Homemade French Fries

[KEN W]

Anyone here make there own home made fries from raw potatoes with a French Fry cutter?

[glenn57]

Yep, I do on occasion. Then hit hot oil!!

I also like to season them and let them set for a bit, or just put them in salt water. Gotta make sure there dry though before it hits the oil

[Boar]

I remeber dds at our first gtg at federal dam broufh his homemade fries, once he fifure out the frywr theu wer great

[KEN W]

I have been watching you tube to see methods. They all say you must rinse in water until it is clear to remove the starch. Then fry for a few minutes and take them out and let the cool of freeze. Then fry a second time.

 I am looking for at Fry cutter to make it a lot faster and easier than cutting them by hand. Anyone have one of these?

[LPS]

This is on topic and I have thought about good fries and other deep fried things.  I have wondered what deep fryer is the best one to do this? 

[glenn57]

I have been watching you tube to see methods. They all say you must rinse in water until it is clear to remove the starch. Then fry for a few minutes and take them out and let the cool of freeze. Then fry a second time.

 I am looking for at Fry cutter to make it a lot faster and easier than cutting them by hand. Anyone have one of these?

Yea Ken, I do. I use it to cut up my ingredients for salsa. Think the one I have might not hold up to doing potatoes though. For the amount we eat I use a hand cutter.

Never heard of frying cooling and freezing then frying again. Interesting

[glenn57]

This is on topic and I have thought about good fries and other deep fried things.  I have wondered what deep fryer is the best one to do this?

LPS, that's kinda like the Chevy Ford argument  I have one that heats to 375, next one needs to get hotter

[KEN W]

I grew some russets this year for baking and making into FF. I have some real whoppers to big to bake. But they should make good FF.

This is the one I am looking at.....

[glenn57]

That looks sturdy enough.

[Leech~~]

I grew some russets this year for baking and making into FF. I have some real whoppers to big to bake. But they should make good FF.

This is the one I am looking at.....

I found one of these nice biggers one at a garage sale. Some of the little ones at stores are a joke! To small and dont cut! 😐

[glenn57]

I grew some russets this year for baking and making into FF. I have some real whoppers to big to bake. But they should make good FF.

This is the one I am looking at.....

I found one of these nice biggers one at a garage sale. Some of the little ones at stores are a joke! To small and dont cut! 😐

Yea I have the LEM brand and not real impressed.

[KEN W]

I had one of the cheapo plastic ones. Not real sturdy. Potatoes kept getting stuck in it. Decided if I'm going to really do this....I want one that works.

[Dotch]

Interesting thread. Out of curiosity, I emailed the Fresh French Fries people who operate all those stands at the MN State Fair. They make a few fresh fries during its run, ~400,000 lbs. of spuds, use 3000 gallons of oil and people slather them with roughly 25,000 lbs. of ketchup. Down, glenn!!!  Don't know if they'll share what is likely commercial cutter info but doesn't hurt to ask. 

[Gunner55]

I had one of the cheapo plastic ones. Not real sturdy. Potatoes kept getting stuck in it. Decided if I'm going to really do this....I want one that works.

We have 1 that looks much like the 1 Ken W has in his post but it's not nearly that bright & shiny. We don't use it much now as when we have homemade FFs they are usually hand cut as we don't fix that many. Ours are usually soaked for a while prior to frying, then fried almost done, removed & allowed to cool while the fish or shrimp go BACK in to finish, then the FFs are put in the 2nd time. Time is allowed for the oil to regain the proper temp between each batch that goes back in too.

[KEN W]

I intend to blanch them in the oil at a lower temp. Let them cool. Then put them in the air fryer for the second fry.

[Jerkbiat]

Partially cooking them then taking them out to let cool and put in a 2nd time is supposed to make them crispier. I just do them once myself. Usually hand cut them more like potato wedges. Like them thicker.

[KEN W]

I always watch Americas Test Kitchen on PBS. On Saturday they had on.....



A lot of steps, but might just work for potato wedges in the oven.

[Steve-o]

I like America's Test Kitchen.  They figure stuff out and tell you why you are doing what you are doing.

[mike89]

looks tasty!! and I do enjoy the gold taters too!! 

[Yellowstone]

We cut fries with a knife, toss in a minimal amound of canola oil, lightly season with garlic salt and then air fry. The family likes them better than fried in oil and they loved that method. So we just stick to the air fryer now.

[mike89]

We cut fries with a knife, toss in a minimal amound of canola oil, lightly season with garlic salt and then air fry. The family likes them better than fried in oil and they loved that method. So we just stick to the air fryer now.

that is what I was thinking to do!!! 

[Yellowstone]

yeah, family says they are better than state fair fries that way. I just make sure to cut them thin and I open the air fryer half way through and stir

[LPS]

Great idea. 

[mike89]

yeah, family says they are better than state fair fries that way. I just make sure to cut them thin and I open the air fryer half way through and stir

how long did ya cook them??