So french fries aren’t nourishing per se.
But.
These rival the store-bought ones we used to buy long ago and sometimes we do enjoy eating old favorite foods……just prepared with good ingredients.
I asked Kate if I could share the recipe with you all and I’m so glad she said yes.
Kate’s Self Proclaimed (and I agree) Amazing French Fries
French Fry Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 – 6 large potatoes
- Oil for frying beef tallow or lard
- Sea salt
Instructions
- First, wash your potatoes and bring them to your cutting board.
- Start a large pot of water to boil on the stove.
- Slice all your potatoes into fries. You can choose how thick you want them, just make sure they’re roughly uniform.
- When your water is boiling, put your fries into the water for about three minutes. This blanches, or partially cooks them. Do this about one or two potatoes at a time so you don’t overwhelm the pot.
- Start a large pan heating with the oil in it(until it reaches about 375-400degrees). ONLY fry in organic saturated fats. DO NOT use vegetable oil or any other liquid oil. Liquid oils will oxidize and create trans fats and are very unhealthy for frying in (and really, ever). You can mix whatever saturated fats you want, though. I have fried in both tallow and lard. Tallow (beef, that is) has more of a flavor, while lard is more neutral.
- You want your fat hot when you add your fries, hot enough that they sizzle immediately. If it’s not, they’ll just take longer to cook, but will turn out fine.
- When the timer goes off, take the fries out of the water and put them on a towel to drain.
- Pat them dry carefully. If they’re still wet when they go into the oil, they will cause the oil to pop and spatter you — not fun!
- Now, add your fries to your oil. If your oil isn’t hot enough, you can turn it up a little bit. Aim for about medium-high heat. Too high and they’ll burn quickly; not high enough and they’ll just take forever.
- When your fries are between golden and dark brown (depending on how crispy you like them), remove them from the pan.
- Place them on a plate (with a towel to catch the grease if you want).
- Shake sea salt over them.
- Give them just a minute to cool so you don’t burn yourself, then sample your fries!
- Repeat the procedure for each batch that you have. Salt to taste and enjoy!
Donielle Baker
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I believe women can learn how to heal their bodies & balance their hormones through natural methods. An advocate for natural health, I have a passion for nourishing/real food nutrition and natural living. My personal background includes both infertility and miscarriage and I started Natural Fertility and Wellness in 2008 in order to share all of the information I found helpful in my journey to heal from PCOS and overcome infertility.
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I made french fries just the other day. I perfer to use the simple french fry recipie from America’s Test Kitchen with modifications. Insted of veggie oil i use tallow or lard and quality celtic sea salt. they are delicious. The beauty of this recipie is that you don;t need a thermometer. I put the fat into the pot and warm till liquid, add my cut potatoes- yukon gold really do best- and heat them up. it is amazing.