Home-Made French Fries
Also known as Finger Chips · Veg · Snacks & Starters
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6 steps, each one filmed
A short video for every step, so your hands never have to leave the pan.
Homemade french fries: potato batons boiled briefly with baking soda and salt, dried and fried twice until crisp. Serves 2, about 35 minutes, with video.
Low calorie
100% would make this again11 cooks
Ingredients
6 itemsWaterAs Needed
Baking Soda1 tsp
SaltAs Needed
Potato3
Salt2 tsp
Sunflower OilFor Deep-Frying
Nutrition
One serving, and the whole batch of 2. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per serving | All 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 183kcal | 366kcal |
| Protein | 3g | 6g |
| Carbohydrate | 26g | 51g |
| Fat | 7.7g | 15g |
| Fibre | 3.3g | 6.6g |
| Sugar | 1.2g | 2.4g |
Cookd masalas for potato
Method
- 1
Wash and peel the large potatoes. Cut them into french fry baton shapes and soak them in cold water for 10 mins.
Potato
- 2
Place them in water with baking soda and salt. Bring it to a boil, for a minute or two.
WaterBaking SodaSalt
- 3
Strain and dry the batons completely.
- 4
Fry them in medium hot oil for 2 mins and strain them, allow them to cool completely.
Sunflower Oil
- 5
Fry them again, in hot oil until golden brown and crispy.
- 6
Toss them with salt and serve.
Salt
Before you start
- How long does Home-Made French Fries take?
- 35 minutes from start to finish. That is 20 minutes of preparation and 15 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Home-Made French Fries serve?
- 2. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Home-Made French Fries vegetarian?
- Yes. No meat, no fish and no egg.
- Is Home-Made French Fries spicy?
- No, it is not spicy.
- What do I need to make Home-Made French Fries?
- 3 Potato, As Needed Water, 1 tsp Baking Soda, As Needed Salt, For Deep-Frying Sunflower Oil, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Home-Made French Fries?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Home-Made French Fries?
- About 183 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
Tips from other cooks
8 notes- P
PrathishJune 2024
I cooked for the first time and Let me say I cookd it.
- M
Manoj RajkumarAugust 2023
wow taste was awesome 😎
- G
GayathriMarch 2023
😋😋
- C
A Cookd cookAugust 2024
I like this it so, crispy and with sure it so nice thank you much (tiger fire show) 🐯
- J
Jeevitha DevadasanMarch 2024
finally add a pinch of garam masala. loved ur recipe.tq guys.
- S
SuprajaNovember 2022
Easy snack, with readily available ingredients.. came out well... instructions were clear and easy to follow
- C
A Cookd cookNovember 2022
yummyy but I don't know why they are much crispy..it's may be my mistake
ArrushNovember 2021
Easy and good snack 🥨 at rainy days 😉
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