It takes only a minute to cut a potato into suitable chip sized sections... even less if you just cut it into chunky squares (which I prefer anyway). You don't even have to bother peeling most potatoes.
My boyfriends mum deep fries her chips and they are horrid! They are greasy and just all squishy inside.
Then she is doing it wrong.
There is only one way to produce a proper serving of chips:
Peel and chip some fresh spuds (it´s not difficult)
Rinse and dry them
Heat clean oil to correct temperature
Fry to desired doneness
Drain & serve
Oven chips are more expensive and nowhere near as tasty.
And properly fried chips are not high in fat or cholesterol.
Ooooh M&S chips are lush In fact they are the only oven chips I do eat
And I'm another that throws their fryer out when it needs cleaning I brought a nice new stainless steel one a while back and don't like getting it dirty so when we do have chips I'm more likely to send oldest child to the chippy rather than use it
It seems that whenever you go into a supermarket these days, they only have frozen oven chips - can I just use these in a deep far fryer?
I know they're not as healthy cooked that way but I'm really lazy!
Thanks
Simon
Oven chips are not necessarily healthier than deep-fried - they may be fattier and saltier - so I guess if you deep-fry them you're getting the worst of all worlds! :eek:
You can deep fry oven chips, I always make fresh chips, so much better and very little effort to peel and chip a couple of potatos.
I agree and You don't even need to peel them - I like the taste of the skin on and always leave it on! So much easier I can't think of a single explanantion for using frozen chips they're ugh!
I read somewhere that frozen chips were basically potatoes that had been cut up into pieces. Why not just try using some of these "potatoes" instead? They are available from most leading supermarkets, loose or in handy 5kg bags.
I read somewhere that frozen chips were basically potatoes that had been cut up into pieces. Why not just try using some of these "potatoes" instead? They are available from most leading supermarkets, loose or in handy 5kg bags.
But as the OP keeps pointing out he's a lazy b&%@#$£
I read somewhere that frozen chips were basically potatoes that had been cut up into pieces. Why not just try using some of these "potatoes" instead? They are available from most leading supermarkets, loose or in handy 5kg bags.
i dont have adeep fat fryer but id have thought that with the chips being frozen thier water content would be released and cause the fat to spit like mad?
Come on be fair now, he buys a new deep fat fryer ever 6 months or so
Depending on how often he has chips it may not get to the cleaning stage and as soon as it does out with the old and in with the new
Even so the area in the immediate vicinity of the deep-fat-fryer needs to be wiped down after every time it's used. It's a blood pain in the neck piece of equipment as far as I'm concerned... I bought one once in order to make home-made chicken nuggets... I chucked it away within two months because it left a sticky residue everywhere if I didn't scrub immediately after every single use.
Even so the area in the immediate vicinity of the deep-fat-fryer needs to be wiped down after every time it's used. It's a blood pain in the neck piece of equipment as far as I'm concerned... I bought one once in order to make home-made chicken nuggets... I chucked it away within two months because it left a sticky residue everywhere if I didn't scrub immediately after every single use.
Aha! But not if you put fryer under the extractor fan thing!
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hmmm - not sure I could bring myself to shop at Lidl!
Yeah but cutting a potato up into chips takes less effort than hunting round loads of shops for 'fryable' frozen ones.
So you're a lazy b&%@#$£ and a snob
Yep!!
Come on ladies - why wouldn't you want to come round for dinner?!
You really are a lazy [EMAIL="b&%@#$£"]b&%@#$£[/EMAIL].
It takes only a minute to cut a potato into suitable chip sized sections... even less if you just cut it into chunky squares (which I prefer anyway). You don't even have to bother peeling most potatoes.
What will be eaten with the chips
The difference between you being a lazy batchelor and an eligible one may all depend on your answer
There is only one way to produce a proper serving of chips:
Peel and chip some fresh spuds (it´s not difficult)
Rinse and dry them
Heat clean oil to correct temperature
Fry to desired doneness
Drain & serve
Oven chips are more expensive and nowhere near as tasty.
And properly fried chips are not high in fat or cholesterol.
I'm only joking - I would never dream of serving up chips to a female guest!! Not the first time anyway!!
I think it would be something nice from M&S - not sure I could go as far as cooking something from scratch!
Aah, but if you got them from M&S these would be no ordinary chips
And I'm another that throws their fryer out when it needs cleaning
Oven chips are not necessarily healthier than deep-fried - they may be fattier and saltier - so I guess if you deep-fry them you're getting the worst of all worlds! :eek:
See here
M&S 'Yukon' deep-fry chips are lovely, though pricey of course, and I'm not making any particular health claims for them
I agree and You don't even need to peel them - I like the taste of the skin on and always leave it on! So much easier I can't think of a single explanantion for using frozen chips they're ugh!
You sound like my kinda guy, frozen deep fried chips,:D with energy light bulbs for romantic lighting.:D
But as the OP keeps pointing out he's a lazy b&%@#$£
Ooh, do we need to buy hats
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=20858908&postcount=26
No just bring some curry and pappadums and some candles in case the lights go out.:D
you're too lazy to make some oven chips?
(but not too lazy to have the hassle of cleaning deep fat fryers?)
Iain
I've come to the assumption that the OP's deep fat fryer doesn't get cleaned very often nor do the counter and cupboards in close proximity to it...
Come on be fair now, he buys a new deep fat fryer ever 6 months or so
Depending on how often he has chips it may not get to the cleaning stage and as soon as it does out with the old and in with the new
Even so the area in the immediate vicinity of the deep-fat-fryer needs to be wiped down after every time it's used. It's a blood pain in the neck piece of equipment as far as I'm concerned... I bought one once in order to make home-made chicken nuggets... I chucked it away within two months because it left a sticky residue everywhere if I didn't scrub immediately after every single use.
Aha! But not if you put fryer under the extractor fan thing!