You love fries, and you want to get them as crispy and delicious as your favorite fast-food restaurant’s?
Don’t worry! We’ve gathered the best tips for making crispy homemade fries. Test them out today!
How to Achieve Perfect Cooking for Homemade Fries?
Crispy Fries
Despite warnings about high calorie and fat content, fries are loved worldwide for their unique taste. It’s hard to resist indulging in a portion now and then! Well, if it’s just occasional, it’s not so bad. But especially when you’re preparing them, it would be foolish to spoil the enjoyment! To make your fries perfect – very tender inside and crispy outside, the following trick will amaze you.
Golden Rule: You should know that the best fries are those that have been cooked twice. In the first phase, they should be fried at a low temperature (half-cooked), then removed and placed on paper towels to absorb excess oil. After cooling, proceed with the second cooking phase: Dip your fries back into very hot oil to make them crispy.
Here’s the general preparation method:
First, clean and wash the potatoes.
Then, and this is an essential phase, you must cut them carefully. For a perfect cut, it’s best to use a mandoline or a slicer. If you don’t have one, cut with a sharp knife into medium-sized slices no thicker than one centimeter. Each slice is then cut into sticks.
Place the fries in a bowl of cold water. Leave them for 20 minutes to remove excess starch. Then take them out and pat them dry with a clean towel.
Then pour a generous layer of oil into the pan. Heat it up and add the potato sticks.
Leave them for about 5 minutes until the fries are golden brown. Don’t hesitate to add a few cloves of garlic, which gives them an even tastier flavor!
Take them out of the pan, place them on kitchen paper, and let them cool down slowly before putting them back into the very hot oil. A few minutes are enough. Watch them, and you’ll notice the well-measured gilding visually (be careful not to let them darken!). When finished, take them out and place them again on paper towels to remove excess oil. Your fries will be tender inside and crispy outside.
