These Crispy Baked Coconut Oil French Fries with Red Thai Curry Ketchup are delicious. They’re oven-baked instead of deep-fried, and are a great side to many meals.
I just realized I try to give you tons of easy dinner recipes, but I think I lack a little in the side dish department. Today, I’m going to try to make up for that! One of my favorite side dishes is French fries; we make them around here about once a week.
These Crispy Oven-Baked French Fries are one of my more popular recipes, so I decided to mix it up a little bit, make them with coconut oil, and dip them in a super delicious sauce!
Baked Coconut Oil French Fries Recipe Ingredients
- Potatoes – I used three medium russet potatoes.
- Coconut oil – You can use refined or unrefined; refined coconut oil does not have the coconut taste.
- Red Thai curry paste – I baked mine with red Thai curry paste mixed into the coconut oil. It didn’t give them a strong flavor, but it did help to provide them with a nice color. It’s totally up to you whether you want to do that.
- Salt – To taste; I used about 3/4 teaspoon.
- Red Thai Curry Ketchup – This is a combination of ketchup and red Thai curry paste. It’s optional, but it’s delicious and adds a nice kick to the ketchup.
How To Make These Baked Fries
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper (not wax paper!). If baking the fries with red Thai curry paste, whisk it with coconut oil.
- Cut the potatoes into French fries and toss them with coconut oil and salt on the parchment paper.
- Bake fries for 30-35 minutes, flipping once, or until cooked through and golden brown.
- While the fries are baking, mix together the ketchup and red Thai curry paste in a small bowl. Adjust the amounts to make more or less ketchup, if desired.
- Enjoy fries and ketchup immediately!
Recipe Tips and Thoughts
- Lately, I’ve been experimenting with oils other than olive oil, especially when baking. I always have coconut oil around and figured it would go well on these fries. It helps to make them super crispy, but doesn’t make them taste like coconut, don’t worry!
- My original idea was to mix some red Thai curry paste into the coconut oil, but it didn’t give the fries as much flavor as I had hoped, so instead, I mixed it into the ketchup, which is the best ketchup ever! It’s a little bit sweet and spicy, and oh, it’s so flavorful! I’m not sure I ever want to use regular ketchup again 🙂
- Fries are best enjoyed immediately. If you save them for later, reheat in the oven or microwave.
Have a question about this recipe? Ask me in the comments, and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
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Crispy Baked Coconut Oil French Fries with Red Thai Curry Ketchup
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
A healthier alternative to deep fried french fries that are so easy to make!
Ingredients
- 3 medium russet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons melted coconut oil
- 3 teaspoons red Thai curry paste (optional)*
- Salt, to taste, I used about 3/4 teaspoon
Red Thai Curry Ketchup:
- 1/3 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon red Thai curry paste
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper (not wax paper!). If baking the fries with the red Thai curry past, whisk it together with the coconut oil.
- Cut the potatoes into French fries and toss them together with the coconut oil and salt on the parchment paper.
- Bake fries for 30-35 minutes, flipping once, or until cooked through and golden brown.
- While fries are baking, mix together the ketchup and red Thai curry paste in a small bowl. You can make more or less of ketchup by adjusting amounts, if desired.
- Enjoy fries and ketchup immediately!
Notes
*I baked mine with red Thai curry paste mixed into the coconut oil. It didn’t give them a strong flavor but it did help to give them a nice color. It’s totally up to you whether you want to do that or not.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Side, Gluten Free, Vegan
I made these because the recipe says they won’t taste like coconut but that’s not true. They taste overwhelmingly of coconut they would have been better with no oil at all. They’re inedible.
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy them, Trina. Did you use refined or unrefined coconut oil to make them?
Do you keep the parchment paper on the pan?
While baking? yes!
Just popped mine in the oven.. Oooo I’m so excited
I hope you enjoyed them!!
Coconut oil FTW! I use coconut oil exclusively for my oven baked fries and you’re right… no coconut taste! I love them SO much too. But that dipping ketchup – Izzy, I gotta give that a go! Delicious work for a new side!
It’s the best!! I think you would love this ketchup, Traci! I don’t plan on using the regular stuff for a while haha 🙂
Coconut oil is the way to go for oven baked fries! I used russets and coated them with coconut oil only. Russets already have a sweet taste that doesn’t demand anything else. I did serve them with some guacamole laced with cayenne for more vegan goodness. So yummy, can’t wait to make them again!!!
I’m so glad you liked them! I agree, coconut oil on fries is the way to go!