Homemade Fries
A delicious recipe for homemade fries that is easy to make and so much more nutritious than store bought.
Ingredients
- Serves 6
- 8 russet potatoes
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper
- optional: paprika
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Wash and peel potatoes.
- * You can also leave the skins on if you wash well.
- Begin by cutting each potato in half lengthwise to keep your potatoes as long as possible.
- Slice potatoes again in lenghtwise direction to make skinnier pieces.
- Chop each section into skinny rectangles (or wedges will work too).
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper and drizzle with half your oil.
- Line potatoes on top of oil, and drizzle with remaining oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
- Bake for 20 minutes, and then check and flip your potato fries to cook each side evently.
- Bake for another 20 minutes, and then 5 minutes before it is time to serve, increase oven heat to broil (about 500F), so make potato fries nice and crunchy.
