Use your sweet potato skins to make chips!
Lightly toss them in oil, sprinkle with salt and roast until super crispy.
It's the best nutritious snack that's sustainable and easy to make!
How to make sweet potato skin chips
Featured Ingredients
- Sweet potatoes: You're going to be using just the skins for this recipe, but save the sweet potato flesh for another use (such as to make my Maple Sweet Potato Soup).
- Oil: Use a neutral oil like avocado or extra virgin olive oil.
- Salt: To taste (you can't have chips without salt, imo!).
- Dried rosemary: Optional, but adds an earthy touch.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Peel the sweet potatoes using a paring knife, creating large skins with just a little flesh attached. (Set aside sweet potato flesh for another use.)
- Place the sweet potato skins on a baking sheet and toss with oil and salt.
- Roast for 25-30 minutes, until skins and crispy and brown. Allow to cool.
- Sprinkle with dried rosemary (if using).
Recipe Substitutions and Alterations
- Instead of sweet potatoes: Use white potato varieties like Yukon or red skin.
- For the oil: Use any neutral oil you have on hand.
- My favorite is avocado oil.
- Olive oil also works well.
Nutrition Considerations
- To make these gluten free: This recipe does not contain gluten.
- To make these dairy free: This recipe does not contain dairy.
- To make these vegan: This recipe is vegan.
- To make these nut free: This recipe does not contain nuts. Be sure all ingredients you choose are nut free.
- To make these egg free: This recipe does not contain eggs.
Sweet potato recipes to make ASAP:
- Maple Cinnamon Whipped Sweet Potatoes
- Brown Sugar Sweet Potato Pie
- Maple Sweet Potato Soup
- Sweet Potato Oatmeal Muffins with Graham Cracker Crumble
- Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges
Sweet Potato Skin Chips
These sweet potato skins are the perfect healthy snack alternative and make use of potato peels you might otherwise throw away.Â
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 4 Servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish, Snack, Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 4-5 medium sweet potatoes, washed
- 1 tablespoon oil
- Coarse salt, to taste
- Pinch dried rosemary, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Peel sweet potatoes using a paring knife, creating large skins with just a little flesh attached. (Set aside sweet potato flesh for another use.)
- Place sweet potato skins on a baking sheet and toss with oil and salt.
- Roast for 25-30 minutes, until skins and crispy and brown. Allow to cool.
- Sprinkle with dried rosemary (if using).
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ¼ of recipe
- Calories: 142
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 72 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 26 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Keywords: healthy, baked, oven, easy, crispy, simple
Keith says
I've been doing this for years
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Julie Andrews says
That's awesome, Keith! I love that it reduces food waste and makes for a super yummy snack. 🙂
Sabrina says
Soooo delicious! Will definitely make again and try with beets. I did have a question. I put seasoning on before baking and want more to stick after baking…. any tips?
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Julie Andrews says
I'm glad you loved them, Sabrina! Beet skin chips would be amazing. 🙂 I'd recommend seasoning them immediately after they come out of the oven - the oil will still be hot and will help the seasoning stick to them.