French fries at home. Video

Can be made at home with relatively little time and effort. Even an inexperienced cook can easily cope with this task.

If you have a deep fat fryer at home, use it. The easiest way to cook fries at home is using this particular appliance. So the dish will turn out to be fried, tasty and appetizing.

To prepare this dish, you will need the following ingredients: – raw potatoes (calculate their amount based on the number of eaters and their appetite); – vegetable or olive oil; – fine salt; – pepper; – spices to taste; – deep fryer; – paper towel or napkins.

Peel the potatoes. Rinse in cold water and dry thoroughly with a paper towel or tissue. Cut into strips or thin cubes.

Try to keep them the same size for even cooking.

Dry the sliced ​​potatoes again, using a napkin to remove moisture as much as possible. Pour vegetable oil into a deep fryer container, heat to about 160-180 ° C. To determine if the chopped roasting sticks can be used, toss a small piece of potato into the butter. If a fairly strong boil immediately begins around it, the oil is heated to the desired degree.

Place the chopped cubes in a sieve and place them in the heated oil so that all the potatoes are covered with it.

Do not try to fry all the potatoes in one go. It is better to do this in two or three stages so that the cubes are evenly fried and crispy.

The duration of frying potatoes is, depending on the type of root crop and the thickness of the sliced ​​cubes, from 6 to 8 minutes. When the potato wedges have a golden brown color, the sieve can be removed from the deep fat. Let the oil drain, then place the chips on a paper towel to absorb the excess fat. Then add salt and transfer to a serving bowl.

You can also roast fries at home using a convenience store. There is no need to defrost it. The frying time is the same as in the described recipe, that is, from 6 to 8 minutes.

Most culinary guides indicate that potatoes should be taken 8-10 times less, then uniform frying from all sides will be ensured, and the product will be of very high quality. A larger amount of potatoes is allowed, but in any case, its mass should be no more than ¼ of the mass of fat.

Various types of cooking oils are used for deep-frying. However, it is easiest to use vegetable oil at home. If possible, it is better to use a mixture of different types of vegetable oils, then the fat will foam less.

Let’s say you have very little oil left. How to cook at home in this case? It couldn’t be easier. The only condition is that you will need to cut the potatoes into very thin cubes (more precisely, into thin strips). Since it will be difficult to do this with a knife, even a very sharp one, use a vegetable shredder with a nozzle that chops into strips.

Place the shredded potatoes on a dry kitchen towel or paper towel to remove excess moisture. Heat vegetable oil in a skillet (2-3 millimeters thick) and add some of the potatoes. Stirring with a dry spoon or a special wooden spatula, fry evenly on all sides. Since the cubes are so thin, it will take a little time to cook, about 2 to 3 minutes. Place the potatoes on a paper towel and add a fresh batch to the butter. And so on, until all the chopped potatoes are fried.