Sweet Potato Fries with Spinach and Mint Yogurt Sauce
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
A healthy and delicious side dish using frozen sweet potato fries as the base for wilted spicy spinach topped with a refreshing mint yogurt sauce.
Ingredients
  • 1 bag Alexia Sweet Potato Fries
  • 1 TB vegetable oil or ghee
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 dried red chiles (or ½ tsp red pepper flakes)
  • 5 oz spinach, fresh or frozen
Yogurt Sauce
  • 1 cup plain Green yogurt
  • Juice of one lemon
  • 1 inch piece fresh ginger root, peeled and minced
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh mint
  • 2 scallions, white and light green parts only, sliced
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 425 and line a baking sheet with foil.
  2. Spread the sweet potato fries in an even layer on the baking sheet and bake for twenty to thirty minutes, stirring once in the middle, according to package directions.
  3. While the fries are baking, heat the oil or ghee in a large skillet. Add the garlic and chiles and cook over medium heat for one minute.
  4. Add the spinach and cook until wilted, about two minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
  5. Prepare the yogurt sauce by whisking the juice of the lemon into the yogurt.
  6. Add the mint and ginger and season well with salt and pepper.
  7. Cover and refrigerate until needed.
  8. When the fries are cooked, remove them from the oven and arrange on a platter. Top with spinach and garlic.
  9. Drizzle yogurt sauce over top of fries and garnish with scallions.
  10. Pass additional yogurt sauce on the side.
Recipe by West of the Loop at https://www.westoftheloop.com/2015/04/07/sweet-potato-fries-with-spinach-and-mint-yogurt-sauce/