Double-fried french fries are heavenly. I know what you’re thinking – a recipe for fries?? C’mon! But, if you want fries that are soft on the inside and golden and crispy on the outside, you gotta know what you’re doing… Sprinkle a little salt on top, and you have the perfect side dish to your burger, shnitzel, or falafel…
Ingredients
4 medium-sized frying potatoes
frying oil
Preparation
Peel the potaoes and slice length-wise to 1/4″ (1/2cm) rings.
Cut every ring length-wise into 1/4″ (1/2cm) wide sticks.
Place the potato sticks in a bowl, cover in water and refrigerate for an hour.
Fill a saucepan with ~7cm (~2.5-3 inches) of vegetable oil, and place over a medium flame until it reaches ~150C/300F.
Drain the potato sticks, place on an absorbent paper towel and dry well.
Fry the potato sticks a layer at a time for exactly 5 minutes, remove from oil and place on absorbent paper towel.
Repeat until all potato sticks have been fried once. At this stage the fries will be pale, but soft on the inside.
Move the saucepan to a high flame until it reaches ~180C/360F.
Fry the potato sticks a layer at a time for exactly 5 minutes, remove from oil and place on absorbent paper towel, sprinkle lightly with salt and toss.
Repeat until all potato sticks have been fried for the second time.
The fries are now a lovely golden-brown.
