How to Cut Fries
- Using a chef’s knife, cut the potato in half lengthwise (fries taste better when made with long potatoes)
- Place the cut side down on each half. Cut the meat lengthwise into slices that are between a quarter and a half of an inch thick
- Stack approximately half of the slices and cut them lengthwise into fries with a thickness of between a quarter and a half inch. Iterate with the remaining items
- French fries cooked to perfection
After stacking the potato slices, cut them into strips that are half an inch (1.3 centimeters) broad.It will be much simpler to chop the remaining potato if you first remove the spherical bottom slice of the potato and set it aside.After that, stack the slices so that they are atop one another, and then cut them into long strips.At this time, the chopped potatoes will resemble french fries in their traditional appearance.
How to cut potatoes for french fries?
This is our step-by-step tutorial on chopping potatoes for french fries, and it includes a video of me doing the actual chopping in our kitchen. Position the potato so that it is lying on its side. Using a big chef’s knife, cut a tiny slice off the edge of the potato so that it may act as a flat basis.
How do you cut sweet potatoes into matchstick fries?
To make matchstick fries out of sweet potatoes, first peel the potatoes and then slice off the ends, leaving about an inch. After that, roll the potato onto the side that is the flattest and most sturdy, and then slice it lengthwise into planks that are half an inch thick.
How do you cut sweet potatoes into matchstick fries?
To make matchstick fries out of sweet potatoes, first peel the potatoes and then slice off the ends, leaving about an inch. After that, roll the potato onto the side that is the flattest and most sturdy, and then slice it lengthwise into planks that are half an inch thick.
What happens to the edges of Fries when you fry them?
When sliced from the edges of the potato, the fries will have one side that is crinkle-cut and one side that is the rounded edge of the potato. Despite this, once they have been cooked, they will still have a great flavor. Therefore, there is no use in throwing away these pieces of potato!
