potato Fries
Smoky Spiralized Purple Sweet Potato Fries
Take your fries up a few notches. These smoky spiralized purple sweet potato fries are anything but boring! Baked, crispy, colorful, & smoky! Gluten-free, vegan, paleo, & oil-free, these fries will change your life!
- Yield: 1 1x
- Category: Side
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 Large Stokes Purple Sweet Potato
- Smoked Paprika (to taste)
- Onion Powder (to taste)
- Garlic Powder (to taste)
- Ketchup (to serve...of course!)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Cut off the tips of the potato and spiralize with the "c" (3mm) blade. Snip the long "noodles" so they are easier to eat!
- Toss the spiralized potato with the spices (eyeball it to your preference).
- Spread evenly on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper and bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until golden brown and crispy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Smoky, crispy, SPIRALIZED fries! This is the spiralizer you want (the best and most trusted on the market!) And if you want some spice to these fries, feel free to toss in some pepper or even just follow the spice mix in the spiralized fries! One thing is for certain though, you MUST eat these with the best condiment around...KETCHUP! Now go eat your potatoes and feel like a SPUD...STUD!
So tell me:
+ What is your #1 go-to "feel good" food?
+ Potato or cupcake? Okay, I know I'm probably the only one who would choose the former...
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Hannah | Eat, Drink, and Save Money
I need this SO bad!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yes!
Shelly
Oh yum - these look great. Sweet potato on the spiralizer is always a wicked arm work out though!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha! That depends on your potato and quality of spiralizer 😉
Brittany @ The Pistachio Project
These look amazing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Silly Mummy
These look great - the kids would love them! I didn't actually know there were different colours of sweet potato!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, there are MANY varieties of the sweet!
kimmythevegan
So pretty!!! I love it!
"But if we ever find a pink potato…I think my life would be complete!" You and me both.
Would you know I just tried a Japanese Yam for the first time last week? Crazy, right??? I didn't know what I was missing. I can't wait to try this out.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Never going back to American old orange potatoes, am I right? 😉
Deborah Davis
Potatoes in many forms -- from baked to fried -- are some of my guilty pleasures so I am pleased to see this healthier, oil-free recipe for Smoky Spiralized Purple Sweet Potato Fries.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, potatoes should never make you feel guilty!
Michelle
Rebecca I just saw these and I had to click! I love, love, love purple sweet potatoes????
I acquired my first Sprializer in March and am constantly looking for things to spiralize!
Thanks!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well this is just perfect for you then!
Nikki Frank-Hamilton
It's on! A challenge or a scavenger hunt, I am going to be looking for these purple gems! If they are that much better than the regular sweet potato I have to try them! And this looks like the perfect recipe to initiate my purple potato love.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I NEVER eat orange sweet potatoes (kinda yucky!)
Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled
We love our sweet potatoes in my house! Will have to try.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ah, good good 😉
Jennifer
We just made these tonight and my kids and hubby ADORED them!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Fantastic!!! That's what I LOVE to hear!! xo
Cathy Lawdanski
I have never seen a purple or Japanese sweet potato. Will have to look for those because I love all potatoes - especially sweet potatoes. This recipe looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Those are THE BEST varieties!
Dee
My kids are crazy about sweet potato fries, and they would love a big plate of these. !
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
These would be so fun!
Vegan Heaven
This is such a great idea, Rebecca!! So pretty! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you Sina!
Lee @ Veggie Quest
I'm so making these; I love an excuse to use my spiralizer. Pinning for later!! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's always fun to break it out!!
Kathleen - Bloggers Lifestyle
Yes please. These sweet potato fries look so so good. Genious.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Kristen @ The Endless Meal
I love smoked paprika and sweet potatoes. I bet these are so delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
2 of the best!
Leslie
Wow no oil! These look great!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Who uses oil to make baked fries? No one!
susan / the wimpy vegetarian
I love the spices you used, particularly the smoked paprika!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The best spice!
Evi @ greenevi
This looks so pretty, crunchy and delicious! I have never ever managed to make spiralized fries without oil. My sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots and zucchinis stayed always soggy 🙁
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
:O They need to be spread out nicely on the pan....
Cayanne Marcus @healthyezsweet
I wish I could be unique, but I'd chose the cupcake any day! That being said, I think you're definitely onto something when it comes to potatoes being just the ultimate satisfaction food. Whenever I want something filling and just.. comfy I go for potatoes. Bonus points if they're purple!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yes! Really, when I think of comfort food...I think of potatoes!
The Vegan 8
These look so amazing!! The color is just gorgeous and I love anything smoky!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you, thank you!
tianna
yummy! the flavor of these sounds so good!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Mary Ellen @ VNutrition
Great idea to spiralize them! And they look so pretty!
I’m Pinning and sharing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Marla
HI Rebecca,
Love those purple sweet potatoes and adding the spices sounds so tasty. Pinned & tweeted!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
Miz Helen
What a great idea for a sweet potato fry, which I love!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Totally!
