You can serve these shoestring sweet potato fries as a delicious snack or sophisticated side dish. As a result of the goat cheese and sauce I made, these shoestring fries are a healthier and more delicious alternative to classic fries. I love these super-thin fun potatoes. They are perfect for sandwiches, BBQ, and so much more. This shoestring fries recipe is crispy, customizable, and incredibly delicious! I baked them instead of deep-frying them, but you can also air-fry them.
What Are Shoestring Fries?
Despite loving classic French fries, I love these skinny fried potatoes because they’re so crisp and fun to eat.
Crispy and delicious, these pair perfectly with sauces like this delicious goat cheese sauce.
You will love these because:
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Even crispier than fries, these are better than fries.
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Retro shoestring fries were very popular in the 50s and 60s, and they are back now.
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Adding some garlic and rosemary to the shoestring fries will complement the goat cheese sauce, and they can be customized at any time.
How To Cut Shoestring Fries
A mandolin slicer can be used to cut shoestring fries. They are hand-held devices that slice vegetables and fruits with more precision and much faster than regular knives.
Use a mandolin slicer if you lack knife skills. If you have good knife skills, cut your shoestring fries with a knife. Make sure they are the same thickness or they won’t bake or fry properly.
Which Potatoes To Use
The sweet potato complements the goat’s cheese sauce perfectly, so you can choose any kind of potato.
Sweet potatoes come in different types, such as Jewels, Beauregards, Garnets, Murasakis, and Okinawas, which all have different colors but are delicious nevertheless.
There are several people who refer to sweet potatoes as yams, but they are completely different. The yams are starchy tubers that grow on tropical plants, while the sweet potatoes have orange flesh.
While sweet potatoes are available in most grocery stores in the U.S., yams are not. Sweet potatoes have a sweet flavor while yams are neutral.
How To Make The Goat Cheese Sauce
As goat cheese ripens, the flavors will deepen making the tartness sharper and earthiness more pronounced. Goat cheese is also called Chevre.
Goat’s cheese is also categorized into soft cheeses and hard aged cheeses under the term chevre, a culinary term.
Cheeses made from goats are made all over the world, including blue, brie, cheddar, and gouda, which are well-known.
This sauce tastes best when made with fresh or young goat’s cheese. This creamy rindless cheese is aged for only a few days, resulting in the mildest flavor and the best spreadability.
As the most common type of Chevre, it is often sold in a log shape, either as a plain cheese or mixed with fresh herbs.
To make the sauce you will have to blend:
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Goat cheese is soft and creamy
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Milk
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Freshly squeezed lemon juice
You can pair this sauce with any type of fries, including veggie fries, such as carrot or parsnip fries.
How To Make Shoestring Fries?
Once you’ve sliced the sweet potatoes up, season them with salt and drizzle with olive oil to make oven-baked shoestring fries.
You can also add some seasonings, like garlic powder or herbs, if you wish.
Lay out the sweet potato shoestrings on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Make sure they are all in a single row, not overcrowded.
You may need to cover these with another parchment paper in the first 15 minutes of baking, since they are very thin.
Goat Cheese Shoestring Fries
Ten minutes for preparation
Time to cook: 35 minutes
1 serving
The ingredients
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Peeled sweet potato (1 potato per person if you want to double the recipe)
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To taste, salt
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As desired, olive oil
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Goat cheese, 2 ounces
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Milk, 1 tablespoon
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Lemon juice, 2 tablespoons
Instructions
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400°F.
Using a mandolin slicer, cut the sweet potato into shoestring fries.
On a baking sheet, arrange the sweet potato fries in a single layer. Drizzle them with oil and salt.
In a second piece of parchment paper, cover the potatoes and bake for 15 minutes. Uncover the potatoes and bake for an additional 20 minutes.
Make the sauce while you wait; blend all ingredients in a food processor.
Serve shoestring fries with sauce drizzled on top.
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Goat Cheese Shoestring Fries
One serving is yielded
Time required for prep: 10 minutes
It takes 35 minutes to cook
45 minutes in total
Goat cheese sauce topped with crispy shoestring fries!
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Ingredients
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Peeled sweet potato (1 potato per person if you want to double the recipe)
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To taste, salt
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As desired, olive oil
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Goat cheese, 2 ounces
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Milk, 1 tablespoon
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Lemon juice, 2 tablespoons
Instructions
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Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400°F.
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Using a mandolin slicer, cut the sweet potato into shoestring fries.
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Sprinkle salt and olive oil over the sweet potato fries and arrange them in a single layer on a baking sheet.
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Bake the potatoes for 15 minutes, then uncover them and bake for another 20 minutes.
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Meanwhile, make the sauce by blending all ingredients in a food processor.
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Serve shoestring fries with sauce drizzled on top.