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Homemade Sweet Potato and Smoked Paprika Chips

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Dusted with paprika and roasted in the oven, these Homemade Sweet Potato and Smoked Paprika Chips are so much tastier and healthier than shop bought oven chips and almost as easy!

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

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Last autumn, I was really inspired by Jamie Oliver’s Everyday Super Food* recipe book (which I reviewed earlier this year). One of the superfoods he really advocated were sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are apparently one of the healthiest vegetables on the planet: packed full of fibre, vitamins and antioxidants.

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

Since reading Jamie’s book I have used sweet potatoes in a lot more of my recipes: my Chicken, Chorizo and Sweet Potato Traybake, my Vegetable Mole and my Harissa, Sweet Potato and Chickpea Tagine, for example. Not only can I feel super smug about being healthy but I absolutely love the flavour of sweet potatoes – they are totally delicious!

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

Now, I have been making my own oven chips for yonks, but I’ve never quite got around to making sweet potato chips. Oh. My. Goodness. – I have been missing out! They taste AMAZING!!

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

Sweet potato chips taste great just on their own, but even more fabulous with the addition of a little smoked paprika. If you are not a fan of smoked paprika or fancy mixing things up a bit, you could try normal paprika or hot paprika, or swap the paprika for ground cumin, cayenne pepper or chilli flakes… or why not try a mixture? Cayenne pepper and cumin go particularly well together.

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

These homemade sweet potato and smoked paprika chips go brilliantly with almost everything. They would be fab with a steak, a homemade burger, a grilled chicken breast or why not try them with with my pan fried tuna or lamb koftes?

Homemade Sweet Potato Chips

 

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Easy Peasy Sweet Potato Chips
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Homemade Sweet Potato and Smoked Paprika Chips

Dusted with paprika and roasted in the oven, these Homemade Sweet Potato and Smoked Paprika Chips are so much tastier and healthier than shop bought oven chips and almost as easy!
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Course Side Dish
Cuisine British, Fusion
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 280kcal
Author Eb Gargano

Ingredients

Metric - US Customary
  • 1 kg sweet potatoes (roughly 2 medium ones)
  • 2 teaspoons smoked paprika (or normal paprika/cumin/cayenne pepper/dried chilli flakes, or a mixture)
  • 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil (or melted coconut oil)

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C fan / gas mark 7 / 425F.
  • Cut the sweet potatoes roughly into chip shapes - leave the skin on for extra goodness!
  • Place the sweet potatoes into a bowl and add the paprika, salt and oil. Mix together using your hands or a spoon (I find hands more effective!).
  • Place the chips on a non stick baking tray, well spaced out so they are not touching each other. (You may need 2 or 3 baking trays... If you don’t have that many, improvise using roasting tins or pizza trays!).
  • Put the baking trays in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
  • After 10 minutes, remove the trays from the oven and carefully turn over the chips using tongs or a fish slice (do this one tray at a time so the other chips don’t get cold).
  • Put the trays back in the oven for a further 10 minutes or until cooked – I tend to find eating one is the best way to know if they are cooked or not 😉

Notes

  1. Suitable for freezing.
  2. Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Nutrition Facts
Homemade Sweet Potato and Smoked Paprika Chips
Amount Per Serving
Calories 280 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 720mg31%
Potassium 865mg25%
Carbohydrates 51g17%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 35960IU719%
Vitamin C 6mg7%
Calcium 75mg8%
Iron 2mg11%
* % Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet
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  1. Lisa says

    9th June 2016 at 11:26 am

    These look amazing!! I love sweet potato chips
    L X

    #brillblogposts

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    • Eb Gargano says

      9th June 2016 at 11:41 am

      Thanks Lisa!! Me too – they are fab, aren’t they? Love how healthy they are 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  2. Kirsty Hijacked By Twins says

    9th June 2016 at 3:46 pm

    Oooh yummy! I love sweet potatoes and I bet the smoked paprika compliments them perfectly. Thank you for sharing with #CookBlogShare x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      9th June 2016 at 4:53 pm

      Thanks, Kirsty – it really does! They have a gorgeous sweet/smoky/savoury thing going on which is just sooo delicious! Eb x

      Reply
  3. themotherhubblog says

    10th June 2016 at 10:44 am

    Once I bought them from a market stall with rosemary and sea salt. Absolutely amazing, would highly recommend if you haven’t already tried.

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      10th June 2016 at 10:55 am

      Oooh yes! Sweet potatoes and rosemary are a fab combination, aren’t they? I haven’t done sweet potato chips with rosemary, yet (must try!), but I have done it before as a traybake – rosemary is fab in my Chicken, Chorizo and Sweet Potato Traybake. Thanks for commenting 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  4. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

    11th June 2016 at 6:42 pm

    Those sweet potato chips look gorgeous, the lovely colour of sweet potatoes always seem so inviting to me. I love your tip of knowing when they’re ready….when they’re super yummy like this it’d be quite tempting to say they’re not ready and pop them back in the oven for 30 seconds more – test and repeat 😉 ….not that I’ve ever done that you understand 😉
    Angela x

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    • Eb Gargano says

      13th June 2016 at 9:57 am

      Thank you, Angela! They are so pretty aren’t they? Especially with their dusting of paprika. Which also makes them taste FAB! I made some yesterday with smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, garlic and lime – SO GOOD! Yeah, I like your testing plan! I do find trying the food is nearly always the best way to check if it is done…and so often it isn’t quite done the first time… as you say test and repeat!! 😉 Eb x

      Reply
  5. Martin @ The Why Chef says

    13th June 2016 at 4:18 pm

    Another one of my favourite things! Although no chance of Mrs Why eating these :'( Do these crisp up after cooking? My one and only time of doing these turned out to be a rather floppy affair. Still loved them though! Also do you have a dip of choice??

