Tuesday, April 15, 2014

oven fried potato recipe.

ok, so i kind of teased this post on instagram (did i mention im back on instagram? you can follow me @povertyluxe if you like cats and food), and it was supposed to go up later in the week, but school starting has resulted in a lot of brain farts and wibbly-wobbly scheduling. 

also, this is one of those recipes that i just. cant. stop. eating. 

so im posting it today. 

today im going to show you how to make these AMAZING oven-fried potato... disks?

theyre not really fries, and theyre not really chips. honestly, im not sure what to call them, other than delicious:

ok, so an old friend of mine from high school contributes to this lovely blog called the happy hunters. and recently she posted this potato recipe and i was like "OMG I HAVE TO TRY THAT RIGHT NOW". but then i realized, i am way, WAY too lazy to fry anything. 

but i still wanted the yummy potatoes. 

so i came up with a brilliant solution: i oven fried them. 

as you can clearly see, problem SOLVED:


not only is this recipe the PERFECT salty/carby side dish/snack, its also CHEAP, since, you know, potatoes regularly go on sale at sprouts 3 pounds for a dollar. meaning, these are actually WAY CHEAPER than buying potato chips. just saying. 

anyway, back to the recipe. 

ingredients:

(note: i wrote this recipe for one potato, which makes like, a two person amount, feel free to double/triple/quadruple this recipe as necessary)

1 of those freakishly large russet baking potatoes
olive oil
seasonings of your choice (i did salt, garlic powder, and black pepper)

instructions:

start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees and liberally oiling a rimmed baking sheet or jelly roll pan (this part is especially important). 

next, while the ovens preheating, slice up your potato(es) into approximately 1/8 inch slices (this would be an especially helpful time to own a mandoline. unfortunately, we do not). 

now place your sliced potatoes onto the oily baking sheet in a single layer (again, important) and coat to tops with olive oil using a pastry brush. 

bake for about 20 minutes, flip over, return to oven and bake for another 5-10 or so minutes until browned and crispy. 

top with your preferred seasonings. 

eat immediately.



8 comments:

  1. OOOO this is awesome! I'll definitely have to try it your way. Seriously it's pretty hard to not eat this every single day of my life.

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  2. right!?!? i practically started drooling on my keyboard when i saw your recipe, sorry if i made it even easier to just eat fried potatoes all day long....

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  3. you HAVE to try them beka! your life will never be the same!

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  4. Oh YUM! Get in my belly! Thanks for sharing your recipe :)

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  5. no problem, i should warn you though, theyre addicting as all heck!

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  6. Mmmm, they're like the lazy man's chips... except that "lazy" makes it sound like a bad thing, and these chips do not sound bad at all ;)

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  7. exactly! homemade fries and chips are delicious, but SO MUCH WORK. not these though!

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