Crispy chips

[Klio]

I very rarely use a fat pan, but every so often I make dh chips as they are his favorite treat (especially with a steak!) I like to make homemade chips but everytime they come out really soggy and I just don't know what I'm doing wrong. I cut and wash the potatoes. Dry them and fry them first on 160 and then on 190. Never come out golden or crisp. It's really embarassing as apart from that I'm pretty handy in the kitchen. Can anyone give me some advice and stop the snide remarks from dh?!

Do everything that you are doing, then when they are done, take the basket out of the frier.

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Wait till the oil is back to being as hot as it can be, then re-dunk the basket with the chips in and they should crispen up beautifully

hth

Thats what we're having tonight.
I do it like Sqounk said. Serve straight away. don't leave too long or they go soggy.
I make that mistake a lot, i put them in oven covered in foil while i wait for whatever else we're having to finish cooking.
Gotta make sure fat is well hot before you put chips in though.

We cook chips in the oven. Put the pan in with 1/2 cm oil whilst the oven heats up and a few minutes after, so the oil is already hot. Then add potato in whichever shape we fancy (cubes, slices, wedges) and cook for 20 minutes at 200 degrees. Then whack the heat up as high as it'll go (new oven so 250 degrees - previously 220) for however long it takes to crisp them up (usually about 10 minutes).

I rinse them & dry...170 until tender but pale, and raise heat to 190 and pop them back in 1-2 minutes until golden