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For all ages, events, and moods, French fries are the ideal snack. We can always count on the crispy, salty potato fingers. It is a required side dish with burgers and a requirement for assortment of snacks. If you stop to think about it, preparing French fries at home is actually fairly straightforward, but you won't get the same crispy fries you get at restaurants. Why? Well, perfecting specific procedures is the key to great cuisine. Even the ostensibly straightforward French fries have certain dos and don'ts that must be followed in each recipe.
Use a french fry cutter
Make sure your fries are chopped into the same size and shape first and foremost. By doing this, you can be sure that the fries will cook evenly and turn out crispy. You can slice these potatoes with a cheese grater or vegetable peeler if you don't have access to a slicer or a mandoline. Both tools take longer to use than a mandoline but produce equally thin slices.
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There are various varieties of potatoes. A starchy type makes the ideal crisp-on-the-outside, smooth-on-the-inside french fry potato. Keep waxy potato varieties including fingerling, red thumb, and purple majesty out of the fryer. These potatoes not only lack the starchiness required for the ideal fry, but they are also too waxy to produce a crunchy fry. Instead of frying, reserve these varieties for roasting and potato salads.
Use an air-fryer
You probably don't want to start your oven or a deep-frying setup on a hot summer day. Instead, you can make french fries in your dependable air fryer. Fries should be tossed in a mixture of oil, salt, and pepper after being cut and soaked in water. Try to resist the urge to spray cooking oil into the air fryer's interior basket. Many air fryer baskets already have a nonstick surface, making it challenging to clean them after adding more oil. The oil on the fries should be plenty, but if you need to prevent sticking or get crispier fries, you can add a spritz of oil halfway through cooking.
Soak them in water
You probably don't want to start your oven or a deep-frying setup on a hot summer day. Instead, you can make french fries in your dependable air fryer. Fries should be tossed in a mixture of oil, salt, and pepper after being cut and soaked in water. Try to resist the urge to spray cooking oil into the air fryer's interior basket. Many air fryer baskets already have a nonstick surface, making it challenging to clean them after adding more oil. The oil on the fries should be plenty, but if you need to prevent sticking or get crispier fries, you can add a spritz of oil halfway through cooking.