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      13th June 2016 at 4:57 pm

      Um, depends on your definition of crisp! They are crisp enough to dip into things and they are certainly not floppy, but not as crisp as if they had been deep fried… I find the keys to a crispy sweet potato chip are: a hot oven temp – 200C, spreading them out on the baking tray so they are not touching, minimal oil (that’s why I oil them in a bowl, not drizzle oil over on the baking tray), turning them at least once during cooking and cooking them till they are quite brown. And eating them straight away, of course – they get soggy if they sit around too long!! But to be honest…a mission to find the perfect way of making sweet potato chips crispy sounds like a mission for The Why Chef!!! (I’ve heard egg whites help…but haven’t tried that one!!) My dip of choice would always be guacamole. I have a recipe on my site for an easy version. For me sweet potatoes and avocados are a match made in heaven! Thanks for your lovely comments. Eb 🙂

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      • Martin @ The Why Chef says

        13th June 2016 at 9:42 pm

        Ah that sounds decent – these were totally floppy! Wouldn’t stand up under their own weight when held out! Haha oooh it could be! I’ve been reading up about starches and how they help crisp under heat… could try adding a starch before frying! Ah no way, I’d never put them two together and I’m always looking for an excuse to use avocados! I fell in love with them in Costa Rica at the start of the year, but have no idea on their uses! Cheers! 🙂

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        • Eb Gargano says

          14th June 2016 at 10:27 am

          Sweet potato and avocado is an awesome combination!!! Can’t believe you’ve not tried it – do it now! Looking forward to a future The Why Chef post on the ultimate sweet potato chip!! Eb 🙂

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  6. Corina says

    13th June 2016 at 10:02 pm

    I love Jamie Oliver’s book too and am a big fan of sweet potatoes. I don’t use them as often as I would like to as my husband doesn’t like them but I do often add them to stews and then pick the sweet potato out of his portion and add it to mine! I never complain if there’s more for me! I have tried making chips with them but find it slightly harder to get them crispy than normal chips. I still gobble them up though and the smoked paprika on these ones must be lovely.

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    • Eb Gargano says

      14th June 2016 at 10:18 am

      Sweet potatoes are fab, aren’t they? – I am amazed that there are people out there who don’t like them! I am fortunate that my family all love them – my little boy couldn’t get enough of these chips!! But then I mostly weaned my kids on sweet potatoes, so not especially surprising!! Eb x

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  7. Sarah James @ Tales From The Kitchen Shed says

    14th June 2016 at 1:01 pm

    Delicious Eb, love the idea of smoked paprika with the sweet potato. A tasty and healthy alternative recipe to regular oven chips, pinned for later x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      14th June 2016 at 1:31 pm

      They go so well, Sarah. I had some at the weekend with smoked paprika and cayenne pepper – they were pretty awesome too! Thanks for your kind comments and for pinning 🙂 Eb x

      Reply
  8. Kate - gluten free alchemist says

    19th June 2016 at 8:02 pm

    I adore sweet potato chips and this recipe is perfectly timed….. I have just returned from the States to find a sweet potato that was there when I left, still loitering! Looks like it’s heading for the knife, shortly followed by the oven! Thanks for sharing xx

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th June 2016 at 9:43 am

      Thanks Kate! That sweet potato sounds like it has a great destiny 😉 Eb x

      Reply
  9. Rebecca - Glutarama says

    19th January 2021 at 10:14 am

    Deeeelicious! I’ve made something similar with normal potato (it was actually after my son saw it in a food tech lesson) but never thought to use sweet potato’s, will defo be giving this a try.

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      19th January 2021 at 10:25 am

      Oh you have to try smoked paprika on sweet potato chips – it is such an AMAZING flavour combo! Eb 🙂

      Reply
  10. Renu says

    19th January 2021 at 10:41 am

    I love this and it is such a guilt free snacking option or goes well as a side too. Crisp and yum. I do add Peri-Peri spice mix to my sweet potato chips, next I will try with smoked paprika.

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th January 2021 at 10:35 am

      Thanks Renu! Oh I love Peri Peri spiced chips too 😀

      Reply
  11. Choclette says

    19th January 2021 at 5:25 pm

    Smoked paprika is such a fabulous ingredient. I regularly use them for my sweet potato chips – and ordinary ones come to that. Would love to tuck into a bowlful of yours right now. Don’t suppose you could send some over?

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th January 2021 at 10:36 am

      Oh, isn’t it just? It’s my favourite spice by a mile! Haha – popping some in a jiffy bag for you 😉

      Reply
  12. Janice says

    19th January 2021 at 8:28 pm

    What a super simple recipe for something very very tasty, thanks.

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      20th January 2021 at 10:36 am

      Aw, thanks Janice!

      Reply
  13. Chloe Edges says

    23rd January 2021 at 2:02 am

    Yum I’m a huge fan of smoked paprika with sweet potatoes. And sweet potatoes in general for that matter!

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      25th January 2021 at 11:15 am

      Thanks, Chloe – it’s a great combo, isn’t it? Eb 🙂

      Reply
  14. Midge @ Peachicks' Bakery says

    24th January 2021 at 3:36 pm

    YUM! Love sweet potatoes in this house! Pinned for later 🙂

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      25th January 2021 at 11:24 am

      Aw, thanks Midge! 🙂

      Reply
  15. Sisley White says

    26th January 2021 at 9:22 am

    I can not get enough of sweet potato chips. These are so easy to make too. Love it!
    Thank you for linking up to #CookBlogShare x

    Reply
    • Eb Gargano says

      26th January 2021 at 11:21 am

      Thanks Sisley! Eb 🙂

      Reply

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