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Oven fries

Golden, crispy chips without a deep fryer: just two spoonfuls of oil and a hot oven.

Oven fries
Photo: File:Truffle oil french fries (33024792848).jpg, Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

⏱ 50 min🍽 Serves 4

Ingredients

  • Potatoes800 g
  • Oil2 tbsp
  • Salt
  • Paprika1 tsp

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 220 °C.
  2. Cut the potatoes into 1 cm sticks, peeled or not.
  3. Soak them in cold water for 10 minutes, then dry them thoroughly in a tea towel.
  4. Toss with the oil and paprika and spread in a single layer on a tray lined with baking paper.
  5. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, turning halfway, until golden.
  6. Salt them as they come out of the oven and serve.

💡 Tip : Dry and well spaced, they crisp up; wet or crowded, they stay soft.

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