| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 40 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes
- Vegetable or peanut oil, for frying
- Sea salt, for sprinkling
- Ketchup and mayonnaise, mixed, for serving
Instructions
- Peel and rinse the potatoes. Cut each potato lengthwise into 4 or 5 pieces, then cut each piece into sticks. The thinner these are, the crispier they will be. Place the fries in a large bowl. Cover with cold water, then allow them to soak 2 or 3 hours (or you can stick them in the fridge and let them soak overnight).
- When you’re ready to make the fries, drain the water and lay the potatoes on 2 baking sheets lined with paper towels. Blot with paper towels to dry.
- Heat a few inches of vegetable oil to 300 degrees F in a heavy pot. In 3 or 4 batches, fry the potatoes about 4 to 5 minutes per batch, or until soft. They should not be brown at all at this point-you just want to start the cooking process. Remove each batch and drain them on new, dry paper towels.
- Once all the potatoes have been fried at 300 degrees F, turn up the heat until the oil temperature reaches 400 degrees F. When the oil is hot, start frying the potatoes in batches again, cooking until golden and crisp. Remove from the oil and drain on fresh paper towels. Sprinkle the fries with sea salt and dive in with the ketchup-mayo mixture.
Reviews
Made these fry’s and they were ridiculously good. Crunchy texture on outside, tasty on inside. You gotta try this recipe!!
I used a “fry daddy” to cook the potatoes and I only had to do it once. So crisp! Everyone wants seconds
love this method of making crispy fries!…I fry them the first time and then put them on cookie sheets in single layers and put in freezer…then put in bags and keep in freezer and then fry them the second time…
This was my first time frying potatoes or french fries on the stove top ! hey turned out good! Thank you for the tasteful directions:)
I tried making these with the potatoes I had (gold potatoes). They did’t come out as crispy as I’d like, but tased pretty good with Emeril’s Essence sprinkled on them.
These were easy and great! Thank you!
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Delicious best fries I’ve had
These worked out very well!. I was glad to find a french fry recipe that you cooked the fries twice instead of thrice. Apparently, I will be making these again soon ; ) Thanks
Delicious recipe, family loves it. It’s easy a little time consuming but well worth it!