Homemade Pumpkin Fries

French fries or frites are fried or oven-baked potatoes. But not only potatoes can be transformed into French fries, pumpkin also tastes delicious in stick shape.

In today’s post I will show you how to cook quick and easy Pumkin Fries at home. Have fun cooking!




Homemade: Homemade Pumpkin Fries
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 60 minutes
Our Recipe rating:
5von5

Homemade Pumpkin Fries
Homemade Pumpkin Fries
Homemade Pumpkin Fries
Homemade Pumpkin Fries

Ingredients for 2 sheets Pumpkin Fries:

  • ½ butternut pumpkin (the small & seedless part)
  • 2 – 3 tablespoons of cornstarch
  • 2 – 3 tablespoons of olive oil
  • 2 teaspoosn of paprika powder
  • ½ teaspoon of garlic powder

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

  • Sharp knife
  • Mixing bowl
  • Baking sheet + parchment paper

Instructions for the Homemade Pumpkin Fries:




Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 1Halve the butternut pumpkin between the small & thick part/transition (for the pumpkin fries we only need the small & seedless part of the pumpkin)…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 2…next cut off the cap with the stalk…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 3…then thinly cut down the skin with a sharp knife…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 4…now cut the peeled pumpkin into plates with a thickness of about 1 centimeter…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 5…& finally cut the pumpkin plates into thin sticks…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 6…give the pumpkin sticks along with 2 – 3 tablespoons of cornstarch into a mixing bowl…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 7…and toss vigorously…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 8…until all the pumpkin sticks are coated with a light cornstarch film…





Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 9…next add about 2 – 3 tablespoons of olive oil…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 10…2 teaspoons of paprika powder…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 11…& ½ teaspoon of garlic powder (you can also use other spices here)…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 12…again toss vigorously until all spices are distributed evenly…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 13…place all pumpkin sticks with plenty of space between each other on a lined baking tray & bake in a preheated oven at 220°C (top/bottom heat) for about 20 minutes…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 14…get the baking tray out of the oven after 20 minutes, turn each stick once and bake for another 15 – 20 minutes until the desired browning level…

Homemade Pumpkin Fries - Step 15…serve the fries immediatelly.

I wish you lots of fun cooking/baking 😉




Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):

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