How to cook french fries at home

Everyone loves golden french fries, melting in your mouth, but not everyone knows how to cook it correctly. Experienced housewives, through trial and error, have developed many types of creating a culinary masterpiece that is approved by adults and children around the world. Like any other business, cooking french fries has its own characteristics, which must be taken into account. Consider the most delicious recipes and important aspects in order.

French fries: a classic of the genre

Prepare the necessary equipment in advance.

You will need: cutting board, deep container, knife, slotted spoon, sieve, paper napkins or towels, thick-walled or non-stick frying pan (deep fryer), dish.

• raw potatoes - 5 pcs. medium size
• potato starch - 120 gr.
• vegetable oil - 285 ml.
• ground black pepper - to taste
• ground sea salt - to taste
• spices (optional) to taste
• dried dill - 1 pinch
• dried parsley - 1 pinch

1. Before you start cooking, pay attention to the preparatory stage. Choose large, even potato tubers. Firstly, you can chop them with beautiful straws, and secondly, all slices will look aesthetically pleasing on the dish due to the same size.
2. After selecting the "strongest", place the fruits in the sink, wash them thoroughly with a kitchen sponge. Next, remove the peel with a sharp knife and rinse again with cold (possibly ice) water.
3. When the tubers are perfectly clean, you can start cutting them into strips. Pay attention that the slices are the same size, the width of one side of the straw should vary between 0.5-0.8 mm. It is this move that will allow you to fry french fries evenly.
4. Lay a few paper towels (one on top of another) on a flat, dry surface, and place the slices on them. Place a napkin on top, blot with your hands so that excess moisture is absorbed.
5. Make a flour sieve and a wide bowl. Sift the potato starch so that the composition rises 1.5 times. Wait about 5 minutes, then send potato slices to starch, mix well and rub them on all sides. Ultimately, you should get evenly coated slices without accumulating the mixture in separate parts.
6. Take a tight plastic bag, put the future french fries in it, clog it. Send the chopped fruits to the freezer for a quarter of an hour, if possible, leave the potatoes in the chamber for 20-25 minutes.
7. In order not to lose time, proceed to the next step. Wash the pan, wipe it dry and put on a large fire. Pour in vegetable or olive oil, wait until it starts to bubble and crack.
8. When this happens, switch the burner to medium power, remove the potato straws from the freezer, scoop up a handful and place in the frying pan. Cooking time varies between 6-8 minutes, it is during this period that the potato will acquire a golden hue and a crisp.
9. Perform the same manipulations with the rest of the servings. Make sure that the boiling oil covers all the slices; they should not protrude. It is recommended to prepare the dish for 1-2 servings at a time, using the same oil.
10. After cooking, take out the prepared potatoes with a slotted spoon, lay it on a surface covered with paper towels. Place several thick napkins on top of the dish and blot, collecting excess oil. Change towels as they are soaked.Sprinkle french fries with dried parsley and dill, add pepper, salt and spices (optional).

Practical recommendations

1. Typically, the recipe is used as a side dish to fish or lean meat. Potatoes can be served with ketchup, mayonnaise, sour cream, cheese, cream or garlic sauce.
2. Experiment with taste preferences, sprinkle with dried garlic, celery, oregano, basil or paprika.
3. If you do not have potato starch, use cornmeal, increasing the amount to 130 gr. Sieve it without fail before cooking to avoid the formation of lumps.

Oven low calorie fries

The recipe is designed for people with high cholesterol, diabetes, as well as those who follow the figure and count calories. Due to the low content of vegetable oil, the dish can be attributed to diet, but to use it is often still not recommended.

• raw potatoes - 1.1 kg.
• vegetable oil - 60 gr.
• breadcrumbs - 65 gr.
• ground sweet paprika - 0.5 teaspoon
• ground red pepper - 1 pinch
• ground black pepper - to taste
• salt to taste

1. Wash the potatoes under cold water, wipe it with a sponge, remove the peel and cut into thin strips (approximately 0.5 mm.).
2. Lay two paper towels on a flat surface, lay the potatoes on them, wrap it, wait for the absorption of excess moisture.
3. Take a deep bowl, move the potatoes into it, pour with sunflower oil and rub well. Pour breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and paprika into another bowl. Roll the potato slices in a loose mixture.
4. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Line the baking sheet with foil or baking paper, then lay the potatoes in a row. Bake about 5-7 minutes, constantly turning the slices.
5. The readiness of the composition can be judged by color: the dish will become golden and shiny, just at that moment it can be pulled out and served.

How to cook french fries in a slow cooker

Modern housewives have long acquired such an easy-to-use appliance - a multicooker. For this reason, it makes sense to consider the recipe for cooking potatoes in this way.

Training

1. First, pay attention to the potatoes that will be used. Immediately it is worth clarifying that young fruits are too loose, they are not suitable. Take 1 tuber, cut it in half. If the knife passes easily, this option will be ideal.
2. Choose large and even tubers with no defects or eyes. Otherwise, french fries will turn ugly, spoiling the whole impression.
3. Carefully inspect the peel, it should in no case be green. A similar shade appears due to the production of a toxic substance - corned beef, which is deposited on the walls of the liver and causes poisoning.
4. It is worth considering that highly starchy potatoes are not suitable for deep-frying. It will crumble heavily when sliced, and then become limp after frying. When you have chosen the fruits, wash each tuber with a kitchen sponge.
5. Prepare the oil in which the product will be fried. We recommend giving preference to corn or olive composition, but, as a rule, these options are much more expensive than sunflower. Based on your financial capabilities.

Technology

1. The main feature of the preparation of golden and crisp fries is considered to be the correct cutting of fruits. First, take a peeled tuber, cut it into thin plates (thickness varies between 0.7-1 cm.). After that, grind each slice with straws (width 0.7-1 cm.).
2. Prepare a deep container, pour cold filtered water into it, add ice cubes. Place chopped potatoes in a liquid, wait about a quarter of an hour.This must be done in order to remove excess starch contained in the fruits.
3. Spread a cotton towel on a flat, dry surface, folding it in several layers. Put the french fries in one row, place a second towel on top and pat the straw well. Replace the fabric base if necessary if it becomes too wet. Important! To get roasted french fries, which is served at McDonald's, the straws must be fried 2 times. Moreover, the first procedure is carried out for 8 minutes in non-hot oil, and the second - in boiling, but for 2-3 minutes, no longer.
4. Connect the multicooker to the network, set the “Baking” mode (duration - 1 hour). Pour the selected oil into the bowl, do not close the appliance and do not bring the composition to a boil. When the first bubbles appear at the bottom of the bowl, lower the potato straw, fry for 8 minutes. Important! Modern multicookers are equipped with a basket for deep fat, use it. In cases where this supplement is not available, lower the potatoes into the cavity of the device, subsequently removing the finished product with a slotted spoon.
5. It is worth paying attention to the fact that potatoes are fried in small portions, otherwise a certain part of it can burn. Cook the product in an open multicooker, constantly monitoring the process, stir.
6. After the first frying, line a few paper towels on the table, put the final product on them, wait for the oil to drain. Change the substrate as it is soaked so that it is always clean.
7. After that, bring the oil to a boil, dip the French fries into it a second time and fry for 2-3 minutes. Next, remove the product, leave to drain the oil.

First of all, french fries are loved for a crisp and tender base. For this reason, it is recommended to serve the dish to the table immediately after cooking. Otherwise, the side dish will lose its taste and become "cotton". French fries are perfect for fresh vegetable salads, they are used in combination with canned peas and corn, Korean carrots. In addition to this, the product is added to the basis of such dishes as a hamburger, shawarma, and dog-dog.

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