Cajun Rainbow Carrot Fries

Name: Cajun Rainbow Carrot Fries
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 4 large rainbow carrots, cut into 1/4-inch-thick strips, or more to taste; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 2 teaspoons coconut sugar; 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or more to taste; 1 pinch paprika, or more to taste; 1 pinch garlic powder, or more to taste; 1 pinch onion powder, or more to taste; 1 pinch ground black pepper, or more to taste; 1 pinch dried oregano, or more to taste; 1 pinch dried thyme, or more to taste; 2 tablespoons olive oil

8 Ratings
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The secret ingredient to crispy carrot (or sweet potato fries) is a little bit of organic corn starch! Too much and they will be pasty, too little and they won't get as crispy. My favorite way to eat these is with a little ketchup mixed with sriracha (a 4:1 ratio.) You can just buy a pre-made Cajun seasoning at the store (easy), or make your own by combining the spices listed.

By giannabowen

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Recipe Summary

prep:

15 mins

cook:

25 mins

total:

40 mins

Servings:

Yield:

2 servings

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.

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Step 2
Place carrots in a large bowl; add cornstarch and toss, using your hands, until evenly coated. Sprinkle coconut sugar, cayenne pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, oregano, and thyme over carrots. Drizzle olive oil over seasoned carrots and toss to coat. Spread carrots onto the prepared baking sheet.
Step 3
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes; flip and continue baking until lightly browned and crispy, 10 to 15 minutes more.

Cook's Notes:

Eat them right away, they soften after too long out of the oven. Be warned, you will be done in 3 minutes flat, you might want to make a double batch, they are so addictive!

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

221 calories; protein 1.7g; carbohydrates 24g; fat 14g; sodium 102.5mg. Full Nutrition

Rock_lobster

08/30/2016

Cajun Rainbow Carrot Fries Haiku: "Color me surprised. Carrots blah, but these? They're great. Fun & flavorful." Rather than measuring out all of the spices indicated by the recipe, I took the cook's suggestion in the description and used a Creole seasoning blend (from an AR recipe that I keep well-stocked in hinged glass jars from the craft store, fill with spice blends, and give as gifts.) This was a big time-saver for what turned out to be a side-dish success, and even moreso because my picky toddler clamored for all of the purple "fwiez."