Curry's Super Badass Oven Fries
October 19th, 2006
Last night I had a crazy hankering for french fries, but of course have no fryer. Here is a recipe I came up with for oven fries. I call them Curry's Badass Oven Fries. You'll need:
- A bunch of potatoes
- Salt
- Pepper
- Paprika
- Some olive oil
Grab all of your potatoes. I was making two servings (one for Norah, one for me), so for some reason I used six bigass potatoes. You can probably get by with fewer. Cut the potatoes into some wedges, about 1/4 of an inch thick.
Put the potatoes in a big bowl and toss them around with some salt, pepper, and a bit of olive oil. Just enough oil to lightly coat the wedges. Don't go all nuts with it.
Lightly oil a baking sheet. Spread the fries out in an even layer, and throw those fuckers in the oven.
Let them bake for a while. Say, 10 minutes. Then take them out and realize that they aren't done. Put them back in there for another 10 or whatever. Check them out; if they seem pretty much done, pull them out.
Now is when the magic happens. Stoke the oven way the hell up to around 500 degrees. Flip the fries over on the sheet, and realize that you forgot to put on paprika. Load them up with that spice, wait for the oven to come to temperature, and toss the fries back in there. This second cooking is what makes the fries all crispy on the outside and not crispy in the middle.
At this point, you should go into the living room and turn on whatever you have Tivo'd. Wait until the show is over, then suddenly realize you forgot about the damn fries.
Rush into the kitchen, and pull a sheet full of ruined cinders out of your smoking oven. Toss them in the trash, and go out for pizza.