These crispy baked sweet potato chips are brushed with garlic-infused olive oil and sprinkled with fresh rosemary and sea salt. It's a deliciously simple vegetarian and vegan friendly snack!
This recipe is easy as can be and the results will amaze you- delicious, garlicky and perfectly crispy baked sweet potato chips fresh from your oven! You will never buy these at the store ever again.
Recipe Tips & Variations
A couple of notes first. It's really important to use the center rack of your oven. You don't want your chips to burn, and the bottom rack may be too close to the heat.
You will also want to use a mandoline slicer or a slicer attachment on a food processor to slice your sweet potato. If the slices aren't uniform in size, you'll have some start to burn while others are still soft. Ad if you don't get them sliced thin enough, they will not get crispy. Both of these things are easiest to accomplish with a mandoline!
Feel free to mix up the herbs and spices to create your own flavor combinations. This makes a great base chip recipe for experimenting!
Try serving them with a homemade dip. Some great choices are:
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Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large garlic clove minced
- 1 medium sweet potato very thinly sliced (with a mandoline slicer is best)
- 1 tsp fresh rosemary minced
- coarse sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Position rack in the center of oven.
- Whisk together olive oil and garlic in a small bowl. Brush two baking sheets with half of oil mixture. Place potato slices on sheets in a single layer and brush tops with remaining oil. Sprinkle with rosemary and salt.
- Place baking sheets on center oven rack. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until edges begin to curl and brown. (Note that the baking time depends on the thickness of the chips - even a slight difference in thickness can impact the time, so keep an eye on them!) Allow chips to cool completely on baking sheets.
Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking says
Okay I think I am going to have to make these asap! They look awesome!
The Type A Housewife says
They are! And they taste so much fresher and more flavorful than the kind you buy. 🙂
Orangeheromama says
ooh! perfect timing! I was just thinking about these 2 days ago when i noticed i had a sweet potato that i had no plans for!
(oh and i love that pic/no mallows)
The Type A Housewife says
I know--I love it too! Speaking of which, I saw this on CraftGawker and thought of you: http://www.thefirstlime.com/2012/03/kawaii-food-editing.html. I kind of want to do this with all of my food photos now. 🙂
I hope you like these if you make them. They are perfect for those spare potatoes!
The Mrs @ Success Along the Weigh says
These babies are getting made pronto. I've got a friend coming in a few weeks and I'd love to impress her with these crunchy discs o' goodness!
The Type A Housewife says
I hope you like them--they are so flavorful and much lighter than the ones you buy at the store. I think I'm going to try doing this with regular potato chips next!
CulinarilyCourtney says
Hurray! Another way for me to eat what is quickly becoming my all time favorite vegetable: the beloved sweet potato. This recipe looks delicious!
The Type A Housewife says
I love sweet potatoes too and use them WAY too much in my cooking. But at least they're healthy--it could be worse, right? 🙂
Laura @ Gluten Free Pantry says
WOW-I am so excited about this recipe! I almost bought bagged sweet potato chips at the store for $4/bag. What a healthy, tasty recipe-thanks so much!
The Type A Housewife says
I know, they are so expensive! My husband gets those all the time and while I do like them, there's something about the homemade ones that just makes them so much better. 🙂 Oh, and of course, they're cheaper too!
Smedette says
Oh my, these look amazing. I have a bunch of sweet potatoes (including some purple ones!) and I've been wanting to do something new with them.
The Type A Housewife says
I love the purple sweet potatoes! Before moving here, I had only seen them in Japan, so I'm guessing they must be grown locally and not in big enough quantities to ship out? (Or maybe people in Wisconsin are just not into purple sweet potatoes.) This is definitely the perfect way to use up extra potatoes because the seasonings are easy to adjust to what you have on hand. I'm going to try cinnamon next time...
TastefullyJulie says
Mmmm, these look so good! I have one lonely sweet potato in my cupboard. Now all I need is a mandoline 🙂
The Type A Housewife says
If you have a food processor, you can use that to slice them too! And with a really steady hand, you could probably use a knife. 🙂
Brenda Williams says
These make me hungry. They look so good and what a great idea!
The Type A Housewife says
Thank you! This batch did turn out well, but the first few before I perfected the recipe, not so much. 🙂
myfudo says
I can always make use of good homemade chips, anytime! Yummy!
The Type A Housewife says
Homemade is definitely best when it comes to potato chips! Or most things, really. 🙂
BusyWorkingMama says
YUM! Just moved this email to my "recipes" email folder 🙂 I have a sweet potato waiting at home just for this tasty treat!
The Type A Housewife says
Potato chips are perfect weekend food too! 😀
Jennifer says
I've never been much of a fan of sweet potatoes, but these look fantastic! I'll have to give them a try :).
