I have had a ton of requests for my sweet potato French fries that accompanied my Bacon Wrapped Burgers yesterday, so I am going to share that recipe with you; however, I did not want to cook two meals in a row, so I will be giving you two sweet potato fry recipes.

Last night I made a great super-easy, go-to main course dish that even the most basic cook could put together. I accompanied it with corn and no-fry/baked sweet potato fries. Now these sweet potato wedges were a first time cook for me.  A great friend of mine told me that I had to try this recipe. I like my sweet potato fries the unhealthy way of deep frying them, but the baked way took them to a whole new level. I hope you enjoy all the below recipes.

Simple Barbecue Sausage

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 Pound Smoked Sausage cut into ¼ inch pieces

½ Small White Onion, chopped

1 Cup Your Favorite Barbecue Sauce

1 Teaspoon Red Pepper

Directions

1. In a sauté pan over medium-high heat, add sausage and cook for 5 minutes.
2. Add onions, barbecue sauce, and pepper, and cook an additional 5 minutes.
3. Enjoy!

Baked Sweet Potato Wedges

Serves 4

Ingredients

4-5 Medium Sweet Potatoes, peeled down to the dark orange layer (remove skin and whitish under layer)

2 Tablespoons Olive Oil

3 Tablespoons Dark Brown Sugar

1 Tablespoon Good Chili Powder

1/8 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes

Salt

Directions

1 Preheat oven to 400-degrees F.

2 Cut potatoes into 1″ wedges.

3 Toss in bowl with oil, sugar, and spices.

4 Place potatoes as single layer on lightly sprayed baking sheet.

5 Bake for 35-40 mins, turning potatoes every 10 minutes.

Sweet Potato Fries

Serves 2

Ingredients

1 Large Sweet Potato, cut shoestring style (leave skin on)

3 Cups Vegetable Oil

1 Table spoon Chili Powder

½ Tablespoon Onion Powder

½ Tablespoon Garlic Powder

1/8 Teaspoon Cumin

1/8 Teaspoon Red Pepper

Salt & Pepper

Directions

1. Add oil to a deep pan and heat to 350 degrees.
2. Carefully add cut potatoes to grease (you can do this in batches).
3. Mix all spices in a bowl and set aside.
4. Cook potatoes for 15 minutes, until boiling slows and fries are floating to the top of the grease.
5. Remove fries and let drain on a couple of paper towels.
6. Coat the fries in spice mixture, grabbing the corner of the paper towel and lightly toss the fries to evenly coat.
7. Serve with anything from sandwiches to steaks.
8. Enjoy!