Make your own tots at home! These Sweet Potato Tots are the perfect indulgence - and better for you than the fast food tots! Plus a review of Superfoods at Every Meal.
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 24-36 tots
Author Deborah Harroun
Ingredients
Sweet Potato Tots:
1large sweet potatopeeled
1egg
1/4cup30g all-purpose flour
1/4teaspoonsea salt
1/4teaspoonpaprika
1/4teaspoongarlic powder
3cupsoilfor deep frying*
Creamy Ketchup:
1/4cup58g plain Greek yogurt
1/4cup60g ketchup
Instructions
For the tots:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the whole sweet potato and cook for about 15 minutes. You want it to be slightly softened, but not easily mashed - you will need to be able to grate it. Drain and let it sit until cool enough to handle, then grate with a cheese grater.
Combine the shredded potato and egg in a medium bowl and use a fork to combine. In another bowl, combine the flour, salt, paprika and garlic powder. Add the flour mixture to the potato and stir to combine.
Pour the oil into a deep fryer or in to a heavy pot. Heat the oil until it is 375ºF. Place a few sheets of paper towels on a plate to drain the tots when they are done cooking.
Form the potato mixture into 1-inch balls** and add to the hot oil, being careful not to overcrowd the pot. (It will take you several batches to cook all of the potato mixture.) Fry for 3 minutes, then remove with a slotted spoon and drain on the paper-towel lined plate. Repeat with the remaining batter, allowing the oil to come back to temperature between batches.
For the sauce:
In a small bowl, combine the yogurt and the ketchup. Serve with the hot tots.
Notes
*the recipe calls for peanut oil, but I don’t usually keep peanut oil on hand, so I used vegetable oil.**I used a small cookie scoop to make the balls. It worked perfectly!***I sprinkled my tots with kosher salt after they came out of the oil. I always like doing this with fried foods - I think it adds a lot of extra flavor.Recipe from Superfoods at Every Meal, shared with permission by Fair Winds Press