Pan-Fried Green Onion and Sweet Potato Fritters
These Pan-Fried Green Onion and Sweet Potato Fritters are easy to make and crazy delicious! They are topped with a lemon garlic yogurt sauce and actually healthy for you. You will LOVE them!
I'd write a string of hearts all the way across the page to express how much I love these sweet potato fritters, but I'm afraid that will make you think a 6th grader is writing this post. I'll rein myself in with the love via emojis, but I have to tell you I'm big-time crushing over this recipe.
Each of these little sweet potato fritters is crispy on the outside and soft inside, so you get the best of both worlds. I love getting everything I want all at once! Who doesn't though? They are a tiny bit sweet, as sweet potatoes are, but the onion and cheddar mellow that out so the fritters are more savory than you'd think they'd be. They're delicious on their own, but the lemony yogurt on top adds a tanginess that I totally love.
Want to know the second best thing about these sweet potato fritters? They're super quick and easy to make, AND they're healthy. Ok, that was three other awesome things, but I'm lumping them all together.
When I eat food that is healthy AND delicious, I get pretty excited about it. It's that whole best-of-both-worlds thing we were just talking about. Yes, you can have it all. Fist bump!?
Sweet potatoes are loaded with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. They're also a healthy carbohydrate and will help control blood sugar levels.
I love these sweet potato fritters cause they're crazy delicious, but the fact that they're healthy too is a huge bonus.
Go ahead, eat up!
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Green Onion and Sweet Potato Fritters
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Prep Time: 10 mins -
Cook Time: 10 mins
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Total Time: 20 mins
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Yield: 12 fritters 1x -
Category: Side Dish -
Method: Stovetop -
Cuisine: American
Description
These easy to make crispy pan-fried sweet potato fritters are topped with a lemon garlic yogurt sauce and are crazy delicious. You will LOVE them!
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, about 1 lb.
- 1 cup grated aged cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped green onion, plus a few extra for garnish
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Oil, for frying (see notes)
For the lemon yogurt
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt
- Zest from 1 lemon
- 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1 small garlic clove, very finely minced
Instructions
- Peel the sweet potatoes then grate them using the large holes on your cheese grater. Put them in a large bowl and add the cheddar cheese and chopped green onions. Whisk together the eggs with the sea salt and pepper and add them to the bowl with the sweet potatoes. Mix everything together well.
- Heat a medium-sized frying pan over medium-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add a splash of oil. Take a handful of the sweet potatoes and form it into a fritter – don't worry if it doesn't stick together well. Working in batches, and adding more oil to the pan between batches, fry the fritters in the hot pan for 3-4 minutes per side. Press the tops of the fritters down gently, so they stick together better and adjust the heat if they start to get too brown. Set the cooked patties on a baking sheet in your oven with your oven on to its lowest setting to keep them warm while you pan-fry the rest.
- While the sweet potato fritters are cooking, prepare the lemon yogurt. In a small bowl mix the yogurt, lemon zest, lemon juice and garlic.
- Serve the sweet potato fritters with the lemon yogurt and some sliced green onions over top.
Notes
How much oil you use will depend on the type of pan you use. A cast-iron pan will give you the best results, but you will need to use more oil. A non-stick pan will give you less crispy fritters, but you will save some oil.
I thought these were very nice. And healthy- lots of vitamin A and K. We were having a salad meal but needed a bit of carb to give some warmth, color and texture to the plate. Hubby who is not a fan of sweet potatoes like them. Had some left over home made tahini that was already mixed with some yogurt. Added more yogurt and the lemon and it was a very nice topping to the fritters.
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I’m so happy to hear it was a hit!
Hi Kristen ! It looks really delicious to me. And I suppose it’s healthy too as it is pan fried and not deep fried. I suppose one can use corn flour to bind the onion and potatoes together, if some are not comfortable with eggs. I suppose some mint leaves on top will surely bring a pinch of surprise taste.
All good ideas!
Look at your website. Cannot print recipe. Cannot add comment as cannot cook it.
Hi Paul. If you’d prefer to print the recipe, there is a print button under the photo in the recipe box. If you click on that a printer-friendly page will open and you can print the recipe without having to print the whole page. Hope that helps!
Healthy?????? SHAME on YOU!!!!!! Please go to the nutrition facts for this recipe. It is a VERY UNHEALTHY side/snack.
I had to double check the nutritional label and now I’m curious. What do you see that you feel is very unhealthy?
Hello from one Kristen to another! These look amazing, but I need to avoid using eggs. What would you recommend as a good binder to substitute for the eggs?
Thanks!
Hello, fellow Kristen!
I haven’t tried making these without egg, so I can’t say for sure. If I were to experiment I’d probably start with a chia egg. Are you familiar with those? It’s basically 1 part ground chia or flax seeds with 3 parts water. You mix it together and let it sit for 15 mins and it turns into a sticky, egg-like substitute.
If you try it I’d love to hear how it works!
Awesome, thanks so much! I’ll give it a try and report back.
Hi Kristen!
This might be a dumb question, but do the sweet potatoes need to be cooked before you peel and grate them? (i.e. in the microwave, boiled, etc.)
Thanks for posting this great recipe!
Jenny
Not a dumb question at all! Nope, just grate them raw. They will cook when you pan-fry them. 🙂
Hi Kristen. Just came across your beautiful site. Love these sweet potato fritters! Have done sweet potatoes in so many different ways, but not yet in a fritter. They’re definitely on the cards for this week.
Welcome, Di! I hope you like them as much as I do. 🙂
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Thank you so much!!
these look amazing. Does the nutritional data include the yogurt on top? Also the recipe says it makes 12 fritters, 4 to a serving. However the nutritional facts say 4 fritters to a serving.. So I think it should be 12 fritters, 3 servings.
These look incredible Kristen! I must try them asap!!!
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Thanks, Justine! They really were so good. 🙂
Mmmm these look SO amazing, the photos are absolutely deadly. I wish I had these right now!!
Thank you so much!! 🙂
Kristen your photography here is amazing! Absolutely love the wooden blue background, and coupled with the fritters and lemon slices it just looks so gorgeously summery. Definitely saving to try – you had me on the quick, healthy and awesome textures <3
Aww Claudia, you’re too sweet! The background board is actually a vinyl print from Ink and Elm. They’re my little secret. 😉
Oh my gawwwsh! They’re so crispy and picture-perfect! And that lemon yogurt just seriously takes all the flavors over the top. 😉 I seriously just need an entire plateful of these fritters in my face right now. 😀
I wish I could bring you a giant plateful right now!
I LOVE sweet potatoes and who doesn’t love a fritter of any sort. This is definitely a recipe I want to make.. Now.
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Fritters really are the best, aren’t they?!
Yay for healthy AND delicious food! These fritters look amazing ❤️ I loooove sweet potato so I know I’d totally love these fritters! And the yogurt sauce looks like the perfect pairing ? yum
Thanks, Mel!! 🙂
Yet another food I still need to recreate! Fritters always look so good! Love the savory green onion with the sweet potato!
Yes yes you should! They really were tasty. 🙂
Um, all I can say is 😛 These look INCREDIBLE! <3 <3 <3
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Awww thanks!!!!