Sweet potato fries-recipe

Sweet potato fries - recipe
August 14th, 2010 2:45 am
Summer is a mixed blessing for the local residents of Atlantic City,New Jersey.Shoobies come and overrun the Jersey Shore to bask on our beaches.For those of you not familiar with the term "shoobie " the word dates back to the 1920's.Day- trippers would come down to Atlantic City with lunches in shoe boxes depriving the local businesses of income.Tourists who come to invade our shore towns and take over our beaches. Shoobies bring in enormous revenue during the summer months, but at the same time they add numerous delays and annoyances to day-to-day life such as traffic. As a whole we could not live without shoobies nor could any resort town! Just remember if it were not for shoobies we would not make any money or have jobs.All our businesses thrive off of shoobies.Look at our boardwalks.How many restaurants can we manage to put on one promanade.Not to mention all the food establishments throughout Atlantic City.When you think about it we need all the shoobies we can get.My daughter loves to get sweet potatoe fries at the House of Blues on the boardwalk in Atlantic City.I make them at home for us and they go with just about anything.The great part is you can make them all different ways.I make them plain for the kids and spicy for the adults.1 – 1 1/2 lb sweet potatoes,1/4 cup olive oil,1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tablespoons locatelli grated cheese , 2 jalapeno peppers,cut the tips off,take out the seeds and cut into round circles (make the circles as thick as you like) .
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
Clean the sweet potatoes. Cut into strips that are about 1/2 inch wide on each side.
Place the sweet potatoes into a mixing bowl. Add locatelli grated cheese,oil, salt and mix with your hands.(my children do not like spices so I separate 1/2 pound of potatoes and cook them on a separate lined baking sheet) I then add the jalapenos to the 1 pound of sweet potatoes mixture in the mixing bowl and mix everything together.Spread the potato mixture out onto the baking sheet in a single layer.
Cook for 30 minutes, turning every 10 minutes, until slightly browned. Transfer immediately to a paper towel lined plate and serve warm.Take in to consideration your oven temperature.If your oven runs a little hot lower the temperature to 350-395 degrees.You do not want to burn your fries.It is better to cook them a little longer than to burn the fries.Baking the fries is so much healthier.Sweet potatoes are so good for us nutritionally also.Serve and enjoy