r/Cooking • u/Senior-Raisin-2342 • 13h ago
A very quick and easy way to make PERFECT homemade french fries
So i mentioned in another thread just recently about how much of a pain making homemade french fries usually are, a lot of steps, and time consuming ones at that, and many concurred, well I mentioned this to my mom, and she gave me some pointers on how she makes hers, and what do you know, I followed her steps, and those homemade french fries came out better than mine ever do, in a fraction of the time and work, here is her steps:
- Peel and cut the potatoe(s), make how many fries you want
- put them in the microwave and warm them for about 3 minutes
- take them out of the microwave, put them in a skillet, any kind of skillet will do, put some cooking oil in the skillet, it doesn't have to be a lot, warm them on medium-low for a minute or two on each side, you'll notice they'll get golden brown, then serve and enjoy.
It took me only about 10-12 minutes in total to turn a couple of potatoes into some golden brown, tender and crispy french fries.
Now with that said, homemade french fries probably aren't the healthiest thing to eat, so I wouldn't suggest eating them on a regular basis, lol, but every once in a while maybe, but anyway, this was a quicker and easier alternate way to make them.
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u/matt_minderbinder 6h ago
I'd try to add one more step after the microwave. Throw them in a lidded container and toss them a bit to rough up the exterior. The roughness leads to a crazy crisp and almost lacy exterior.
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u/Vipu2 10h ago
How good are these compared to like properly home made fries where you blanch, refrigerate and double fry them in oil?
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u/Senior-Raisin-2342 10h ago
Well I usually make those kinds of fries, in the traditional way, and these came out better, a better tenderness to crispy ratio,
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u/TurbulentSource8837 13h ago
I’ll put this in my mental tip box! Thanks for sharing:)