Cinnamon-Sugar Fried Sweet Potatoes from Cajun Country | On The Road with Bryan Roof
Travel alongside Cook’s Country’s Editorial Director Bryan Roof as he explores the communities and cuisines that make up the great American dinner table. In this episode, he shows you how to make Cinnamon-Sugar Fried Sweet Potatoes inspired by his trip to Louisiana.
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So glad that ATK is waking up to the fact that foods cooked in animal fats are far superior to those cooked in the highly processed industrial seed poison….I mean oil.
I love lard! I got about a litre of the stuff last year when I made chicharon from skin that my butcher gave me. Everything I fried and cooked in that lard was delicious!
I love carrot fries. I wonder how much better they would be fried in lard… mmmm.
Boucherie!
This looks wonderful! But I wonder what to do with all that fat (veg oil or lard) afterwards. Can you strain it and keep in the fridge? (My mom would do that with her “french fry” oil and use it again a couple of times and the fry’s were always better using the older oil!) If so, how long?
If I fry, it's in lard. I like to get my lard from a meat processing shop out in the country. Tastes 100 times better than grocery store lard, Chicken (with milk gravy) and pie crust, etc etc.
Way over here on the west coast, I use lard in tortillas and tamales. It's good in pie crust, mixed 1/2 and 1/2 with butter. I think this sweet potato thing sounds wonderful.
Undeniably this would be delicious. But with 2 diabetic parents I'm going to pass.
Has anyone noticed how much sexier he gets with each passing year??!
My grandmother made these all the time when I was little but she never peeled them.
ATK,,,BRYAN,,Ialways order sweet potato fries in the restarant given the choice,,but I’ll DEFINATELY try there at home now, THANKS;;;;;;🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love frying in lard. Recently made the Cook's Country Extra Crispy Onion Rings – fantastic!
I still use lard to bake all of my cookies I make !
THIS IS MADNESS – GARBAGE FOOD THAT MAKES YOU SICK AND UNHEALTHY? WHY IS ATK DOING SO MANY HIGH CARB JUNK RECIPES??? THE REAL ART OF COOKING IS MAKING THE NUTRITIOUS DELICIOUS.
Louisiana we love our fats butter and lard
I am not going to start frying everything in lard, as I don't eat animals, including their rendered fat.
Chicken, then Onion Rings, then Egg Rolls over a day or two!!!
Brian is such a daddy. He could teach me to use lard.
The best piecrust and biscuit are made with lard- you’re right about frying in lard ,too.
How can you make them crispy in humid climate, like Florida?
"Everything that day…. was fried in lard. One of the best days of my life." Love it!
Getting back to old school frying,lard is best,marketing says different,so sad
Add vanilla bean to your sugar and make vanilla sugar
how many times can you reuse the lard for frying?
Doc, yes, I eat vegetables. I eat lots of sweet potatoes. Very healthy.
Was looking for an excuse to buy some lard 😉
The culinary power of… lard. Loved this video. Thank you all.
Omg.. I am doing thiiiiss
Can these be done in an air fryer?
Dipped in chocolate with a side of bacon yum. Seriously they look great and seasonal as they are – thank you.
That looks yummy! I'd love to use lard but my triglycerides are high. Sigh!
I've had these, but the sweet potatoes were precooked. The people doing it said it is easier to get a complete cook without burning the potatoes. It also takes much less time in the oil. They also used coconut oil. The flavor was amazing. I'm gonna have to try it like this to see which way I like them best! Great video!
How do you store the used lard, how many times can it be reused and for how long?
DON'T PEEL THEM! CLEAN THEM GOOD! THE PEELS ARE DELICIOUS AND VERY HEALTHY! 😋😋
Not everyone eat pork, or lard! Wake up, and have respect for those of us who don’t!
Won Ton wrappers. Cut into strips then dressed similarly to your sweet potatoes. Sugar, salt and instead of vanilla…sesame oil. Best crispy chips ever
Which brand of Lard, so confusing? My Granny used Chrisco.
Awesome! Here in the midwest, many restaurants are frying french fries in lard. They charge $1.50 – $2.50 extra. Definitely worth it every once in a while. Very good taste, etc. 👍 🥔
gonna have to buy some lard!!
Bryan is a total babe 😍
Can u bake them in oven instead?
Damn, this looks phenomenal!
Yum!
Brian, that looks delicious. My Hungarian grandmother used lard exclusively. Veal cutlets fried in lard. Pie crust made with lard. Oh what fond memories!
I thought there were no health benefits to lard! But let’s face it, you can’t go wrong with sugar, cinnamon and vanilla!!
And what they've found is that lard and tallow (beef grease) are the healthy fats. When the world believed the lie that vegetable oils were healthy and animal fats were poison, cancer and heart disease EXPLODED. We have researchers such as Ansel Keys to thank for that one. Corn oil, soybean oil, canola oil, cotton seed oil are all very unstable especially when heated and go rancid very quickly. Rancid oils are carcinogenic. Animal fats are much more heat tolerant and so they stay healthy even at higher temperatures. "Respect the oil" should be our watchword.
3:33 I can hear Julia screaming from the other room "Use the tongs!!!" 😆
Potatoes or steak fries
Why not use vanilla sugar? I'm sure it'd work.