/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17013329
Fry them in lard or tallow

>>17013329
Literally follow the recipe, and that's it.
- let fries soak in water after cutting 30 mins
- fry twice; first in oil @ 340, then let cool, then fry again at 375
A retard could do this. Add garlic and parsley if you're feeling fruity and gay.

>>17013329
>>17013341
also the classic soak and pre-fry process.

Freeze them between frying sessions.

>>17013329
The secret is too much work for fries, but you'll have tasty crispy fries if you parboil, dry, salt, and let sit in the fridge for max overnight before frying
. Also make sure your fat is in the proper temp each time you drop the fries in for best results.

>>17013329
ok, here is my secret for not really fried fries (i bake in the oven on a sheet - thu deep enough sides to have a bit of oil on the bottom).

ready???

cut you fries with a dull edge so that you get a ragged fries surface.
if i make round slices, sometimes i score the cut face with a fork, but is labor and time consuming.
i use the back of an old butter knife. gives more fry surface for the oil to impact. good simple trick.

>>17013329
use raviolis instead

>>17013329
blanching in the hot oil before the fry proper

>>17013341
This plus soak and double fry. You'll shit yourself.

>>17013329
Corn starch before frying. Absolutely a must try.

smoke some dude weed before cooking and eating so you’re hungry

Can't believe someone said to use the right potato variety, it's maybe the most important thing.
>>17014270
Retard

>>17014284
Retard? Soaking the potatoes in cold water or lightly dusting them with cornstarch before frying are the best ways of making crispy fries. You're insulting me just because you're used to get yours at mcdonald's

Deep frying a whole potato. Has it been done?

>>17013329
Not be fat

>>17014296
There's no need to dust them with cornstarch to get them crispy. You do it because you're not able to make crispy fries without it.

>>17014321
delete this post immediately

>>17013329
what I want to know is how to make those fat fuckers they sell at Costco

>>17013329
1. Poach in hot water with salt and citric acid, 5 min or so.
2. Let dry.
3. Fry in lard/tallow/oil mixture at 125-150 centigrade until they shrink at bit.
4. Let cool on rack.
5. Fry at 175+ centigrade for only 20 seconds or so until they get nice browning.

It's not harder than that.

Add olive oil, that stops the fries from sticking together

>>17015088
You forgot the step about choosing the right potatoes. All that work will still make shit fries if you don't get that step right.

If you have good potatoes, it's as simple as this:

1. Cut into shape, rinse with water, dry.
2. Put it into lots of cold oil/fat
3. Put on max heat
4. Carefully mix them around every now and then
5. Do this until the fries are golden and crip.

This obviously won't work in a restaurant setting, but it's great at home. Provided you use the right kind of potato.

>>17015097
Any floury potato will do really, I don't pay too much attention to type just the shape I want.
Acid water poaching really makes the cooking go faster, and twice frying gives much more consistent results than just frying from raw to done in one go. Especially in a home setting you can get all the fries warm and finished in a short time with a small pot of oil.

>>17015097
The right potato is key but you're other steps are retarded. You want a good mealy potato, russet is common and easy to get. That being said I prefer a Yukon gold that is a bit waxier.
After that just do the soak and double fry everyone else mentioned. It's hands down the best method, just use the right potato

>>17014321
Yeah, I think you can find them do it on Bon Appetit's 50 ways to cook a potato or whatever the fuck it's called. The skin gets really crispy and the oil fried like the very first millimeter of potato past the skin, but for the most part it was still really bland.

>>17014548
>>17016937
Seems like it's not perfected yet, because it's illegal.
Anon's let's perfect the ultimate taboo.

>>17016184
>>17016961
Fucking julia childs in the thread everybody. I clapped

have a high school girl piss all over them and lightly season with salt

>>17016184
How is it retarded? What was your experience using this method? I have experimented a lot and this method is the easiest laziest method to get good result for a small batch at home. Not claiming it's the best ever either, but it gives perfect crispy fries with less work than any other method.