Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Mac & Cheese Sauce and Chimichurri
This Tailgating Snack of Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Mac & Cheese Sauce and Chimichurri is filled with yummy veggies, herby Chimichurri Sauce, and creamy rich Mac & Cheese Sauce. It’s like the best of all worlds on one plate.
Place all Chimichurri ingredients in the bowl of a food processor, and pulse, scraping down sides occasionally. Transfer to small serving bowl.
Cover and let stand at room temperature.
Make Mac & Cheese Sauce
Melt the butter in a medium pan over medium heat, then add the slowly sprinkle in the flour. Use a wooden spoon to stir well, until it is well combined. Keep stirring this mix for 1 minute on a medium heat. Remove the pan from the heat.
Start by adding 3 tablespoons of the milk. Stirring until it is combined. Then add 1/3 of the milk, again, stir until it is combined. Keep stirring the mixture, it will take a couple of minutes, and you will get lumps. The lumps will go away as you stir. Return the pan to a medium heat, and add the remaining milk. Stir well until the lumps are gone, and the sauce has thickened.
When it has thickened, remove from heat, and slowly add the grated cheese, and stir well.
Make sweet potato fries
Preheat oven to 400° F.
Cut sweet potato into long strips lengthwise, about 1/2 inch, square. You want your sweet potatoes to be roughly uniform in size so they all cook at about the same rate.
Place the cut sweet potatoes in a large cast iron skillet or on a baking sheet, and drizzle with oil, sprinkle with cumin, salt, and pepper, and toss to coat. Roast in 400° F oven, turning occasionally, for 30-35 minutes, or until crisp and browned outside and just tender inside.
Assemble:
Make Chimichurri Sauce in advance, even up to a day or two before. Store it in a tightly covered jar in the fridge.
Cut and bake sweet potato fries.
While the fries bake, make Mac & Cheese Sauce.
Carefully remove fries from oven, and arrange on a serving plate. Drizzle with Mac & Cheese Sauce, and top with Chimichurri.
Stand back as people rush to eat these yummy tailgating snacks!
Notes
The Chimichurri Sauce makes more than you need for these fries.The Mac & Cheese Sauce also makes more than you'll need for these fries.