How to Make Irresistible Torn and Fried Potatoes
Irresistible fried potatoes with a compelling mix of textures: soft, fluffy interiors and craggy, crispy-crunchy exteriors.
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making these for the morning. You lost meat bake them for an hour and twenty minutes.
I love potatoes anyway they're cooked. These are THE BEST POTATOES I'VE EVER HAD!
Gonna make this for xmas……..he looked at her holding the fork like
'''Wrong kitchen'''😂
I love potatoes, this way to cook them is the best fried potato that I have ever eaten.
these are AWESOME!!!
Fantastic recipe 😋😋
These were delicious and fun to make! 🥔😋
Im going to try these in the air fryer. I'll toss with some evoo, seasonings . Will let you know. 😂
We have made these, not torn or deep fried since I was a kid. My mom would put left over baked potatoes in the fridge, fry them up the next morning for breakfast, and serve with fried eggs and toast. We still do. Craveable. Othing is ever really new.
I made these tonight for supper and everyone loved them. So crispy and crunchy. Way better than plain old French Fries! Thanks for great video!
These potatoes have got everything I've ever wanted in a home cooked french fry — really crispy on the outside, soft and "potato-y" on the inside, and so much easier to make! So what if they're shaped a little differently? While making these, I discovered that using a fork to break them apart works really well.
YUM!
My dad basically made these for breakfast when I was little, but tossed with a shitload of black pepper with the salt at the end, when they come out of the fryer. He just used a cast iron! Only difference is you just gotta flip them while they cook.
POKING POTATOES SO THEY DON'T BLOW UP IN THE OVEN DOESN'T WORK.
I've tried it both ways (with SUPER DEEP fork stabs, even with knife stabs) and IT'S LITERALLY THE SAME ODDS WHETHER YOU STAB THEM OR DON'T
It's VERY rare, either way, about 1/50 potatoes.
This is more about time than work. Put forth almost no effort with an ingredient we usually have on hand, fry it crisp, and eat it with mayonnaise. What's not to love? 🥰
Wow. Great invention? This has been in recipe books from 200 years ago.
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What are the dry seasonings again?
My local breakfast place has made them this way for years. Delicious.
Much healthier in an air fryer. Have been making them that way for a couple years.
Hey Brian, it’s your old neighbor John! What do you think of doing this with sweet potatoes?
Wow! My mouth is watering!
What is a good size dutch oven for doing this?
Kind of like a patatas bravas… I would hammer those so hard I'd end up lying on the floor like a 5-year-old who ate too much cake.
Delicious. Now the thing to do with these are to make poutine. Instead of french fries, use these potatoes. Much more heterogenous than fries.
Why does the food processor make the olive oil bitter?
Yea, this meets my lazy comfort food day, thank Brian!
I hope this isn't blasphemy, but could the frying be done in an air fryer?
This is a diner staple.
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Now will it work in an air fryer…
High in acrylamide.But they do look delicious.
This is nothing new, I've done this method before. Also another way is after it's cooled, slice then fry. Either shallow or deep fried. Seasonings is makers choice. 🤷
So I made these tonight but I wanted to try them in the oven first to not deal with the oil. They were good and crispy but some of the smaller pieces burned a bit. That's why frying is probably better. You can control the doneness.
I don't see the pakora masala seasoning on the ATK website. I'd like to try their recommended blend.
that's the quietest food processor I've ever heard!
Waaaaaay to long to make!
Wow, I did not know my food processor tube had a hole….thank you
WOW! Nirvana!
Been doing this for years
Could you "air fry" these?
Definitely a recipe to try. Thank you.
I think I couldn't screw this up! You could do this camping, with a little, night before potato baking, in the camp dutch oven!
Great recipe. Now another way to ruin my figure!
These look amazing!
Anything fried tastes good. My mother used to make this all the time. It was call left-over fried baked potatoes. The only difference is she used a knife.
Look yummy. Will have to try these.