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Thick-cut chips


Thick-cut chips

Ingredients

1kg Maris Piper potatoes (250g per portion), cut into chips

1.5 litres vegetable oil or beef dripping (pan should be just over half full)

a good pinch of sea salt


Delicious served with home-made battered fish


In short
Serves:
4 people
Course:
Side dishes

Method

1 Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1cm-wide batons the length of the potato, so they are all the same size. Wash the starch off the potato with cold, running water. Place in a pan of slightly salted cold water; bring to a rapid boil and then chill them in cold water to stop them cooking any further.

2 Heat the oil to 140°C in a pan at least 6 inches deep. Pat the chips dry, plunge into the hot oil to blanch for 2-3 minutes, then drain.

3 Heat the oil back up to 180°C. Then plunge the chips back into the oil until they are golden brown (around 4-5 minutes). Drain, dry off and season with sea salt.


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