| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 55 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 45 min |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 servings |
| Level: | Intermediate |
| Total: | 55 min |
| Prep: | 10 min |
| Cook: | 45 min |
| Yield: | 4 to 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 red onions, thinly sliced
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes or garnet yams (about 3 medium), scrubbed, unpeeled and cut into 1/4-inch-by-4-inch fries, soaked in ice water
- Canola oil or vegetable oil
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 8 ounces shredded fontina, for serving
Instructions
- For the caramelized onions: Heat the oil over medium heat in a large nonstick skillet. Add the onions, vinegar, salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, until the onions are deep golden brown, about 20 minutes.
- Fries: Drain the potatoes and dry completely on a clean kitchen towel. In a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, pour enough oil to fill the pan about a third of the way. Heat over medium-high heat until a deep-frying thermometer inserted in the oil reaches 375 degrees F. (If you don’t have a thermometer a cube of bread will brown in about 5 minutes.)
- While the oil is heating, in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and 2 1/2 cups water until smooth. Coat the potatoes in the batter. Transfer 8 to 10 potatoes to the oil, allowing any excess batter to drip back into the bowl. Fry until golden and crisp, 5 to 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with the remaining potatoes.
- For the sauce: In a small skillet, melt the butter over low heat. Add the thyme and garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Pour the sauce over the fries and gently toss until coated.
- Place the fries on a platter and spoon the onions on top. Sprinkle with fontina and serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 750 |
| Total Fat | 32 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Carbohydrates | 98 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Sodium | 695 mg |
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 750 |
| Total Fat | 32 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Carbohydrates | 98 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 10 g |
| Sugar | 4 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 64 mg |
| Sodium | 695 mg |
Reviews
Yummy VERY GOOD
Love this recipe!
Excellent!
DELICIOUS! I made these for dinner, followed the recipe exactly the way it is, i used sweet potatoes and they came out great everyone loved them. I will definitely make these over & over again.
I expected this to be much better than it actually was – perhaps yams would have been a better idea than the sweet potatoes. I will try it again!
All right people . . . this was just fantastic. I usually don’t eat fried food, but this just looked awesome and I must say this recipe didn’t let me down. You have to have a bite with everything on it, the onions, the sauce on top of the fires with the thyme, is delicious. This is a keeper recipe and I highly recommend it. I did use real sweet potatoes (which are white not the yams. Just delicious !!! Thanks again Giada !!!
Looks delicious, and I think I’ll give them a try this weekend. Yams are naturally sweeter than sweet potatoes, so this should be interesting.
Did ANYONE else notice that when she made these on TV she was using YAMS???? How was it that no one pointed this out to her? Yams and sweet potatoes are very different (I mean, they’re similar, but sweet potatoes are better. Yams are the ugly stepsister of sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are ORANGE. The things she was cutting up were white inside. That’s because they were yams. Silly, Giada. Also, the butter sauce seemed aggressive and unnecessary.
Very good but didn’t use the sauce.
The most divine french fries i have EVER had!!! You MUST make these. The flavors go soo well together. The fries are just slightly sweet from the sweet potatoes and the balsamic onions are so so good and the garlic butter YUMMM! Thanks Giada :