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French Fried Potatoes

French Fried Potatoes are sliced potatoes fried until golden.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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French Fried Potatoes

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Peel the potatoes and cut each into six pieces.

  2. Place the pieces on a dry cloth to absorb moisture.

Fry and serve

  1. Heat oil in a deep pan until boiling.

  2. Drop the potato pieces into the boiling oil and fry for 10 minutes.

  3. Drain the fried potatoes and sprinkle with fine salt before serving hot.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Potatoes
Starch provides the bulk and fluffy interior, while the surface crisps during frying.

The step that matters

Drying the potato pieces. Surface moisture cools the hot oil and causes splattering and greasy fries. Patting the pieces dry lets the oil brown and crisp the surface.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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