Crispy French Fries Food

THE BEST CRISPY FRENCH-FRIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cover the potatoes with water.
• In a deep fryer fitted with a basket or a heavy medium saucepan, heat 3 inches of vegetable oil to 340°F.
• Drain the potatoes and pat dry with paper towels.
• Add half the potatoes to the oil and cook until they begin to blister and turn golden, about 15 minutes.
• Shake up the basket every once in a while (not too often - especially in the beginning when the fries are still soft), or run a fork through the saucepan to make sure fries are not sticking together.
• Spread the fries on paper towels to drain and cool.
• Repeat with remaining fries.
• (Fries can be made to this point up to 4 hours in advance of serving).
• Heat the oil to 375°F.
• Add a quarter of the fries and cook until browned and crisp, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Drain on paper towels and repeat with remaining fries.
• Sprinkle with sea salt and some oregano.

PERFECT FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Peel and rinse the potatoes. Cut each potato lengthwise into 4 or 5 pieces, then cut each piece into sticks. The thinner these are, the crispier they will be. Place the fries in a large bowl. Cover with cold water, then allow them to soak 2 or 3 hours (or you can stick them in the fridge and let them soak overnight).
• When you're ready to make the fries, drain the water and lay the potatoes on 2 baking sheets lined with paper towels. Blot with paper towels to dry.
• Heat a few inches of vegetable oil to 300 degrees F in a heavy pot. In 3 or 4 batches, fry the potatoes about 4 to 5 minutes per batch, or until soft. They should not be brown at all at this point-you just want to start the cooking process. Remove each batch and drain them on new, dry paper towels.
• Once all the potatoes have been fried at 300 degrees F, turn up the heat until the oil temperature reaches 400 degrees F. When the oil is hot, start frying the potatoes in batches again, cooking until golden and crisp. Remove from the oil and drain on fresh paper towels. Sprinkle the fries with sea salt and dive in with the ketchup-mayo mixture.

CRISPY SPICY FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Slice potatoes into French fries, and place into cold water so they won't turn brown while you prepare the oil.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• While the oil is heating, sift the flour and spices into a large bowl.
• Gradually stir in enough water so that the mixture can be drizzled from a spoon.
• Dip potato slices into the batter one at a time, and place in the hot oil so they are not touching at first.
• The fries must be placed into the skillet one at a time, or they will clump together.
• Fry until golden brown and crispy.
• Remove and drain on paper towels.

CRISPY FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Cut potato into french fry shapes.
• Heat oil to 325°F.
• Drop spuds into oil.
• Cook them in the oil for about 5 minutes, until they are semi-cooked and kind of floppy looking.
• Remove from oil, drain and cool.
• When spuds have cooled, re-heat oil to 375°F.
• Toss milk and cornstarch into a plastic bag.
• Put bread crumbs into another bag.
• Take semi-fried spuds and put them into the milk bag.
• Remove from milk bag then place into the bead crumb bag, shaking to coat.
• Refry for about 2 or 3 minutes.
• Place on wire rack to drain.

OVEN-CRISPY FRENCH FRIES WITH PAPRIKA-PARMESAN SALT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pat the potatoes dry and cut them lengthwise into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Turn each slice flat and slice again lengthwise into even 1/2-inch-thick fries. Place the potatoes in a mixing bowl and add the olive oil, seasoning and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Toss well to combine, then transfer the fries to a large baking sheet and arrange them in one even layer so that they are not touching. Roast, scraping the potatoes from the baking sheet with a metal spatula and turning them over halfway through, until golden brown and crispy, about 30 minutes.
• While the potatoes are cooking, combine the cheese, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a small bowl and stir to blend. When the potatoes are crisp and brown, sprinkle with the paprika-parmesan salt. Serve hot.

KITTENCAL'S EXTRA CRISPY FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• In an extra large bowl dissolve the sugar completely in the water (the sugar must be completely dissolved).
• Add in the potato strips and refrigerate overnight.
• The following day drain well then pat the strips dry using paper towels.
• In a large heavy pot or deep-fryer heat oil to 375 degrees F.
• Carefully add potatoes in 2-3 batches and cook in hot oil for about 6 minutes or until golden brown (do not cook all the potatoes in one batch).
• Remove the fries using a large slotted spoon or long tongs and immediately season with seasoned salt or white salt while still hot.
• *NOTE* save the cooled oil in a jar at room temperature for the next time you make these.

CHEF JOHN'S FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Soak potatoes in a large bowl of water for about 30 minutes. Pat dry thoroughly with paper towels.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Gently add the potatoes in the hot oil for about 5 minutes, stirring and flipping the potatoes occasionally. Remove potatoes from oil with a slotted spoon to drain on paper towel and to cool completely.
• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Fry the potatoes again until golden brown, 5 to 6 minutes. Blot with a paper towel. Sprinkle with salt to serve.

CRISPY OVEN FRIES

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 450 degrees.
• Place potatoes in bowl, wrap tightly with plastic, and microwave until translucent around edges, 3 to 5 minutes, shaking bowl to redistribute potatoes halfway through cooking. Transfer potatoes to cooling rack and thoroughly blot fry with paper towels.
• Coat rimmed baking sheet with 5 tablespoons oil. Transfer to oven and heat until just smoking, 5 to 7 minutes. Meanwhile, whisk remaining oil, cornstarch, and salt in large bowl. Add potatoes to bowl and toss to coat.
• Arrange in a single layer on hot baking sheet and bake until deep golden brown and crisp, 25 to 35 minutes, flipping potatoes half-way through cooking time. Transfer to paper towel-lined plate and blot with additional paper towels. Serve.

HOMEMADE CRISPY SEASONED FRENCH FRIES

Steps:

• Slice potatoes into French fries, and place into cold water so they won't turn brown while you prepare the oil.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. While the oil is heating, sift the flour, garlic salt, onion salt, (regular) salt, and paprika into a large bowl. Gradually stir in enough water so that the mixture can be drizzled from a spoon.
• Dip potato slices into the batter one at a time, and place in the hot oil so they are not touching at first. The fries must be placed into the skillet one at a time, or they will clump together. Fry until golden brown and crispy. Remove and drain on paper towels.