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Homemade Hand-Cut French Fries

Have you ever tried to make homemade french fries and they turn out under-cooked or super greasy?!  Try this recipe… there are 2 tricks to making these super yummy!  Then compare the price of a bag of frozen french fries you’d get at the grocery store to a couple potatoes it takes to make these… Pennies on the $$$!!!

Here is what you’ll need:

  • 4 potatoes (that served 6 of us)
  • Oil for frying
  • Salt
Cut up your potatoes and place them in a bowl of water with a few ice cubes... That "trick" #1 Let them soak a minimum of 30 minutes
Cut up your potatoes and place them in a bowl of water with a few ice cubes…
That’s “trick” #1
Let them soak a minimum of 30 minutes
Strain out the water and rinse them off... you'll see all the starch it pull out of the potatoes!
Strain out the water and rinse them off… you’ll see all the starch it pull out of the potatoes!
Heat up your oil... On med-high and bloat dry your potatoes with a paper towel
Heat up your oil… On med-high and blot dry your potatoes with a paper towel
Test your temp with a fry or two
Test your temp with a fry or two
Fry them for about 3-5 mins till they just start to turn color
Fry them for about 3-5 mins till they just start to turn color
Pull them out and continue with the rest... When you pull the first batch out give the oil a minute to pull it back up to temp before you drop the next batch!
Pull them out and continue with the rest… When you pull the first batch out give the oil a minute to pull it back up to temp before you drop the next batch!
Here is "trick" #2.... Fry them again... this time till they start to turn brown!
Here is “trick” #2….
Fry them again… this time till they start to turn brown!
Can you see the difference?! Now just salt them to taste and you have your homemade French Fries!
Can you see the difference?!
Now just salt them to taste and you have your homemade French Fries!
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4 responses to “Homemade Hand-Cut French Fries”

  4. […] I was hosting a family dinner party at my house the other night.  My Husband’s Brother and Wife were up visiting from Florida!  We don’t get to see them very often so its always fun to be able to get everyone together when they are in town!  My Husband comes from a large family and its hard to get everyone under the same roof… even the other night we were missing a few!  Well I had some Ling Cod in the freezer from my Husbands fishing trip he took a few months ago so I thought it would be fun to do a bunch of Beer Battered Fish n Chips and what better to serve it with than Homemade Tartar Sauce… and some Hand-Cut French Fries! […]

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