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How to Cut Potatoes into Fries

How to Cut Potatoes into Fries

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Wondering how to cut potatoes into fries? Here’s a step by step guide and video that shows you exactly how to cut potatoes for french fries.

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 medium potato

Instructions

  1. Place the potato on its side and, using a large chef’s knife, cut a thin slice off the edge to serve as a flat base.
  2. Flip the potato cut side down and cut thin slices; make them the width you’d like your French fries to be.
  3. Stack a few of the slices, then cut them in the other direction to create French fries. Check out my Crispy Baked Fries recipe.

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