Sweet Potato Matchsticks

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This turned out fine for me - crispy thin fries. One star off b/c taste was very good, but not amazing. I followed directions to a T. What worked for me: I made the sweet potato as thin as possible. I have an OXO mandolin that was easy to use and sliced it to a very thin 1/16. Then I sliced them super thin with a fine knife. I used the cold bath and dried them well. I used a deep pot and only filled it 1/4 so it wouldn't boil over. Then I fried them on high in small batches for a few minutes each. Spice mixture had a great taste and kick. Good luck!

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I had trouble with this recipe from the beginning... starting with cutting the sweet potatoes with a mandolin. The sweet potatoes kept breaking. They were just too hard. It looks like Tyler maybe roasted them first before cutting? If so, would you please add in the directions how long to roast them and at what temperature. Thankq!

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I made these potatoes from my wifes description and reading the recipe. I usually am dissapointed by sweet potatoe fries because they are very difficult to get crisp. I did use a mandolin to cut them into what may have beena little smaller than the shoe strings people are used to seeing. The ice & water rinse in the bowl is an important step that I have left out before. I use a tea steeper to put the fresh herbs into and minced them afterwards. I almost took them out to soonand only cooked a 1/2 a potatoe @ a time. They came out of the fryer looking like a bird nest. I will use this recipe over & over again, fun & yummy

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I though the sweet potato were sooo good. I had the oil boil over also so next time i will only fill it 1/4. My favorite was the deep fryed hearbs on top.
Thay make a great gluten free side dish too.
anks

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I am a good cook, love to cook.... and I have been cooking for 38 years. Watched Tyler Florence make these fries on his show and decided to make them. I followed the recipe and the 'matchsticks' were limp. Very disappointing.

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Just tried's these. Tyler's looked great. My version not so. Followed the recipe to the letter. Tasted great, but mine turned out limp. Was so looking forward to the mile high orange delicacy like Tyler's.

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These were really good; but so much more labor intensive than it seemed. First the potatoes were very hard to get through the mandoline and they were prone to breaking. The oil boiled over how I am still not sure .. What a mess. What is really strange is I used a stock pot and the oil was only half way up the pot.

Although I followed all of the steps aggitating in ice water, rinsing and drying in kitchen towels (they were bone dry the did not get crispy. And yes I fried in small batches. The taste was good - just not a winner.

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These were fantastic!!! I'm not a huge fan of sweet potato anything, but when I saw that there was a little bit of heat added I had to give it a try. These were by far the BEST I've ever had. My husband is a HUGE sweet potato fan and he says that he really liked the added spice, not something that you see with sweet potatoes! Thanks again Tyler!!!

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I haven't tried this recipe yet, but I do intend to try it out. However, Tyler did not add any garlic, that was used earlier to infuse the olive oil, on the fried matchsticks. If he did intend to use the garlic on the fried matchsticks, the recipe directions calls for peeling and sprinkling the garlic. No mention of how to get from a whole clove to smaller size for sprinkling. I can certainly fill in the blanks, like fine dice the garlic, but the directions for this step should have been include. I love all of Tyler's recipes. One of the top 3 on Food Network.