The Type A Housewife says
Aw, how can you not like sweet potatoes?! But I think you could probably use the exact same method and ingredients with regular potatoes--I'm going to experiment with it one of these days. 🙂
Jennifer says
I think it's because the only way I've had them is with lots of marshmallows and cinnamon and it was too sweet for me. Maybe this recipe will open up the world of sweet potatoes to me!
The Type A Housewife says
Oh, I completely agree! Sweet potatoes are sweet on their own, there's totally no reason to add MORE sugar to them.
Heather @ Stuffed Pepper says
These look amazing! I was literally just thinking about what to make to go along with our BBQ tonight! I can't wait to try them!
The Type A Housewife says
These are definitely a perfect, easy side. I hope you like them!
meatballs & milkshakes says
I love this idea...once I get a mandoline I will definitely be trying it out!
The Type A Housewife says
If you have a food processor, you can slice the potato using that too. But a knife works in a pinch if you're good at slicing thinly. 🙂
Stephanie @ henry happened says
oh yum! I've roasted sweet potato "coins" before with a little oil & salt but never like a potato chip - how divine!
The Type A Housewife says
Just cut them a little bit thinner next time you make them! 😀
Shirley says
Your persistence paid off! The chips look amazingly good.
The Type A Housewife says
Yes, there have been other recipes that I tried and tried and tried and they just never worked out, so I'm glad that this one eventually came together. 🙂
Shirley says
I once did that with a cake recipe for a friend's bridal shower. I thought I must have measured something wrong, or not shaken up the buttermilk to activate the leavening. But after 3 tries, I canned it and moved on to another recipe. Always nice when it works out in the end!
All Natural Katie says
My husband would LOVE these! Nothing like making something at home that you usually buy at the store. I recently discovered the "other blade" that came with the food processor, so I will test it for the slicing capabilities. Thank you again for an amazing recipe!
The Type A Housewife says
Before my current food processor, I had one that made a huge mess of things when slicing or shredding, so I kind of forgot that food processors could do that too. 🙂 I'm always afraid I'm going to lose a finger with the mandoline, so I may try the food processor next time I make these!
Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says
Everything you make sounds amazing! I could definitely try being a vegetarian if you were cooking for me all the time. I need to invest in a mandolin to try these out so I can move away from processed foods AND use up some of the rosemary we have.
The Type A Housewife says
I hope I have that problem with rosemary soon--I'm planning on planting some this year. 🙂 Do you have a food processor that does thin slices? Because you can use that instead!
Kelly @ Texas Type A Mom says
Sadly, I don't have a food processor. I have a food chopper and blender. I wonder if the slicey thing on the side of my grater would work?
The Type A Housewife says
I think it might, depending on how thick the slices are that it makes. Or if you have a really steady hand (I don't!), you can use a knife.
Toni says
Well the sound delish. I never would have thought to pair garlic with sweet potato
The Type A Housewife says
Sweet potato is really good with savory flavors--it's a nice contrast!
SDue says
These look great! I've made similar chips before and have trouble keeping them crunchy. How do you store yours?
The Type A Housewife says
Unfortunately, I don't have a good answer for you because we ate these right away! Through trial and error, I did learn that before being moved to a bowl, they need to be completely cool, otherwise they'll soften a little.
Marly says
I made this today, but they weren't really like chips. I think they were a little too thin. I will try again. They did taste good.
The Type A Housewife says
I'm sorry they didn't work out for you! In my experience, the thinner chips were the crispiest, so I'm not sure what happened with yours. 🙁 I'm glad you thought they tasted good though, and I hope they turn out better for you next time.
D Casey says
If having a group over for dinner, how far in advance can these be made and/or can they be stored (and how) for at least a 24-hour period and stay crispy?
Kiersten says
The problem with making it in advance is that the potato slices might absorb some of the oil and not be as crispy. I would cut the potato slices in advance, refrigerate them in an airtight container, and then assemble everything else right before baking. You could definitely try assembling in advance too, but I'm just not sure how they'd turn out.
megan @ whatmegansmaking says
These look and sound SO GOOD! I can't wait to try them - such a fun way to serve sweet potatoes 🙂
Kiersten says
Thank you! Sweet potato chips are definitely fun, and not terribly unhealthy either. 🙂
Debbie says
Have you tried to dehydrate the chips for a healthier raw chip? I am going to give it a try.
Kiersten says
No, I haven't--I don't have a food dehydrator. Let me know how it works out!
Millie | Add A Little says
These look amazing! gotta make them asap!
Sue says
Can you tell me the nutritional value of these wonderful snacks?