BASIC FRENCH FRIES RECIPE

It's French Fries Friday!!! I totally made that up but, maybe it will be a thing, maybe. French Fries or Chips or Chipo, however you call them, have always been my very best indulgence. My love for French Fries dates back to when I was very young and me and my siblings would always wait at the gate for dad to come home. We always knew that something yummy was coming when we saw his hands with a wrapped package. Back then, French Fries used to be wrapped in old newspapers. So there we were on seeing him, "daddy chololo!, daddy chololo!, daddy chololo!" Don't ask me to translate that second word for you, all I know is that we were saying that "dad is coming home!" And we'd all ran up to him, grab the package that he was carrying and quickly ran to the house to unwrap the goodies. You should have seen our faces when we opened and found that it was meat!?! Apparently even meat was wrapped in newspapers at the butchery.All the hype would immediately end and we would all disperse quietly grumbling about how dad was unfair! Simpler good times, sigh. I'm sure dad would smile wickedly at himself knowing we really didn't run to welcome him home but ran after the goodies he was carrying. As you can see me and French Fries have had a love-love relationship that will transcend time and space and money. Making home made French Fries is simple and does not take up that much time. For my first French Fries recipe I just did the basic method with two ingredients. I will definitely be trying out many other recipes that I will share with you guys. What are your childhood memories with French Fries? Have you made them at home? Holla below!

Ingredients

-1 Kg Potatoes (more or less)
-2 Cups Vegetable Oil (half fill deep frying pan
-Pinch of Salt

Method

-Peel, wash your Potatoes and cut into long thin or thick strips. You can buy a potato peeler or just slice with your knife. Place Potatoes in a cooking pot, add water and a pinch of salt. Let them boil for a few minutes, don't allow them to over boil as they will become soggy and loose shape. I boil mine to make frying faster but you can fry them without boiling if your heat is very high

-Drain of water and then place on a kitchen towel to absorb the moisture after boiling. Heat your deep frying pan. To check if the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of the potato and if it sizzles immediately to the top, the oil is ready. Carefully drop the sliced Potatoes into the hot oil and let them cook

-Once the Potatoes have started frying they will start to float since they are no longer heavy. Use a ladle to check if they have started turning golden yellow

-Let the Potatoes cook some more as you check for their donness

-Remove the French Fries from the oil, let excess oil drip off

-Set the French Fries in a large bowl with a paper towel to keep warm as you finish the remaining batch

-Serve your French Fries with Ketchup, Tomato Sauce, or Chili Sauce. I like Hot and Sweet!

-There are two kinds of people in this world,  those who drizzle Ketchup on their French Fries and those who dunk their French Fries into the Ketchup one by one. I am both. Who are you?

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BASIC FRENCH FRIES RECIPE

by Mulunga Alukwe August-4-2017

Ingredients

• 1 Kg Potatoes
• 3 Cups Vegetable Oil
• Pinch Salt

Instructions

-Peel, wash your Potatoes and cut into long thin or thick strips. You can buy a potato peeler or just slice with your knife-Place Potatoes in a cooking pot, add water and a pinch of salt. Let them boil for a few minutes, don't allow them to over boil as they will become soggy and loose shape-Drain of water and then place on a kitchen towel to absorb the moisture after boiling-Heat your deep frying pan. To check if the oil is hot enough, drop a small piece of the potato and if it sizzles immediately to the top, the oil is ready-Carefully drop the sliced Potatoes into the hot oil and let them cook until they turn golden yellow-Set the French Fries in a large bowl with a paper towel to keep warm as you finish the remaining batch-Serve hot with your favorite sauce

Details

Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour 5 mins Yield: 3 Servings