The Best Way To Make French Fries At Home (Restaurant-Quality) | Epicurious 101

Chef Frank Proto is back to help you achieve one of the home cook's holy grails: restaurant-style french fries. Watch as he demonstrates how to slice up and deep fry potatoes in your own kitchen that will rival any you'd find while eating out at a restaurant. Check out the tools Frank uses below!

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0:00 Introduction
0:55 Chapter One: Prep
3:18 Chapter Two: Oil and Frying
6:31 Chapter Three: Seasoning and Plating



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[Sandeagledhorn]

" Hey, can you make us some fries?"
" Sure. Give me 2 days."

[renato]

"our fries are gonna be nice and greasy"
Me: Hell yeah
"And we don't want that"
Me: Oh, of course not

[xSTstSTx]

This is great because they’ll be ready to fry in 2 to 3 business days when my spider arrives in the mail! Perfect timing!

[martinmadrazo]

“Mom what’s for dinner”
“Fish and Chips!”
“When will be be done?
“Tomorrow morning”

[Pyobum]

Frank: You want fries with your burger?
Friend: Sure!
Frank: Come back next week.

[Salmontres]

This guy only takes a week to make fries. I've been working on some french fries that will be done by 2050. They're gonna be delicious!

[robwestb]

Thanks frank, my family and I were stuck in the desert with 5 russet potatoes and a kitchen set up with a fridge, canola oil, and dishes. Thanks to this video I made my family some fries. Thank you frank

[birdmasterthecaffeinatedowl]

You guys have followed the assignment 🥰 i love this segment and i love frank and saul teaching us everything. Pleeeease continue!!!

[yespur]

Frank: "simple recipe"

Also Frank : shows recipe that involves 10 to 12hr fridge time

[piefecta]

wow a simple 13 hour french fry recipe 😍😍😍

[shumilefatima]

I think I'll settle for the non restaurant quality fries because this will almost take a day.

[plavitigar]

I have to say. I absolutely love this guy. He's amazing. Why doesn't he have his own cooking show? Frank you're my brotha

[Thomes-Maisling]

I'm surprised his recipe doesn't involve planting the potatoes and making us wait for them to grow.

[KarlRock]

How to make the best fries at home… tomorrow. They looked great through 🤤

[jenniferconnell]

I did this and they were freaking
Since it’s winter where I am, I set them outside to cool faster so it cut back a lot of the cooling time as opposed to putting them in the fridge to cool. I probably let them sit in the cold water for the first step about four hours instead of 6 to 8 hours or overnight. After I blanched them, I put them outside for about two hours instead of 3 to 4 hours. For the final cook, it took about 10 to 12 minutes to brown in the pot I used over propave stove heat. They were crispy and BETTER THAN RESTAURANT! I saved a batch that I blanched are ready and froze them. The next step will be to see if they fry up as well as the ones I did immediately. If they do, then I will prepare a whole whack of them in advance and freeze them for when needed! What a great movie snack! Thank you so much for this video I shared it now several times and set my own video tutorial to my family!

[allen]

I tried a shorter version of this and freezing the fries after the initial blanch, and it came out delicious!

[Rodviet]

I can't get enough of Frank's amazing personality and teachings! He's so clear and concise.

[Xvzfsd]

This is great for when I want a delicious side of fries day after tomorrow.

[beckyn]

Frank is awesome! Love watching and learning from him!