To have just deep fried potatoes? I am in LOVE with them.

[JonesyAndTheSalad]

My oven is broken. I usually make roast potatoes in it when I fancy them but obviously couldn't.

So I par boiled a load of spuds and then shallow/deep fried them in a bloody wok and they were AMAZING.

I love all potatoes but these...my God.

I'm almost sorry I discovered them. I haven't eaten anything cooked in oil like that since about 1985 when I was a kid!

Eat them cold for breakfast. You can thank me later

Ooh, that sounds delicious. Are they like roast potatoes?

Aren't they just chips in a different shape? Have you really not had chips since. 1985?

Proud I ate them all

Gloss Kind of BUT NICER! The last batch I did were smaller than the first batch and so went very crispy. Oh my God they're EVERYTHING!

Barbara no. Nicer than chips.

I haven't had chips cooked in the old fashioned way at home since the 80s no! I've had chip shop chips but they pale into nothing compared to these.

How did you shallow/deep fry them in a wok? How much oil did you use?
(Asking so I can replicate them later)

I have potatoes like this regularly I have to agree with you they are taste soooo good!! especially is you sprinkle with salt and dip in mayo when they are cooked, or try sprinkling with a piri piri seasoning I love them with Cajun spice. Proud yy especially in a frittata

Betty I used a bland oil...might have been sunflower or rice....and I just poured about 3 inches of oil in and then when it was hot, I placed the potatoes in one by one with tongs. Then after a while, I flipped them with tongs.

Music I had salt on them yes...DIVINE!

Oh and they were nice hot but when they had cooled a lot they were even better!

I always use a wok, to make chips, tempura, falafel etc. Actually I don't even know what else you would use?

SPartacus well...my Mum always used a deep pan...I think a lot of people think you need tonnes of oil...enough to fully submerge things.

Of course you don't...but perhaps it's just habit. People use a deep pan with a net pan or whatever those things are called.

My DM used to do roast potatoes in batches this way before popping them in the oven for a few minutes (I think some restaurants may do it too). I really want some now. Crisp and fluffy Maris Pipers with loads of salt. Yum.

Grate some cheese on them and have them with gravy too, a delicious variant of poutine I picked up while living in Canada. They are delicious, I love potatoes done like this

Oh gravy! Yes!

Oh yum. I love potatoes.

I've not had them deep fried like this for years.

But my guilty pleasure is making sure I always boil up a couple of extra potatoes so that I can slice them up and fry them for lunch. Lots of salt and a fried egg. HP sauce or curry sauce optional extras.

Potatoes (cooked any way really) + gravy = a complete meal.

Make sure you put the gravy in a separate pot though to dunk so you don't loose the crispiness of the potatoes

I love potato especially mashed drenched in gravy mm my god I am doing these for dinner, just need to decide what will go with them.

They are super tasty. Perfect for when doing a roast and forget to put the potatoes in to roast!

My mil makes these with Christmas dinner and I would be happy to sit with just a plate of them with a bit of gravy. Mmmmmmm!

Do you know, I'm actually sad that I'm full still. Or I'd be cooking more right now!

God damn this thread, I REALLY want fried potatoes now

I start my roasts off in deep fat, after parboiling, to get them golden coloured, before finishing in the oven.

you have to do small amounts at a time or the fat will be cooled, leading to greasiness.

I drain the fat off in a colander, and it cooks away in the oven.

IMO it is the best way to do roast potatoes, though it takes extra time and effort.

Mmmmm. Fried potatoes. I like a sliced and fried potato sandwich with white bread, butter and ketchup.

Oh god i want potatoes so bad now. Lyonnaise potatoes are heaven.

I hate you OP, you have given me cravings and I have no potatoes!