Sriracha Sweet Potato Chips are a little sweet, a little spicy, a whole lot of crunchy and perfect for binge watching your fave shows!
These Sriracha Sweet Potato Chips are the perfect snack to accompany binging on your favourite shows. They are super crunchy and a nice mix of sweet and spicy thanks to the addition of maple syrup and Rodelle Sriracha seasoning. You may remember these chips, seasoned similarly.
But let's talk binge-watching for a minute. Anyone else totally hooked on The Handmaid's Tale? It is based on a best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, which I read years ago and didn't quite like. I generally don't take well to books turned into films - most just don't hit the mark. One exception is the original Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. I thoroughly enjoyed the books and the original movies. But I digress...
It was a subway poster that read, The Future is a F^*#ing Nightmare, that first piqued my interest, but I shrugged it off, because I didn't really enjoy the book. Then a friend and I were chatting about it and I realized that my dislike was more for Atwood's writing style, than for the story itself. The story, although written over thirty years ago, still manages to be relevant. I mean, women's rights is not a topic that will ever lose steam in my books.
The Handmaid's Tale TV series, shot in Toronto, Hamilton and Cambridge, is about a totalitarian society that decides to deal with its plummeting birth rate by forcing the remaining fertile women into sexual servitude. It's about power, sex, lies, survival, politics, love - all the things that make for a great story line. Offred, the main character, played by Elisabeth Moss (Peggy from Mad Men), gives a surprisingly powerful performance.
I highly recommend adding it to your watch list.
The series started in April and I became fully engrossed from the very first episode. Life got in the way and I fell behind, but thanks to a recent dark and rainy day, I was able to binge-watch the rest of the season in one afternoon. My only distraction was a super-sized bowl of Sriracha Sweet Potato Chips.
And since I was already in full couch potato mode, I also caught the last few episodes of the current season of Veep. LOVE that show! In fact, I am a big fan of most HBO original series!
What are you watching that you simply can't get enough of? Perhaps a bowl of Sriracha Sweet Potato Chips is just the thing with which to enjoy it!
Ingredients
- 2 sweet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- Sriracha Seasoning to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ºF. Line a perforated pan with a silpain mat.
- Peel the sweet potato and run through the spiralizer, or cut into thin slices.
- Soak in ice cold water for a few minutes and pat dry completely.
- Toss the sweet potatoes with the olive oil, syrup and sriracha seasoning.
- Place the potatoes on the prepared pan. Bake for 20-30 minutes, turning them halfway through.
- Allow to cool before serving.
Deb|EastofEdenCooking says
Easy and bursting with flavor! Just what we need to get through summer! I'm with you, staying glued to the computer is difficult any time of year, but summer is here so let's enjoy!