Homemade French Fries

 

I like fast food french fries, just like everyone else, right? 

But, who wants to buy those all the time?

These french fries are super yummy, even better than fast food ones, if you ask me, 

Start by slicing up your potatoes.  Do them thin and they wll cook faster.  Or, if you like big, thick, fries, cut them thick and they will just have to cook a little longer. 

After you cut them, rinse them with cold water.  Then pat them dry. 

While you are cutting your fries, let some oil get HOT in a pan. 

So it will be ready when you are.

Once your fries are dried, gently place them in the oil. 

 Tip: Throwing potatoes in hot oil splashes the oil, and it burns if it gets on you. 

Just so ya know. 

Let them cook for a few minutes.  Then remove to some paper towels. 

Add more potatoes to the oil and continue cooking, and then removing them to the paper towels. 

Your fries should look like this:

Soggy, pale, not super appetizing... Yet. 

Here's the secret.  You want to fry these babies again.  Once you have taken all the fries out of the oil, let it heat up again for a minute.  Then put the fries back in.  They will turn a golden brown pretty quick, and get nice and crispy. 

See how the fry holds its shape now?

Remove the fries from the oil again and place on new paper towels. 

Dust them with some seasoned salt. 

Try at least one right away.  (Well, after it cools slightly)

Look at the difference between the first frying and the second:

We ate these with some hamburgers the other night, and everything was so good. 

My husband kept stealing them from the kitchen before dinner was ready.

He admitted that he couldn't resist them, they were SO good. 

Try these out, you will like 'em!

No real recipe here.  You cut as many potatoes as you think your family will eat. 

For my family of 6, I cut 3 LARGE potatoes, and we had left overs. 

-Heat oil

-Cut potatoes

-Rinse potatoes

-Dry potatoes

-Fry potatoes

-Fry them again

-Sprinkle with seasoned salt

-Eat

Super easy.  :)