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thai fried potatoes

LeeNST avatar
Recipe by
Lee Thayer
@LeeNST
Nakhon Si Thammarat

I just thought this was kind of unique so I am adding it as a recipe. Thais love french fries, you can see this is any grocery store, there will be 2-3 refer units with nothing but different brands of french fries, shoe string cut, crinkle cut, wedges, American fries, etc, really odd since most Thais normally eat regular potatoes just boiled, unless there is fries. This recipe is what my wife made, basically fried potatoes that taste like french fries. She made these on a whim to use up some potatoes I had on hand before they spoiled, and here is her creation.

yield 3 -4
prep time 2 Hr 5 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Deep Fry

Ingredients For thai fried potatoes

  • 5
    medium potatoes, whole, skin on
  • cooking oil, as needed
  • sea salt, as desired

How To Make thai fried potatoes

  • 1
    Wash and scrub the potatoes, place potatoes in a large pot and cover with about 2 inches of water. Turn on the heat to high. When the water is boiling, let boil for about 5 minutes, then turn off the heat, cover the pot and allow to cool to room temp, about 2 hours or so.
  • 2
    Once the pot has cooled to room temp, remove the potatoes from the water, discard the water. Cut the potatoes into large dice, nice bite size pieces.
  • 3
    In a large non stick pan (we use a wok pan) add about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of cooking oil and heat until hot but not smoking, you are going to shallow fry the potatoes. When the oil is hot, add all the potatoes, stir them around a bit and fry, stirring often, goal is golden brown without burning or charring the potatoes.
  • 4
    When all the potatoes are golden brown, remove to a strainer to drain oil.
  • Thai Fried Potatoes
    5
    Place on paper towels to absorb oil as well. Season with sea salt, serve as a snack or side dish as you would french fries. And there you go, fried potatoes that taste very much like french fries. Enjoy.
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