There is hardly a person who does not like french fries. However, preparing them at home is a test. Often the hosts get tired of prolonged cooking on the stove. It's even more frustrating when instead of crispy fries you get soft and greasy ones.
The use of a deep fryer can improve their appearance and taste to some extent, but not everyone has such a device and even if it is available at home, it is not used often due to the large amount of oil that is needed for frying.
Here's an easy way to make crispy fries.
You need potatoes with a low starch content. There is an easy method for recognizing them - if a sticky, whitish liquid remains on the knife after cutting the potatoes, you have come across a potato with a lot of starch.
Cut the potatoes into thin strips (the size of a pinky finger) and wash them thoroughly. If they have more starch, you can leave them in cold water for a few hours.
Immediately before frying them, the sliced potatoes are dried well with a cotton cloth and placed in a pot or pan with moderately heated oil.
Fry them until they are semi-cooked and before they change their color, the french fries are removed and placed onto kitchen paper. After straining them from the fat, place them back into the pan, which this time, however, the oil is heated to a higher degree.
Fry them until they aquire a golden color.
You now have the perfect crispy french fries, which will help you win over even the most capricious member of your family.
