A home cook shares a simple, step-by-step method for making crispy fried potatoes using leftover ingredients, emphasizing careful handling of hot oil and gentle stirring to avoid splashes. The process involves boiling, draining, and frying the potatoes before seasoning them with a homemade spice blend of salt, dried herbs, chili powder, and garlic powder. Alongside the potatoes, the cook prepares a flour-coated beef dish fried in the same oil, aiming for a dish inspired by traditional fried food. The post includes photos documenting each stage of the preparation, with plans to attempt a fish version next.
Always wanted to try this, had 3 potatoes leftover in fridge. Cut'em thick, put in water, boiled, turned off, left 15 minutes until half soft. Put on rack, let damp off for 1 hour. Heat olive oil in pan, add potatoes in it. Fry on mid-high heat for 15-20 minutes while stiring GENTLY (using big letters, because hot oil is murder and splashes easily). When they get proper browned, put on plate and let rest for 3-4 minutes, they stay hot a long time due to the oil: Homemade spice: 5 grams salt, 2.5 grams each dried parsley, basil, oregano, paprika, smoked paprika, 1 gram strong chili powder and 1 gram garlic powder. Grind in mortar (with pestle). The other stuff is leftover beef coated in wholegrain flour cooked in oil+butter, heated in the leftover oil. The potatoes turned out super nice, just should have cooked them for a few more minutes. Learning curve. Trying to hint to my english heritage here, but got a few more tries left ot go ^^ Next time i will try to do the same with cod ... been craving real fish'n chips for ages... gonna make it happen! Start images from the bottom. https://ibb.co/gZzFy1H9 This picture got screwed up. https://ibb.co/xS8kMdHK https://ibb.co/bgH1gCwP https://ibb.co/MxwLqd1v https://ibb.co/XkKys9LG https://ibb.co/tRjHCrL https://ibb.co/JjFd1vDR submitted by /u/Taurean6 [link] [comments]
