I went through a season when french fries became my go-to starch when I hadn’t properly planned for a meal. It was happening too often, and deep fried food is really not my thing — oh they taste great! I totally agree, and I would have them everyday if it wasn’t so bad for health. So I make a conscious decision to avoid them as much as possible, especially when eating at home. We eat enough of them when we go out…
But when the french fries started happening too often in that season I started looking for another way to get the same yumminess. As I started thinking about it I recalled something I had eaten in a restaurant a few years ago that was served on a lovely tasty thin slice of baked potato. That one was obviously buttered heavily but you only got one with the meal. So I thought, why not bake some thin slices in the oven? I did, and they turned out great!
All you will need is potatoes, as many as you usually make, a bit of olive oil or whichever oil you prefer to use, and salt to taste. Wash and peel the potatoes then cut them like this…
Cut thick-ish slices, not too thick not too thin, just right, mine are about 3-4 mm thick. Use a sharp knife knife, it will go faster and more easily. Make sure the peeled potato is stable before starting. You can cut off a slice from one side to create a flat surface to stabilise it. I didn’t take any photos of how I did it (^.^) but here’s a video that explains it better…
But I wasn’t cutting the traditional french fry so my slices are thinner. Feel free to keep the skin on though, they’ll look lovely.
Place in a preheated oven at 180°C for 30 min or till you get that lovely colour around the edges that you like. They’re usually done cooking between 20 and 30 min so after that it’s up to you. Don’t leave them on there too long though, they will dry out too much.
I’ve thought about using cookie cutters to to make stars and heart shapes for kids. Yes it would be more work but just focus on those sweet happy faces!
It’s that simple! Do make them, and enjoy them just like french fries but without the “fry!”
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
