Only a few people on the planet have tried this.appetizing side dish. Tasty roasted potatoes are adored by both children and older people. French fries, of course, harmful, but very much loved, despite this.
Fast food points supply smoothlywanting a serving of this dish. And few people are embarrassed that health fighters do not cease to admonish people using this popular product that they eat heavy and unsafe food. First of all, the danger lies in substances produced from oil in which the golden bars roast. Oil is subjected to multiple heating and rarely changes in the dishes in the kitchens of such food outlets.
We reduce harm to a minimum
And what if you try to cook french fries inat home? Taking the best cleaned and fresh vegetable oil, you can cook yourself a decent amount of potatoes. And then treat this homemade dish to your favorite relatives and guests. And with all this, the dish will not be as harmful as they say. After all, you have a real potato and fresh butter in clean dishes.
What we need for frying
French fries in a homemade thick-walled pan or in a slow cooker will turn out to be no worse than the one you used to buy sometimes. First, prepare all the products and accessories:
- Griddle with deep sides.
- Paper towels.
- Plain clean kitchen towel.
- Vegetable oil - up to 400 milliliters.
- Salt.
- And most importantly - potatoes! They need about 5-7 pieces. Take the nodules of the same size, then it will be easier to cut neat thin sticks for homemade french fries.
Step-by-step instruction
- First make sure your oil canuse for frying. The fact is that there are species that are intended solely for use in cold foods. Salads are usually filled with such oils or mayonnaise sauces are made on their basis.
- Вымытые и освобожденные от кожуры картофелины cut into thin cubes with a sharp knife and cutting board. Make sure that the total thickness of each potato stick is about a centimeter. Too thin straws can dry out a lot, and those that are more than a centimeter can easily remain moist inside. To preserve a pleasant color and remove excess starchy substance, dip future fries in cold water.
- Then dry the wedges on a spread kitchen towel.
- Spread a paper towel on a tray or a large flat dish.
- Heat the oil in a deep bowl until the bubbles.
- As soon as the oil warmed up, put in itsticks of potatoes. Put in a single layer so that the potatoes freely floated in fat. To grill more evenly, mix the product using a skimmer or a spatula. French fries fry for about 7 minutes at medium temperature. To determine the readiness you need to try the bar.
- Remove the finished potatoes using a skimmer and immediately put in a colander. So excess oil will be easier to drain through the holes in the dishes.
- Sprinkle salt on the potato cubes right in the colander, shake them so that the salt is evenly distributed.
- Now pour the ready fresh potatoes onto a tray covered with paper towel. Help yourself to the dish right now until it gets cold. Chilled and slightly softened french fries will not be so tasty.
How to warm up
But sometimes even at home canit happens that the potato is cold. The reasons may be different, maybe you just did not calculate your strength and cooked more potatoes than you needed at that time. If the need has arisen to reheat this product, then it will be the wisest thing to do with the help of an ordinary oven. Heat it and place the potato straw inside, sprinkling on a pre-lubricated butter tray. In this simple way you can save the crunchy properties and taste.
What to do to those who can not eatfried fats for medical reasons? Are they really not allowed to treat themselves to some similar and equally tasty dish? Of course you can! Let's cook a more dietary version of homemade french fries. It is not difficult.
French fries in the oven
Instruction:
- Potatoes are cut with a long neat straw, 0.5 cm in width, and washed in cold water.
- After drying with paper towels or napkins, the bars are placed on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
- Now align the potato straws andSprinkle with seasoning salt. You can use the so-called "Tasty Salt", which is sold in supermarkets. In its composition there are various fragrant herbs and spices. All potato sticks should get a portion of salt. Arrange the sticks so that they have at least a millimeter of space around them. In contact with the "neighbors" potatoes may stick together in the cooking process.
- French fries will be cooked in a preheated oven with a temperature of 170 degrees. Cooking time - no more than 10 minutes.
Such a dish does not contain fatty foods, and it can be eaten even by those who follow the calories.
