Re: Tips for frying french fries?

On Mon, 28 Oct 2024, Spanks wrote:

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On 10/27/2024 4:30 AM, Daniel wrote:
Over the course of many cooking videos, I've learned - by

osmosis - of

boiling the fries in water for 2-3 minutes prior to dumping

into the

oil.

This gets the fries at a cooking temperature and the outer part

of the

fry is pre-cooked. Also, the starches are released out of the

fry

exterior at this time, so when frying - you don't get that

burned starch

flavor and appearance. The fries have a golden-brown exterior

when

cooked when the exterior is pre-cooked in water.

It works well and my wife eats the hell out of the fries

whenever I make

them.

So you get the crunchy exterior and the soft, mashed potato'ey

consistency on the inside.

I also boil the potatoes in a brine so that they absorb a bit

of that

sodium.

Daniel

jmcquown wrote:

You could go to all that trouble.  I certainly hope you've patted

those > > brined in salted water potatoes dry before dropping them in hot
oil > > because water and hot oil doesn't mix.  Splatter!

Or you could simply twice-fry them.  They are known as Belgian

Fries. > > First, simply fry them in batches in 325F vegetable oil.  (Peanut
oil is > > not required.)  Fry the potatoes 4-5 minutes until the potatoes
are > > tender, not browned and crisp.  Remove with a strainer or slotted
spoon > > and drain them well on paper towels.  Bring the oil back up to
temp and > > fry them again until they are golden brown and crisp outside. Strain, > > drain, sprinkle with salt and they're done.

Jill

Spanks wrote:

Thank You.  Thanks to everyone else too.  I am looking forward to

trying this out today along with the Smash Burgers.
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Hi jmcquown. I took your advice and tried frying the french fries
twice. I cooked the fries on the accessory burner of my outdoor grill.
I put all the fries in for the first cook and the temperature dropped
into the lower 200s so I just cooked them longer before I took them
out to let the oil heat back up. For the second cooking I just put small batches in and they came out
absolutely perfect. They were extremely tasty along with the smash
burgers that I tried after reading mummychunks recipe in another post
here.
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I also made some Halloween cookies from another recipe here so it was
a pretty full evening.
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Here are a couple photos and video that I did for my social media if
anybody is interested.  If not, please just disregard.
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And you didn't experience that the fries were cool on the outside, and burning on the inside? This has happened to me once when I visited Brussels. Very unpleasant.