Sometimes you want to pamper yourself and your loved ones with not very healthy, but very tasty food. Fried potatoes are just such a dish. In order for it to turn out with a crispy crust and not fall apart by the end of cooking, you need to know a few secrets on how to cook it correctly.
Preparing to fry potatoes
In order for the result of cooking fried potatoes to please you, you need to choose a suitable frying pan. Aluminum and Teflon pans with thin walls are definitely not suitable for this purpose. In such pans, at high heat, potatoes burn, and in slow ones, they do not fry. Choose a heavy, thick-walled pan so that it can maintain a certain temperature. Many culinary experts have noted that a cast iron pan is ideal for cooking fried potatoes. In order for the potatoes to be fried evenly, it is better to take a frying pan with a larger diameter.
Choosing the right potato variety is important to get a crispy crust. Do not take white potatoes - they boil well, but they are not suitable for frying. It is better to opt for firm tubers with pink skin. This variety has a medium starch content, so it is most suitable for frying.
The way the potatoes are sliced affects the taste of the finished dish. If the slices are too large, a starch flavor will be present. The best cutting option is circles or halves of circles, as well as straws 1-2 mm thick.
Secrets of even roasting
Put chopped potatoes only in heated oil. If the butter is cold, the potatoes will cook, but there will be no golden crust.
There should be enough oil in the pan so that its level reaches the middle of the potatoes, the layer of which should not exceed 5 cm. It is important that each slice touches the pan at least with one side. Then the roasting will turn out to be uniform.
For the first few minutes, the potatoes should be fried over high heat. Then the heat must be reduced to medium and fry for another 2-3 minutes. Stir the potatoes, but not too often - three times are enough during the entire cooking. When all the slices are golden, this means that the potatoes will be ready in 2-3 minutes. At this stage, the dish needs to be salted and, if desired, covered with a lid.
Tips for Cooking Delicious Chips
Each housewife knows some secrets that make her potatoes unique. Only practice will help you find your way of cooking. But there are tricks that have already been proven by more than one culinary specialist that will help you succeed the first time in cooking fried potatoes.
In order for the finished potatoes to not have a starchy taste, place the sliced slices in cold water and leave for half an hour. After that, the potatoes need to be removed and dried.
If you need the potatoes to fry quickly, the prepared raw slices should be placed in boiling water and then dried thoroughly.
To ensure a golden brown crust, the potatoes can be sprinkled with flour.
If you like fried potatoes with onions, you need to fry them separately, and add them 1 minute before the potatoes are ready.
Fried potatoes should not be salted at the beginning of cooking, because it will let the juice out and stew, and the crisp will not appear.
Considering all these nuances, fried potatoes will have a delicious taste, and cooking them will not take much time and energy.