Annmarie
Love this! We don't have any purple potatoes at my grocery store but I really want to get my hands on some! So pretty!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well we don't either so we can both wish 😛
Sophia | Veggies Don't Bite
I love skinny spiralized fries! I have a curly fry recipe on my blog I did a while back, still a fun addition to burger night. I bet these get nice and crispy with how thin they are. I'd totally pile these big on my burger as well as grab handfuls to shove in my mouth! Delish.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Why have I never but these on a burger???? :O
Emily
I would much rather have a potato than a cupcake, too! I am watching my carbs, so a white potato is out, but I can have a sweet potato occasionally. I've seen purple sweet potatoes at Trader Joe's but have never bought one. I am definitely going to pick one up the next time I am there.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
PSPs change lives any everything you "thought" you knew about potatoes!
Ana@CelebratingSunshine
This is such a great idea! I love that the potatoes are baked, not fried. I'm sure they are delicious and I can't wait to try our recipe.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Never fry a fry!
Hauke Fox
I never spiralized sweet potatoes. Just have this small hand spiralizer that looks like a pencil sharpener. I'll give it a try, it's definitely a recipe to surprise people with! 😀
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha, those sad pieces of plastic are NOT spiralizers!
Aimee / Wallflower Kitchen
Yay, you found them! And I LOVE what you've done with them! These look gorgeous 😀
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
No, haha! If you read the post, you see this is a very old recipe (as all my recipes are!)
Liz
I love the flavor profile on these fries! Time for me to dust off my spiralizer---the family will love these!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yes it is, Liz!! xoxo
Carly @ FitLiving Eats
Genius!!! I have been craving sweet potatoes lately and these look too simple and yummy to pass up! Plus, just another excuse to use my spiralizer 🙂 Pinned for later!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
My craving for potatoes never ceases 😛
Jenn
Love this! You had me at smoky! And then you added gorgeous color and...potatoes, hello, yum! Perfect, and the kids would love these too!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They would! Spiralized fries make us ALL kids again 😉
Mel @ avirtualvegan.com
Where would we be without potatoes? I, like you, love them and these fries are so pretty! I have never seen a purple sweet potato though. They tend to be yellow here but I'm sure they would still be great spiralized and cooked like this. I will try it next time I have one!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Any potato, any potato!
Casey the College Celiac
Brilliant use of spiralizing, as always! Love the purple - such good sweet potatoes!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Something as special as a purple sweet just NEEDS to be spiralized!
Linda @ Veganosity
Oh my gosh, I'm running to my kitchen to make orange sweet potato fries with my spiralizer right now! I don't have purple, but I have a major fry craving thanks to you. 😉
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahahaha! As long as you have a potato, life will be good!
nicole (thespicetrain.com)
So gorgeous and so delicious!! I love everything here, the vibrant color, the beautiful shape, the crispiness and smokiness...oh my, wonderful! I'm going to have to get myself a spiralizer!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It's a shame you don't have one!!
Megan @ MegUnprocessed
Looks vibrant and very appetizing!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ha, thanks!
Megan - The Emotional Baker
These fries are simply genius! I have a spiralizer, but haven't used it for fries, yet. Can't wait to try these 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
DO IT!!! One of the best uses for it 😉
Tara | Treble in the Kitchen
Love love love the idea of spiraling fries!! Reminds me of being at the fair as a kid and seeing "spiral spuds." So ahead of their time!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahahaha 😉 I guess they've always been a (delicious) thing in some form!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Sweet potato fries are Lynne's favourites. I've got to try these on her! Amazing! Thanks Rebecca 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes, yes! You BOTH will love!
Lacy
These look and sound like a perfect side dish, and the purple color is wonderful! Trying them soon. 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Our plates are always better with a little purple 😉
Melinda Mitchell
I did NOT KNOW there even were purple sweets!! Rebecca, you may have just introduced me to the new love of my life!!
Thanks!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They are pretty mind-blowing 😉
Chelsey
Love that these are oil free! Purple sweet taters are my faaave!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The best!!! They get so crispy on their own!
Deborah @ Confessions of a mother runner
Oh yes please!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
🙂
Diana Johnson
These are so pretty! I'll have to see if I can find purple sweet potatoes somewhere!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
If you find them...tell me! Haha!
Mandy
Potatoes are absolutely my number one go-to comfort food!! And these look SO perfect! We've got some cooler days coming up, so I'll have to give these a try! <3
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The ultimate comfort food!
Tiffany
These look so delicious and fun! I'm sure the kids would go nuts for them!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Sure they will!
Sarah- A Whisk and Two Wands
YUM! Love sweet potato fries and smokey I had to check these out! It's been awhile since I've make curly fries, I will have to get on that one of these cooler days as they don't work well on the grill.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, yea, no grilling for these babies!
