chips perfecto?

Nigella Lawson challenges Heston for best chips

lawsonns chip recipe

must try this soon

Chop potatoes. Chuck in oven. Done !

As mentioned on here before, I find making chips too mess.  I much prefer Aldi curly fries done in the oven.

As some on here know, I bought an Actifry which produces some of the best chips I have ever eaten.Its method is vaguely similar to Ms Lawson's in that the potatoes are introduced into cold fat and then the heating is started. The difference then is the quantity of fat used. Actifry uses about 60ml of oil per 1 kg of potatoes.

The resulting chips are crisp on the outside and fluffy inside but this does depend (as with conventionally cooked chips) on the variety of potato used. That being the case, I have tried a number of varieties of potato and not had any complete failures, just some types that don't crisp up so well and/or don't cook to a particularly fluffy or creamy inside.

Regarding Pumicestone's method: WHAT? Whatever those things result in being, they ain't chips.

Hi Pops seriously thinking of buying an Actifry and sort of held off  as they are still quite expensive.

Thanks for that review has given me food for thought.

:;smile:

Goldie, an Actifry does a lot more than fry chips. If you look up review and recipe pages you will see a number of different things that can be cooked very successfully.

Irene has one and it was she that persuaded me to take the plunge and buy.

Thanks pops it is now on my want list. 

I will read the reviews and thanks.

I have been cooking perfect chips for years.
Chipped spuds of any variety brought to boil in salted water and switched off immediately then drained and transferred to wok with cold sunflower oil. Bring to a good strong simmer then turn heat down to lowest setting until chips begin to colour. Turn heat up to high to finish off and voilà....perfect chips !

that sounds interesting Mal and cheaper than an actifry

-pops- wrote:

  ..... Regarding Pumicestone's method: WHAT? Whatever those things result in being, they ain't chips.

You're quite right, Pops.  I forgot the vital and complicated part  ...............










add salt.


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Pumicestone wrote:

-pops- wrote:

  ..... Regarding Pumicestone's method: WHAT? Whatever those things result in being, they ain't chips.

You're quite right, Pops.  I forgot the vital and complicated part  ...............

add salt..

Fat free chips are they?

I think the point has been missed pops.

Fat free chips  :;smile:

There is no such thing as fat free chips.

There is, hence the actifry 

I hate to correct you but of course there are fat-free chips
We sometimes have them.....pre-boil chips in salted water, drain and transfer to oven dish,
Cook 'til golden brown in oven at 180-200 degs