If you cut potatoes into fries can you bake them instead of fry them and still get them crispy? If so...how?!
xoxo Jen
Answers: Thanks.
xoxo Jen
You have to toss them in oil, just enough to barely coat them.
You're still adding fat, but not as much and in the oven you can choose a more healthy oil like olive. You can also add awesome seasonings like rosemary, or paprika, or chives and garlic, or parmesan cheese(which would also help make them crispy), or anything else you can think of.
They won't have all that artery clogging goodness, but they'll still taste great, just not exactly the same.
Also a waxy type of potatoe like redskin will work best.
I found a nice recipe for you...
Crispy Baked Potato Chips
2 large russet potatoes, unpeeled, sliced into 1/8-inch-thick rounds
2 T. olive oil
1 t. dried thyme
1/2 t. coarse salt (optional)
Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine potatoes, oil and thyme in large bowl. Toss to coat with oil.
Arrange potatoes in single layer on 2 nonstick baking sheets. Bake until potatoes begin to brown on bottom, about 15 minutes.
Turn potatoes over, continue to bake until brown and crisp, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with salt (optional).
Serves 4.
Hope this recipe helps :)
Yes, and much healtier, my wife does that all the time.
I would try boiling them a little bit (not to long) to soften them and then bake in the oven to crisp them.
Yes they taste so good that way. If you cut them into strips then put them into a ziplock style baggie and sprinkly a bit of oill with salt and pepper, shake in bag, spread on cookie sheet, bake at 400 for atleast 20 min.
( or you can put oil and pan searing flour works really well.. and makes them tasty!)
make sure the surface is coated in oil, using a plastic bag works well, bake at a high heat first - 500 degrees, for about 5 minutes to crisp the outside, then lower the heat to about 350-375 to finish the inside, about 15 min total cooking time.
salt will draw water out of the potato and prevent the potato from crisping, so wait until after they are done cooking to salt them.
Such complicated answers. Read on:
Cut your taters. Pre-heat the oven (oh, I use 350 or so). Line a cookie sheet with tin foil (no need for clean up that way). Toss said taters on cookie sheet (you might want to season them first...Tony Chachere's Cajun seasoning is good stuff). Bake. Works well with frozen fries, too.
Cut them thinly.
Stand them on edge in something like toast rack.
SPRAY them with a little oil and bake them at about 200 C (420 F) in a pre-heated oven until golden and crispy.
It also works in a combination oven!!
Yes.
Spray a foil lined pan with olive oil cooking spray (or use olive oil, and spread it very thinly on the foil) and sprinkle with salt.
Arrange the fry-cut potatoes in a single layer, spray a bit with the olive oil cooking spray (or very carefully sprinkle a light amount of olive oil evenly over them).
Bake for about 35 minutes at 400 degrees.
Take out of the oven, use a spatula to turn them or move them around a bit, then sprinkle with other seasonings - curry, red pepper, garlic/garlic salt or parmesan might be tasty. Put back in the oven and turn the broiler on. Broil for about 7-10 minutes (depending on how crispy you want them - you can adjust the time). Keep a close eye on them while using the broiler - things can burn fast if you get distracted.
If you don't have a broiler, I would just stick them back in the 400 degree oven for another 10-12 minutes after seasoning them.
Good luck!
Absolutely! Toss them in a little olive oil and season them as soon as they come out of the oven. They will be wonderful. Try this with sweet potatoes, too.