Erica D
I think the answer is definitely: Potato + a cupcake!
These look great!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well now you just gave me an idea...
Laura
Purple sweet potatoes, plus a spiralizer, plus smoky flavours . . . what a win! Can't wait to try these:)
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Triple win 😉
Sabrina
I love the idea of spiralized fries! These look so light and crunchy!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! Thanks Sabrina!
Faith (An Edible Mosaic)
Nothing better than crispy and delicious oven-roasted fries! These are so pretty - love that color!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
That's for sure 😉
KC @ G-Free Foodie
This is. like, the best idea ever!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Hahaha, BAM!
Miss Polkadot
These sound really good. I've prepared shoestring sweet potato fries for the first time not too long ago and they were great. The purple ones add even more of a wow factor. They're not available over here, though. We only get the regular orange ones.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, well they're not available here either 😛
Candice @ Whole Health Hacks
This recipe looks so good! I am totally with you on choosing a potato over a cupcake, BTW! While I love a sweet treat on occasion, a Japanese sweet potato has such an indulgent flavor that I'd choose it any day!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha yes!!!! Japanese sweets are just....one of the most perfect creations of nature! Bahaha!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife
I think I've found my new favorite food! haha I need to find some purple sweet potatoes!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, you and me both!
Sam @ PancakeWarriors
Yes these with some ketchup and a black bean burger... OMG I WANT!!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Ah, perfect dinner!
Marlynn @ UrbanBlissLife
These are so beautiful, Rebecca! We make spiralized fries a lot at home (my son loves them) but I will have to try purple sweet potato fries sometime. Love colorful, healthier food!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Color just adds so much to the experience 😉
Lauren Gaskill | Making Life Sweet
You and I are purple twins today! 😀 Happy Monday, dear friend!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Purple makes a great start to the week 😉
Michele @ paleorunningmomma
Oh you know I love this! Smoky spiralized sweet potato fries - and the purple ones are the crispiest! My kids like to rank the different types of sweet potatoes on order of crispiness and purple wins lol 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Bahahaha! You're right!!! That's because they have less icky moisture like the common old orange!
Chrystal @ Gluten-Free Palate
I love this! and am pinning to my four hour body board.
Thank you!
Chrystal
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Haha, alrighty then 😛
Brittany
WOW! I've never seen anything like this before!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Bahahaha!
Harriet Emily
Wow these curly sweet potato fries are so beautiful Rebecca! I love the photos. They look so delicious, I can't wait to try your delicious recipe!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks, friend!
rachel @ Athletic Avocado
Purple sweet potatoes are the BOMB! Why have i not tried spiralized taters yet!?
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You haven't :O AHHH!
Chaza
I just had sweet potatoes last night. I love sweet potato fries. Looks great. 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You know what they say "a potato a day..." 😉
Victoria
I'm obsessed with sweet potato fries, but I never thought of using a spiralizer! Now they are like shoestring fries. Excited to try this!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Yes! They get super crispy if you do them right!
Hannah @CleanEatingVeggieGirl
Spiralized sweet potatoes are SO good! I definitely need to try making these fries. Purple sweet potatoes are one of my favorite things... plus, they're pretty!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
The prettiness is what matters 😉
Robyn @ Simply Fresh Dinners
Oh, you weren't kidding, Rebecca! How delicious are these beautiful fries. I need to keep my spiralizer on the counter because I want to curl everything! These are next on the list! Sharing 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Purple is better than orange any day 😉 Haha! Thank you Robyn! xoxoxo
Emily @ My Healthyish Life
*Knock on wood* but I still have purple sweet potatoes in my Whole Foods! Sweet potatoes (and nut butter) are my two feel-good foods 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
:'( I haven't had them here all year!!! We stopped getting them 🙁 You don't understand my jealousy!! Haha!
Julie @ Running in a Skirt
So this is kind of random, but when I pick links to click in a linkup I almost always pick yours! Your recipes must really speak to me 🙂 These look so good!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well my goal as a food blogger is to draw you in with deliciousness! xoxo Thanks dear!
Bianca - ElephantasticVegan
This is such a great idea and the perfect use for a spiralizer. Mine has been sitting in the corner of the kitchen - untouched for months. It's so sad. 😀 The purple potato makes the whole thing soo much prettier!
My go-to "feel-good" dish are probably summer rolls. I've been meaning to make some again for a while now 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I made summer rolls (rice paper rolls) a few weeks ago! Although fun, haha, I could not name them comfort food 😛
Courtney
So pretty! Food is more fun when it's spiralized! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
You never see a frown when you have a spiralized plate in front of you!
Susie @ SuzLyfe
SO SEXY
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Right?
Teffy @ Sprinkle of Green
YES! I need to try this, especially as my friend has a spiralizer and the little grocers next to me sells purple sweet potatoes. So pretty!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Send me your purple sweets!!! <3