French Fries Recipe with Step by Step Pictures. Learn how to make the perfect crispy Mcdonalds Style french fries easily at home.
There is nothing compared to a plate full of crispy french fries when you are watching a movie, or chatting with friends, browsing food blogs or even having a party..French fries are popular with kids of all ages. We love french fries a lot, I do make it at home often but I found that french fries tend to get soggy once you take them off the heat.
So I was searching for a good recipe for so long time and finally found this one, I modified it slightly according to my taste. The original recipe doesn't need to boil, but I did that step so that the potatoes get cooked inside and get crispy outside when fried. I added some salt and chilli powder to make it get more flavourful.
How to Make Perfect French Fries
Pre Boiling:
Heat water in a sauce pan and add salt and chilli powder to it. Bring it to a rolling boil. Now add in the potatoes in this and cook it for 3 mins. Drain it in a colander and pat it dry.
Frying
Heat oil for deep frying over medium heat. Add in the potatoes. Fry it in few batches for 5 mins. Now crank the heat to a high and fry these potatoes till they turn golden colour. Drain in a paper towel and Sprinkle with some salt and chilli powder. Serve with ketchup.
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French Fries Recipe | Crispy French Fries Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 large Potatoes peeled and cut into long strips
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Chilli powder
- Oil for Deep frying
Instructions
- Heat water in a sauce pan and add salt and chilli powder to it. Bring it to a rolling boil.
- Now add in the potatoes in this and cook it for 3 mins.
- Drain it in a colander and pat it dry.
- Heat oil for deep frying over medium heat. Add in the potatoes. Fry it in few batches for 5 mins. Now crank the heat to a high and fry these potatoes till they turn golden colour.
- Drain in a paper towel and Sprinkle with some salt and chilli powder.
- Serve with ketchup.
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French Fries Recipe Step by Step
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| This is all the stuff which you need |
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| Peel your potatoes |
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| Cut them in thick slices |
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| and cut them into strips |
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| that should be about this thick |
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| Heat water in a sauce pan |
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| add salt and chilli powder |
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| and bring it to a boil |
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| now add in potatoes |
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| and cook until they are fork tender |
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| Drain em |
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| Drop them in hot oil and fry till golden |
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| Start frying on a medium flame till they turn a little darker |
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| Now increase the heat and fry till they turn darker |
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| drain em |
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| all done |
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| season with some salt and chilli powder |
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| Toss em |
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| and serve |
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| The perfect crispy potatoes |
Sharmilee! :)
Wow crispy and perfect fries
Indulge
yumm yumm.. Fries, Samosas and movies are the Friday evening fix for us.
Love Ash.
Gayathri Anand
Yummy looks crispy ..thanks for sharing the recp. will give a try.
Achu's Amma's Kitchen
looking crispy and awesome presentations..
Nisha
Even i'm tempted to make french fries now
Rajani
You are right, they look really perfect :)!
veena krishnakumar
love those crispy crunchy potato fingers. every kids delight!!!
Jayanthi
You have lot of patience to click so many pictures and Kudos on having such step-by-step recipe. Lovely and my all time favorite recipe. The fries are looking very crispy !!! Nice Aarthi.
Holly
Cant go wrong with serving french fries to kids! Mine ADORE french fries. Yours look gorgeous and mouth watering! YUM!
maha
yummy n spicy fries..best combo vth ketchup n coke....
Maha
Suja Manoj
Spicy and yummy,perfect snack..
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
wow! they look super crispy!
ANU
wow impressed by these fries...am sure ur kids would hv loved it!
Suma Gandlur
Addictive fries!
Hema
Awesome fries, very crispy..
meena
wow french fries. yummy
no wonder your site name is yummy tummy
every time i come here i would do yummy hehe
cookingvarieties
hi aarthi, how are you, i am back to blogging. looks yummy, glad you found the right recipe that suit you perfect. have a nice day dear
zareena
Yummy and delicious. My kids all time favorite.
Vidhya
Tempting Fries.
Shanthi
wow... crispy and yummy
Sudha Sabarish
Crispy and yummy fries.
Kalpana Sareesh
super oh super its not kids special its for everyone ..
Kalpana Sareesh
super oh super its not kids special its for everyone ..
Purabi Naha
This looks awesome Aarthi. You made the process so simple and elegant. Shall definitely try your recipe for my kids!
faseela
wow...very yummy n crispy fry dear
Mélange
Wow..crispy and fresh Aarthi..Too tempting to watch.
Preeti Garg
very tempting french fries...look so tempting
Shilpakiran
yumm and perfect steps .. too good
Kaveri
Looks very inviting..
jeyashrisuresh
Very nice and crispy fries
Archana
Why just kids adults also love them.
vineetha
Looks so yumm..never made this at home..looks perfect.
Maayeka
Very crispy home made fries..perfectly done.and nice pictorial.
Anjana
Amina Khaleel
crispy and delicious fries... perfect..
SouthIndianHome
French fries looks perfect
Srivalli
I am sure one can never say no with just one!..looks great aarthi..
An Open Book
i love fries (chips as they call it here), but i have this phobia about deep frying, so i bake 🙂
its served here with almost anything and everything and so whenever we dine out, i never say no 2 the fried ones 🙂
Degchi
Crisp from outside and soft from inside. Perfect!
Gayathri Anand
thanks again for the recp. made it and it came out perfect
shalini selvi
Hey Aarthi...
Yesterday (Jan 6) I did this man. Decorated the plate with tomato chops.I also added soya sauce to it.
I got nice appreciation from my family.. All because of Yummy Tummy...
One more thing to say...
Your second video is too good da.
Shweta
Hi Aarthi,
This is my first comment on any blog for that matter. And I am all praises for your work, so procedural and your time saving tips are awesome. Kudos to you !!
I am just making the French fries recipe as mentioned by you, while my baby is asleep. Was wondering whether the frying can be done in advance of 2-3 hours of eating ?
Also what is the best way to retain the crispness of the fries?
Also any other way I can save some and use next day or so ?
Would appreciate your inputs please.
Thanks and keep up your work a lot of us new mommies and many others keep remembering you in all our meal times 🙂
Aarthi
@ShwetaTHis is perfect recipe. Will share another freezer friendly version soon
divya cs
Tried this today aarthi.... came out awesome! Thanks a lot to you