How to Make McDonald's French Fries Recipe at Home | Get the Dish

While everyone might have their own thoughts on the rest of the menu, one thing we can all agree on is that McDonald's french fries reign supreme when it comes to eating some perfectly crispy and flavorful potatoes. But what makes them so good? Well thanks to MythBuster's Grant Imahara we learned a little bit about the process and then took those tools to engineer the best french fry we could make at home.

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[kaleidaskope]

I asked for a accurate McDonald’s fries, put in the damn chemicals

[gijsdegroot]

"Mmmm hear that crunch" yeah i do. That's the one thing mcdonalds french fries don't have

[Alysian]

There isn’t a written recipe so I made one for you:

Directions:
1. Peel and slice a russet potato
2. Add corn syrup to a bowl full of water
3. Let sliced potatoes soak in water, leave in fridge for 30 minutes
4. Dry French fries
5. Fry in peanut oil at 370 degrees for about 90 seconds
6. Let them drain on a paper towel lined tray
7. Refrigerate for 10-15 minutes
8. Add beef tallow to your oil and heat to 400 degrees
9. Fry until golden brown
10. Strain and season with salt
11. Enjoy!

[IhaveaDoghouse]

I like the double fry method. In my experience you need to do 2 deep fries for crispy fries, the first fry precooks and draws moisture out to the outside where it is evaporated off in the second deep fry. Here is what I use to get Mcdonald's French Fries at home

The way I get crispy fries similar to Mcdonald's:

1) Cut them thin and soak them first in cold water for at least an hour up to 4 hours to get the starch out, ice water is best. You can tell they are good when the water runs clear when you rinse them

2)While they are soaking the last bit bring a pot of water to a boil with some white sugar and corn syrup in it

3)After they have soaked in the ice water turn OFF the boiling sugar water and transfer your fries into that for 5 minutes to pre cook and give them that extra flavour most people are missing in their home fries.

4)After 5 minutes in the shut off water take them out and pat them dry, at this point you can freeze them for later use or cook them right away. (I always do a ten pound bag of Russets all at once and freeze the leftovers for later use then make more after those run out.)

5) To COOK them you need to do 2 SEPARATE deep fries this is essential for crispy fries at home, the ones Mcdonalds gets in the store have had all of this done to them up until that point so they only need 1 cook in store

6)2 minutes in 350-375 oil (I have a little deep fryer so I leave it on 375 to try and keep the temp up) then take them out and let them cool until they are cool to the touch, it is beneficial to pat off the oil and moisture that seeps out as this point but a lot of the time I don't for the mess and to save paper towel.

7) After they have cooled back into the same temp oil for 5-7 minutes depending how thick you cut them and if they are frozen, drain for 20-30 seconds and season with table salt or whatever you prefer at the time.


Some tips for the best fries:


1)Russets are best

2)Cut them thinner than you think you need to if you like them like Mcdonalds/thin, I always used to think they will be too thin but you figure it out after a few times

3)If they are not staying crispy after you cook them that is probably because your oil is too old/dirty. NEW oil is best for crispiness and USED oil adds more flavour to your fries, the BEST fries at a Mcdonalds are not right after they change the oil but they are the crispiest. The BEST fries are about 1-2 days after its been changed depending how busy it's been, they are still crispy but have more flavor.


Good luck if you try it out let me know, also freezing them draws even more moisture out so fries that you have frozen are even better than fresh.

[supanovaprime]

one does not simply bite half of a french fry

[blackaxe]

i'm surprised the ingredient includes potato

[rukiakuchiki]

4:54 lol so she displays someone else's french fries instead of her burnt ones?? 😂

[breakingmad]

4:05 lol what is that

4:54 ah that’s better

[triplet]

4:43 *YouTube has Demonetized your video*

[xStoopid]

Ain't nobody got time for that. I'll just go to McDonalds....

[fazexzalyde]

Who’s here after McDonald’s closed because of covid 19??!

[dylanbenadie]

Fun drinking game - Take a shot every time they over exaggerate

[deanytstream]

4:43 When you finish that Lego set you've been working on

[abdulla]

Instead of all that I will
1. Start my car
2. Go to McDonald's
3.buy a chicken big mac with fries and coke
4.eat it all
5.buy another fries and go home
Instead of cutting and frying and freezing and frying again with cow fat

[leab.]

She seems awfully excited about these fies.

[POWERMINDS]

She overcooked the fries! They are close to getting burnt! Hahaha

[meredithgrey]

im a vegetarian and i just figured out they use the beef stuff....well then....

[thuhmervmen]

Why did the fries not win the race






cos it couldn't ketchup to first place XD




I'll go home now

[RyanLittleMonster]

McDonald's fries aren't even crunchy though...

[jrobinsonk]

"Make McDonalds Fries at home!" proceeds to use none of the actual ingredients they use