I Made Some Homeade French Fries!!! |
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I made some homeade French fries!!!
Omg they were so good the grease and the crispy goodness made me happy. Its the simple things in life just figured it was important enough to make a post about. What did you do tonight to make you happy!??? nomnomnomnom
Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done.
Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Also what works good is using a finer salt. Like what Mcdonalds has.
wow good idea ill do that next time i usually just cut and drop didnt think of that thanks
Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! But you know what is the best at frying things with? Old bacon grease. My step mom pretty much cooks breakfast with bacon every weekend and would store it and fry everything with it. Yums Ramuh.Dasva said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Titan.Xairu said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Also they tend to use and reuse and reuse it. And I doubt they strain it in any way to clean it out... gross Bismarck.Josiahkf said: I've never heard of someone frying french fries in "drippings" in their home, it sounds pretty gross. But this thread seemed to find it acceptable lol american thing maybe? All I'd consider is clean bought oils Nah it's not cooking them only in the bacon grease, it's just adding a bit for flavor. Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Also side note: I had a co-worker that converted his car to run on old grease like that. McDs would actually pay him to take it off there hands. Has a huge tank on the back of his pick up that will run for a couple thousand of miles You can run a car on normal vegetable oil too. Its been done many times.
Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Of course one of the major flaws is it hardens in most outside temperatures. So he had to have it run on diesel too so he could warm it up and recirc it a bit. Think he said it was like an hour long process lol Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Ramuh.Dasva said: Bismarck.Josiahkf said: Asura.Israfel said: Titan.Xairu said: Soak them in salt water for about 20 minutes before you fry them ;) It's mainly a trick to get a good crust on potatoes when you roast them, but I find it just adds a better salt flavor to them without actually dumping a pound on top after they're done. Also~ my better half gets home any minute now, and that's what I'll be doing tonight! Yeah they have to start the engine & run it for a few minutes on diesel then then switch to the oil. Have to switch back to diesel before killin the engine too. There's been loads of people do this, even blokes on TV doin it lol. Yeah we used to joke that he was the only guy who had a car that took longer to start up then the reactor
these days you can get sued for using the word French fries .
"Freedom Fries" < "French Fries" selfmade fries arent that awesome anymore if you have to make 40KG+ every day . Bismarck.Fabiano said: these days you can get sued for using the word French fries . "Freedom Fries" < "French Fries" and the only people that would sue over such a frivolous thing are overly zealous soccer moms and bible thumpers. :p By far the best way to make fries is the way i've been doing it for a few years.
Idaho russett potatoes, DONT skin them, just use a mandolin to make them into their french fry shape (technically called "Julianne cut") Soak them in almost ice cold water to draw out the excessive starch. You'll most likely have to drain the water and make like 3+ baths for them depending on how many you make. You then blanch them in the oil. The way I do this is I get my peanut oil above water's boiling point (212 F @ sea level) in order to safely cook out the water that the potatoes have been soaking in. I usually aim for 225 F. Just cook them until theyre not as stiff, but dont let them cook so far that theyre basically ready to be mashed potatoes. Undercooking is ok b/c the cooking process will still be happening for a few minutes after they come out of the oil, b/c oil holds heat longer than water or air. Once they're all blanched, turn the oil up to about 375. I use Peanut oil b/c it has a nice flavor and it has a higher burn temp. Once the oil's up to temp, drop a good hanful sized amount in at once, the oil will bubble and rise some due to cooking out the moisture still inside the potatoes, so add them slow to prevent a boilover. Just let them cook until they start to get golden brown. The bouyancy will change a bit so you'll know when theyre done, but i'm not sure if that's specific to the type of potato i use or not. I know it works for chicken though. chicken floats when it's done. Anyhoo, after your fries are out of the oil, just put them in a big bowl and sprinkle some kosher salt on them and give them a toss. Kosher salt is a little more coarse than table salt, AND it has no iodine, which makes table salt taste metallic. You wont know the dofference until you try, but holy ***, once you get used to kosher salt, you'll never go back. fleur de sel -> every other salt
Bismarck.Fabiano said: fleur de sel -> every other salt Sylph.Washburn said: Bismarck.Fabiano said: fleur de sel -> every other salt Fleur de sel Cerberus.Deadplaything said: Omg they were so good the grease and the crispy goodness made me happy. Its the simple things in life just figured it was important enough to make a post about. What did you do tonight to make you happy!??? nomnomnomnom |
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