Recipe: Perfect French Fries

French Fries. French fries, or simply fries (North American English), chips (British and Commonwealth English, Hiberno-English), finger chips (Indian English), or French-fried potatoes. French fried potatoes are a favorite food in countries around the world. Perhaps it is the flavor of the fat, or the salt—or both—that leads us to purchase the potatoes often.

Once discovered/invented French fries became extremely popular in France, particularly in Paris, where they were sold by push-cart vendors on the streets and called "frites". French fries coated in truffle oil and Parmesan cheese is simply heavenly! They were served at one of my favorite brewpubs and I knew I had to recreate them at home. You can have French Fries using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of French Fries

1. It's 3 of big size potatoes.
2. It's as required of Some cornflour.
3. It's as per taste of Salt.
4. Prepare as needed of Oil for deep-frying.

Homemade french fries are crazy delicious. The best fries are double-fried, first at a lower temperature to cook them through, then again in hotter oil to crisp them up to golden perfection. Oven baked, perfectly golden and crisp and deliciously fluffy and tender inside. French fries have been a classic favorite for people of all ages for centuries.

French Fries instructions

1. Firstly wash the potatoes well then peel them and cut them into batons, as shown below..
2. After cutting them, wash them gently, by changing water, 4 to 5 times, until you get a clear. The reason behind this is the starch released from the potatoes should be completely washed off, so that it becomes light and crispy..
3. Now dip them in ice-cold water, cover it and leave them as it is for about 10 mins. The reason behind the potatoes dipped in ice-cold water is that it should not change its colour after cutting..
4. After 10 mins. remove them from water and shatter them over a kitchen towel. Now place another kitchen towel over it and press them gently so that the excess water on the potatoes gets absorbed. Now leave it as it is for 10 to 15 mins below the fan..
5. Now heat a pan, add oil for deep-frying. Don't let the oil to get hot. Add the potato slices in cold oil. Let the oil get hot slowly and gradually, just we do in samosa making. Let the potato slices fry in the oil very slowly. Half-fry them on medium flame..
6. Now shatter them over a tissue paper as shown below. Put another tissue paper over it so that the excess oil gets absorbed..
7. Now sprinkle some cornflour over it (abou 2 tbsp). Combine them well so that it gets coated with the fries, very well. Now keep these half-fried coated potatoes inside a tiffin box and keep it inside the freezer for half an hour..
8. After half an hour, remove them. Now heat some oil for deep-frying (same oil). But this time the oil should be completely hot. Once the oil gets hot put the half-fried coated potatoes into the oil and fry them on medium flame for 7 to 8 mins until they turn crisp and golden..
9. Now remove them over a strainer. Donot remove them over a tissue paper or else it would get mushy. Repeat the same with the rest of the batches. Then sprinkle some table salt over it & gently flip them. You can serve them as it is with some ketchup or dips or with any burger of your choice, as a side dish..

Learn how to make homemade French fries. With this easy recipe you can make the best crispy fries ever! Nowadays, people can eat French fries for just about any meal of the day. It's a nice garnish, side dish and even a main dish at times. (Note that the French-fry family includes only deep-fried potatoes. Home fries are not French The Pringles of French fries, these are proudly unnatural, from the machine-cutting system that makes.