How to cook french fries at home

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

 How to cook french fries

French fries: classics of the genre

Prepare the necessary equipment in advance.

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

  • raw potatoes - 5 pcs. medium size
  • potato starch - 120 gr.
  • vegetable oil - 285 ml.
  • ground black pepper to taste
  • crushed 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 grind them into beautiful straws, and secondly, all the slices will look aesthetically pleasing on a dish due to the same size.
  2. After selecting the "strongest", place the fruit in the sink, and wash it thoroughly with a kitchen sponge. Next, remove the peel with a sharp knife and rinse again with cold (ice-cold) water.
  3. When the tubers are perfectly clean, you can start cutting them into strips. Pay attention that the segments are of the same size, the width of one side of the straw should vary in the range of 0.5-0.8 mm. Such a move will allow you to fry french fries evenly.
  4. Lay on a flat dry surface a few paper towels (one on top of the other), put the slices on them. Place a napkin on top, dab your hands to absorb excess moisture.
  5. Prepare a flour sieve and a wide bowl.Sift the potato starch so that the composition rises 1.5 times. Wait for about 5 minutes, then send to the starch slices of potatoes, mix well and grate them from all sides. In the end, you should get evenly covered slices without accumulating the mixture in separate parts.
  6. Take a tight plastic bag, put the future fries in it, cork. Send the crushed fruit in 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 waste time, proceed to the next stage. 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 pop.
  8. When this happens, switch the hob to medium power, remove the potato straw from the freezer compartment, scoop a handful and place in a frying pan. Cooking time varies from 6 to 8 minutes, it is for this period that the potato will acquire a golden hue and crisp.
  9. Perform the same manipulations with the remaining portions. Make sure that the boiling oil covers all the slices, they should not protrude. It is recommended to prepare a dish for 1-2 servings at a time, using the same oil.
  10. After cooking, remove the finished potatoes using a skimmer, lay it on a surface covered with paper towels. Place some thick napkins on top of the dish and blot, collecting excess oil. Change towels as impregnated. Sprinkle french fries with dried parsley and dill, add pepper, salt and spices (optional).

Practical recommendations

  1. As a rule, the recipe is used in the form of a side dish for 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 corn flour, increasing the amount to 130 grams. Sieve without fail before cooking to avoid the formation of lumps.

Low Fat Oven Fried Potatoes

The recipe is designed for people with high cholesterol, diabetes mellitus, 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 dietary,but it is often not recommended to use it.

 Low Fat Oven Fried Potatoes

  • raw potatoes - 1.1 kg.
  • vegetable oil - 60 gr.
  • Breadcrumbs - 65 gr.
  • ground sweet paprika - 0.5 tsp
  • 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 (about 0.5 mm.).
  2. Lay two paper towels on a flat surface, place the potatoes on them, wrap it, wait until excess moisture is absorbed.
  3. Take a deep bowl, move the potatoes into it, pour sunflower oil and rub well. In another bowl, add the bread crumbs, salt, pepper and paprika. Roll in a loose mixture of potato slices.
  4. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Spread the baking sheet with foil or baking paper, then place the potatoes in one 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 brilliant, at this very moment it can be pulled out and brought to the table.

How to cook french fries in a slow cooker

Modern housewives have long acquired such an easy-to-use device - a slow cooker. 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 should be clarified that the young fruits are too loose, they do not fit. Take 1 tuber, cut it in half. If the knife passes easily, this option will be ideal.
  2. Choose large and even tubers without defects and eyes. Otherwise, the french fries will turn out ugly, spoiling the whole impression.
  3. Carefully inspect the peel, it should in no case be green. This shade appears due to the production of toxic substances - corned beef, which is deposited on the walls of the liver and causes poisoning.
  4. It is worth considering that high-starch potatoes are not suitable for deep-fried cooking. It will crumble heavily when sliced, and then limp after frying. When you have chosen the fruit, wash each tuber with a kitchen sponge.
  5. Prepare the oil in which the product will be fried. We recommend to prefer the corn or olive composition, but,As a rule, these options are much more expensive than sunflower. Proceed from your financial capabilities.

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 How to cook french fries in a slow cooker

  1. The main feature of the preparation of golden and crispy fries is considered to be the correct cutting of fruits. To begin, take the peeled tuber, cut it into thin plates (thickness varies between 0.7-1 cm). After that, grind each slice into strips (0.7–1 cm wide).
  2. Prepare a deep container, pour cold filtered water into it, add ice cubes. Put the crushed potatoes in the liquid, wait about a quarter of an hour. This must be done in order to remove the extra starch contained in the fruit.
  3. Spread a cotton towel on a flat dry surface, folding it in several layers. Put the french fries in one row, place the second towel on top and blot the straw well. If necessary, replace the fabric base if it has become too wet. Important! To get the ruddy french fries, which are served at McDonald's, the straw must be fried 2 times. In this case, the first procedure is performed for 8 minutes in hot oil, and the second - in boiling, but for 2-3 minutes, not longer.
  4. Connect the multicooker to the network, set the mode "Baking" (duration - 1 hour).Pour the selected oil into the bowl, do not close the device and do not bring the composition to a boil. When the first bubbles appear at the bottom of the container, lower the potato straw, fry for 8 minutes. Important! Modern multicookers are equipped with a basket for deep-frying, use it. In cases where this supplement is absent, lower the potatoes into the cavity of the device, subsequently removing the finished product with a skimmer.
  5. It is worth paying attention to the fact that potatoes are fried in small portions, otherwise a certain part of it can be burnt. Prepare the product in an open multicooker, constantly watching the process, stir.
  6. After the first frying, sprinkle a few paper towels on the table, lay out the final product on them, wait for the oil to drain. Change the substrate as it gets soaked that it is always clean.
  7. After that, bring the butter to a boil, dip the fries in it a second time and fry for 2-3 minutes. Next, remove the product, leave to drip oil.

First of all, they love french fries for crisp and tender base. For this reason, it is recommended to serve the dish immediately after cooking.Otherwise, the garnish will lose taste and become “cotton”. French fries are perfect for salads from fresh vegetables, it is used in combination with canned peas and corn, Korean carrots. In addition, the product is added to the basis of such dishes as hamburger, shaurma, dog-go.

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