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(Experiment 63) Oven baked french fries

Ingredients

  • Potato I really like red or yellow potatoes but really whichever potato you have work
  • Olive oil other oils will work but since we aren’t frying, better use some good oil
  • Seasoning salt, pepper, etc
  • Any fresh herbs thyme, rosemary, chives, or parsley

Instructions

    Depending on the variety of potatoes you use, it could take more or less time
  • Pre-heat oven at 400F
  • Wash potatoes and cut them the way you like them, thick, wedge, thin .. dump them in a container and add oil. For 3-4 average potatoes about 2 tablespoons of oil does the job. Put the lid on the container and shake the container. The goal is to lightly coat all the surfaces of the fries with a film of oil.
  • Put a parchment paper in a cooking pan and dump the fries. Ideally, fries are not touching each other in the pan. You can add whatever seasoning you like at this stage but I prefer to do it halfway through the cooking. Put pan at the bottom of the oven.
  • 20 minutes later, remove the pan from the oven to turn them over. As mentioned I prefer to season the fries at this point before turning them over, I can coat each side at the same time. Bake for another 12-15 minutes. If you have crowded the pan with fries, you may need to add another 10-15 minutes for them to be golden.