Baked Sweet Potato Fries

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These baked sweet potato fries are loaded with black beans, onions, cilantro, and vegan cheese. 

It doesn’t get much easier than that. I love making healthy snacks like this gives me nutrients, fiber, and doesn’t compromise on taste. These fries would also taste great in an air fryer. Comment below if you’ve tried sweet potato fries in the air fryer! Or bring these to your next dinner party. I feel like nobody brings fries to dinner parties but fries are generally loved by most. 

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Dipping sauces for sweet potato fries

Now let’s discuss my favorite go-to vegan cheese sauce. On days when I don’t feel like making my own, I love using Siete cashew cheese sauce. It’s the best vegan cheese sauce I’ve had. Honestly, I think it tastes better than conventional cheese. However, you can make your own vegan cheese sauce too. Which I do as well. Check out my vegan Mac & Cheese recipe by clicking here. Also, I’ve included a homemade dipping sauce recipe below that goes well with the baked sweet potato fries. 

Baked sweet potato fries ingredients

• sweet potatoes
• grapeseed oil (use whatever oil you prefer)
• sea salt & black pepper (to taste)
• maple syrup
• smoked paprika
• cooked black beans
• diced onions
• chopped cilantro

Vegan miso gravy ingredients

• 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp vegetable stock (divided)
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
• 1 tsp chili paste/hot sauce/sriracha
• 1.5 tbsp grapeseed oil
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 1 tsp balsamic vinegar or red wine vinegar
• 2 tsp white miso
• 1 tbsp all-purpose flour OR arrowroot powder (gluten-free option)
• black pepper

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How to make these sweet potato fries

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. On a large baking sheet, line it with parchment paper and leave aside. 
2. Cut your sweet potatoes in half and cut then on an angle into wedges as best as you can. Feel free to peel them first if you prefer. 
3. In a large bowl, add your sweet potatoes and coat with grapeseed oil, sea salt, black pepper, maple syrup, and cinnamon.
4. Transfer the coated sweet potato fries to the lined baking sheet in a single layer and space them apart as much as you can. 
5. Roast the fries for 20 minutes. 
6. In the meantime, rinse and drain the canned black beans. Add your favorite oil to a pan and saute diced onions and black beans for approximately 10 minutes. Add sea salt and black pepper to taste. 
7. At 20 minutes, take the fries out and flip them. Return them to the oven for an additional 10 minutes, or until thoroughly cooked throughout. 
8. After the fries have cool, top with the black bean mixture, chopped cilantro, and Siete vegan cheese sauce or miso gravy.

Vegan miso gravy recipe

1. To a pan over low to medium heat, combine the chopped garlic cloves, veggie stock, thyme (or whatever herbs you prefer), hot sauce or chili paste, maple syrup, grapeseed oil, and balsamic vinegar. Bring to a light boil
2. In a bowl whisk together the remaining veggie stock, miso, and all-purpose flour (or arrowroot, if using) until there are no major lumps. 
3. Add the mixture to the simmering stock mixture in the pot.
4. Whisk the gravy in the pan until it’s thickened, it should take about 4-5 minutes. 
5. Remove the pan from heat and pour the gravy over the sweet potato fries and garnish with the black bean mixture and cilantro. 

More delicious vegan recipes to try:

• SWEET POTATO SOUP WITH SPINACH & CHICKPEAS
• SWEET POTATOES WITH PEACH SALSA BUDDHA BOWL
• MEXICAN-INSPIRED SWEET POTATO BUDDHA BOWL
• CHICKPEA CHILI WITH BAKED POTATOES

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