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[djinkc]

Actually I tossed them in a basket on the gasser while smoking a pork tenderloin.  But the same principle.  The wife had seen this on America's Test Kitchen for country fries.  Cut the potatoes to whatever shape you want.  Bring 5 cups of water to a boil with 1/2 tsp of baking soda.  Dump in the taters and bring back to a boil for 1 minute.  Drain dry.  Toss in oil and season as you wish.  The short boil and pH from the baking soda make a pasty, starchy layer on the outside that will brown up differently from just putting potatoes on a cookie sheet.  Cook at 500df for 15 min, flip and another 15. 

 

I'll never do oven fries the old way again.

Edited by djinkc, 01 September 2013 - 01:30 PM.

[bdutton]

Actually I tossed them in a basket on the gasser while smoking a pork tenderloin.  But the same principle.  The wife had seen this on America's Test Kitchen for country fries.  Cut the potatoes to whatever shape you want.  Bring  10 cups of water to a boil with 1/2 tsp of baking soda.  Dump in the taters and bring back to a boil for 1 minute.  Drain dry.  Toss in oil and season as you wish.  The short boil and pH from the baking soda make a pasty, starchy layer on the outside that will brown up differently from just putting potatoes on a cookie sheet.  Cook at 500df for 15 min, flip and another 15. 

 

I'll never do oven fries the old way again.

This should go in the PH Cookbook section.  Just sayin.  They sound great.

Edited by bdutton, 01 September 2013 - 01:27 PM.

[djinkc]

This should go in the PH Cookbook section.  Just sayin.  They sound great.

 

Probably.  It's fine with me if it gets moved.

[MissPerforation]

This is how we make British roasties. Crisp everytime

[Augie1991]

Had these tonight, kids went CRAZY for them!  Much better, and much quicker than the oven fries I had prepared in the past.  Kids said "you cooked these different daddy, we like them better".  This is my new oven fry recipe!!!!  Thanks DJ.