Questions tagged [french-fries]
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Should french fries be fried two times?
Most professional cookbooks tell me to fry french fries two times. First at a lower temperature of about 150-170°C and then at a higher temperature about 180-190°C.
Reference: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:French_Fries#Variations
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How can I make McDonald's type French Fries
I have eaten french fries from most popular fast food joints. McDonald's has been the best by far.
Crisp & crunchy on the outside yet moist inside, still maintaining the potato taste. Also it does not go soggy after taking it out of the deep-frier.…
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What varieties of potato would be good for chips / french fries?
What varieties of potato would be good for making chips / french fries that can be cooked in a deep fryer to give a nice golden crunch on the outside, but still be nice and fluffy in the middle?
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Does it matter if you don't preheat the oven for frozen French fries?
Whenever I use the oven to prepare frozen French fries, the instructions tell me to pre-heat the oven to X degrees, and then put the fully frozen French fries inside when it's ready.
But it's often a waste of time to stand around and wait for it to…
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How are Belgian fries different than the average French fries found in North America?
How do Belgian fries differ from the French fries we are accustomed to eat in the US and Canada in such places as McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and so on? Is it the variety of potato, the preparation involved or something totally different? What…
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What are the advantages of serving fries in a metal cone?
We ate at BURGR a few weeks ago. And we had a burger and fries. The burgers were good - 7 out of 10. The fries were served in a cone.
Now when my wife and I were eating the (truffle) fries we both thought they were dramatically under-seasoned. …
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The secret to Pringles like potatoes
Some context: I'm not a cook, hardly even a good amateur, this considered:
I would like to know if it is possible to, with everyday cooking accessories, make some home-made potatoes that are as similar to the Pringles potatoes.
The resemblance…
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Tricks to preserve chips (french fries)?
Since I can remember I've always been crazy about chips (french fries for the Americans). As a result I always make too much when I make them for me. The problem I have and have always had is that they never seem to keep very well. The minute they…
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Why double fry French fries after blanching instead of just blanching and frying?
I love good fries fries. I've made them with some success at home using the Steak Frites recipe originally developed by Cooks Illustrated/America's Test Kitchen. In their recipe cut potatoes are rinsed, soaked, fried at a lower temperature, then…
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standard way to make crispy sweet potato fries?
I've been looking for a way to fry (not bake) sweet potatoes, maybe like the double-fry method for russet and russet-like potatoes, to get a crispy exterior.
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm having difficulty finding something for sweet potatoes…
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French Fries: Why soak in cold water, and if so, why a long time
I have heard that, to get crispy french fries, I need to get rid of the excess starch on the surface of potatoes after cutting them. But that can't be the reason, really, because starch is actually what FORMS the crust... so my reasoning is the…
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How to make Pumpkin Fries
Sweet potato fries are one of my favorite sides. I also love the taste of pumpkin, and thought it would be good to replace the sweet potato in sweet potato fries with pumpkin. I am looking to make something very similar to sweet potato fries, but…
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Can excess oil make french fries soggy?
My co-workers and I are in a debate. We brought some french fries home from a fast-food restaurant in paper bags and they got soggy. My co-workers maintain that the combination of steam and soaking in their own oil made them soggy. I claim that it…
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How do I cook chips (french fries) in the oven?
A while back, I came across a method of cooking chips in the oven (rather than deep frying them). Basically, what I do it cut the raw potatoes into chips, coat then in oil and bake them in the oven for about 30 mins on top heat. This works... kind…
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How to make crispy French fries?
Yesterday I tried making French fries, but they were not crispy.
I heard that if I use 2 spoonfuls of Mobil oil with soybean oil, the fries will be much crispier.
Is that true?
Or is there any way to make them crispy?
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