Don’t toss those tater skins, bake these crispy and delicious Oven Baked Sweet Potato Skin Fries! Super simple to make and packed with fiber, they’re a great snack or side dish that will disappear in minutes! Paleo and vegan-friendly!
I love summer grilling season, being out doors, and the cooking inspiration that comes from all of the beautiful seasonal produce. We can’t get enough BBQ, grilled burgers and kebabs, and fresh salads and sides. Whether you’re having a cookout, or just making a weeknight meal at home, I have one request for when you start preparing your food—don’t throw out your potato skin shavings. Potato skin shavings (sweet or regular) make a delicious batch of crispy crunchy potato skin fries!
A Sustainable Snack!
I hate wasting food and leftovers, and this recipe came to me when I was spiralizing veggies and ended up with a pile of skins. I didn’t want to just toss all that food, so I decided I needed to come up with a way to use them.
So I oiled them up, seasoned them, sprinkled on some parmesan, and baked! And when I tell you that what came out of that oven was magical—we devoured them in minutes!
You can use other root vegetable skin shavings and just adjust the time. I tried carrots, parsnips, and regular potato. The carrots definitely cook faster but totally work!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Below is an overview of the ingredients and recipe. Please be sure to scroll down to the recipe card below for the complete details and nutrition information.
- Potato Skins – The skins/peels from 3 or more sweet potatoes or regular potatoes.
Pro Tip: Save up your skins for one big bake. You can keep them in a ziplock bag in the fridge until your ready to bake them. One little potato won’t get you many fries, but if you are making mashed potatoes, a spiralized salad, or potato salad for a potluck, then you can definitely get more fries at once.
- Oil – You can use an oil of your choice, I prefer olive oil or avocado oil.
- Parmesan – Freshly grated or crumbled Parmesan. Exclude if paleo, dairy-free or vegan. Or replace with vegan Parmesan substitute.
- Seasonings – Black pepper and sea salt are a must! Feel free to toss in some basil, rosemary, dried red pepper, or fresh garlic.
How to Make Potato Skin Fries
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with some parchment paper.
- Scrub your potatoes really well, remove any damaged areas, and peel. You want to try and make thicker peels, about ½ inch wide or more works best.
- Place the peels in a bowl, add in your oil and spices, then toss the skins to coat.
- Spread them out evenly on your prepared baking sheet, and you can sprinkle with some more spices if desired.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes, then remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Return to oven oven and bake for 6-7 more minutes or until crispy. Make sure to keep an eye on them so they don’t burn.
- Remove from oven and add optional dried basil or red pepper before serving.
- Store in ziplock bag after cooled if you aren’t eating right away.
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Oven Baked Parmesan Sweet Potato Skin Fries Recipe
- Total Time: 20
- Yield: 3 1x
Description
Oven Baked Parmesan Sweet Potato Skin Fries Recipe
Ingredients
- skins/peel from 3 or more sweet potatoes or regular potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil or avocado oil
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 2–3 tablespoon crumbled parmesan (exclude if paleo or vegan)
- Optional basil or red pepper topping.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with some parchment paper.
- Scrub your potatoes really well, remove any damaged areas, and peel. You want to try and make thicker peels, about ½ inch wide or more works best.
- Place the peels in a bowl, add in your oil and spices, then toss the skins to coat.
- Spread them out evenly on your prepared baking sheet, and you can sprinkle with some more spices if desired.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes, then remove from oven and sprinkle with Parmesan.
- Return to oven oven and bake for 6-7 more minutes or until crispy. Make sure to keep an eye on them so they don’t burn.
- Remove from oven and add optional dried basil or red pepper before serving.
- Store in ziplock bag after cooled if you aren’t eating right away.
Notes
If you are using carrot or parsnip peels, then you will need to adjust the cooking time. They will usually cook faster.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 14 min
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Sweet potato skin fries! What is this madness or should I say genius. Be still my potato loving heart. I am in awe of your waste saving skills. I bow before you.
it’s engraved in me. In case I get stranded somewhere, right? LOL! kidding. Hopefully.
What a great way to use up the scraps. Will definitely be trying this out, gotta get our crunch on 😉
I actually LOVE LOVE LOVE sweet potato skins! They’re one of my favorite parts of the sweet potato! If you haven’t tried it already, you have to try kabocha skins. They are so tasty, filling and versatile! I bet you can cook them the same way!
i love all squash skins! haha YES!
I can’t remember the last time I peeled potatoes – I prefer them with the skins on, plus I’m a lazy cook – but I would peel some potatoes for these!
yea! well let me know if you try it Hannah!
Wow these look awesome. Who doesn’t love fries especially healthy ones baked in the oven. I am a fan of all things with sweet potatoes so these are definitely on my radar. Great photos ! Have a happy holiday weekend. xo Lauren
I AM A SKIN PERSON!!! genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the skins and this idea is so creative! I’ll definitely use this next time I spiralize ?
Helloooo crisp, crunchy deliciousness! These look PERFECT!
Jesse likes his sweet potatoes peeled whilst I like them whole – now I know what I’m doing with his peels 😛
Waste not want not never looked this good before! We usually leave the peel on homemade baked fries already but just the peel sounds like an even crispier = better idea.
Yes! totally! and let me know if you try it. <3
I love the peel! Plus, who couldn’t use more fiber?
I really love that you did this with sweet potatoes. I still won’t go near “regular” ‘taters. Blech.
haha fiber us up! then wine to digest. yes?
this is such a great idea..#reducefoodwaste
you know it!
what a great way to eat potato skins! most of my fam doesn’t like potato skin but this will certainly change their minds 🙂
totally! let me know if they try it!
How incredibly resourceful!!! Love this idea, Lindsay. Making these soon for sure.
These sound so good! I usually just slice mine into circles and eat the whole thing or make it in the microwave when I’m lazy (99% of the time). I bet these are delicious!
Well, I know what I’m making this weekend, YUM!
Calories definitely don’t matter here! They look delicious and SO crispy! Have a great weekend, Lindsay!
Oh my goodness, these sweet potato skins are TOTALLY genius! Never again am I throwing out the potato peelings!!
Okay Lindsay, we are technically in the same city so, room service? Lol! I want this!
using the peel is such a great idea! i LOVE sweet potato fries!!
I’m cracking up over the amount of calories…so true…does not matter! I mean, truly, these are perfection! Such a great way to use those skins that I’ve been throwing into the compost pile! It’s so hard to create a great crunch with sweet potatoes, so this really solves that problem too. Love this, Lindsay…can’t wait to make them.
Not to mention potato skins have a wealth of nutrients in them. Love this! No plans this weekend other than school and work. I have sponsored travel next week so it’s going to be busy getting work done!
I usually just eat the skins after baking (attached to the flesh or not!) but this is genius. And I will be spiralizing later tonight, so maybe I’ll peel them first!