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SWEET POTATO TOTS WITH CREAMY KETCHUP

Ingredients
Sweet Potato Tots:
  • 1 large sweet potato, peeled
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup (30g) all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 3 cups oil, for deep frying*
Creamy Ketchup:
  • ¼ cup (58g) plain Greek yogurt
  • ¼ cup (60g) ketchup
Instructions
For the tots:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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:
  1. 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.

Source :  allrecipes.com