Making Chick-Fil-A Waffle Fries At Home | But Better

Homemade French Fries come in all shapes and sizes, and if Chick-Fil-A wants waffle fries, I’ll give them Waffle Fries.

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[shout]

Former CFA employee here. Our service is always insane cause we’re literally forced to be like that. We’re held at gunpoint by our leader chicken when training and practicing for customer interaction repeating “my pleasure” 1000 times before we can even begin working

[billybaps]

A lot of my joy with Chick-Fil-A waffle fries is the fact of how soft they are, like a perfectly hand-sized portion of mashed potatoes somehow sticking together to form the shape of a fun little waffle fry. I do like crispy waffle fries too though, but the softness to me is what makes them a Chick-Fil-A waffle fry.

[walturdgameing]

Let's be honest, seeing Josh go hard on the dance floor is something we didn't ask for, but we definitely need

[thcenturycrusader]

I was a back of house member for a solid 6 months. They always put me on fries because that was what I was good at. At my location, we had a lil salt dispenser (4 clicks for 2 baskets of fries) that gave us the right amount of salt. I always put one extra click and let the fries go for a bit longer. Never had a SINGLE complaint when I was on fries. Loved that job tbh. Hurts to see a subpar fry comin out of a CFA.

[FireEatsAndTreats]

It's interesting how partially cooking then freezing food started as a preservation method, and now is a key step in recreating the taste and textures of some of our favorite fast foods.

[dependentongodever]

Perfect timing! I'm about to harvest my potatoes here in a couple weeks and was wondering how to freeze potatoes for french fries!

[clashwithkeen]

There's something I discovered a week ago while making fries. I seasoned the water that I boiled them in. Mine were steak cut but I imagine it works for every shape and size. The depth of flavor that it imparted was unlike anything I've ever had before and I had several people say it was the best they ever had. I still salted them lightly after frying. I actually preferred them with no condiment at all because of how flavorful they were. Here's what I added to a half gallon of water:

2 Tbsp Old Bay
2 Tbsp Lawry's Seasoning Salt
2 Tbsp Tony's Creole Seasoning
1 Tbsp Knorr chicken bouillon powder
1 Tbsp Better than Bouillon roasted chicken paste
3 Tbsp Salt
2 Tbsp White Vinegar (trick I saw kenji use for structural integrity)

boiled for 5 min, then placed on a wire mesh grease shield for 2 minutes to drain, then moved to paper towel lined baking sheet and refrigerated for about 12 hours.
Fried once at 350F, then again at 420F.
(the cook temps leveled about 40 - 50F lower due to it dropping so I overshot to achieve the temps I wanted which was about 300F and 360F)

[noblenoob]

Another great episode, thanks Josh and the team. And Congrats to Vik with his wedding and may he and his partner have long and full relationship together.

[rubikdude]

Vicrum's wedding looks like the event of the century

[haroutsemerdjian]

As a CFA employee I will say that this isn't really a fair comparison, having the fries sit out for so long will make them soggy and gross. We always make our fries to order to ensure their nice, hot, and crispy like yours came out.

[jazzy_taste]

The taste of the waffle fries was so good that it teleported Vikram to another galaxy! 🍟😍🌌

[RaedVS]

Massive Congratulations to Vikram! That looked so wholesome. 🥰 May your days be blessed. 🙏🏻

[adenbraithwaite]

LOVE THIS SERIES! Some of my favorite videos from you 😄

[antak]

Congratulations to your brother. Happy for him. He's been doing a good job for you. All you guys/ ladies are doing awesome. We appreciate all you and your team does.

[RonEntropy]

So Vicrum left his own wedding day to go eat your waffle fries… That’s real dedication to the show… What a guy & friend! 👍

[pranavisamatham]

I always eat my fries in the car and they’re always so good. They’re always done by the time I get home.

[brownwhisker]

fun fact from a Chick fil a Hospitality Director! The Waffle Fries actually have a heat life of 2 min. They come out of the fryers crispy but once they hit about 2 to 3 min after being cooked they get soggy. Dont know why we havent found a good way to stop it 😅

[anyelysrivera]

It's the way I was mind-blown at the method to get the pattern right on the fries 🤠 Love it! I hope you decide to start a But Healthier series someday 👀 You've made videos of healthy meals but it'd be nice if it was a series like the rest 🥹

[CoffeeStainedIntestines]

I love the fact that Josh just taught us how to cross hatch with potatoes👍

[EduardoGutierrez-rrts]

I know something you can't make "But Better", and that's Little Caesar's Italian Cheese Bread. That thing is perfect in every way: Convenience, price, texture, and most of all taste.