PrintLeft over French Fries - yeah, I know I'm cheap!
Strange question - my husband and I purchased a deep fryer last fall. Since then we've enjoyed using it occasionally to do a turkey (it's one of those big ones), okra (yes I saw how many people think okra can never enter their kitchen, I hear ya), fish, munchies, and of course FRENCH FRIES!
So crisp, tasty, non-greasy and potato-y! We love them - but not enough that we don't end up with leftovers sometimes. And we all know you can't nuke 'em (too soggy), you can't bake 'em (too dry) ....but what can you do with them besides compost?
Surely there are left over potato recipes out there that would help this frugal housewife/tech writer use up her left-over luscious home-made French Fries!
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12 Comments:
Why can't you nuke 'em? Granted they come out kind of limp but what the hell? A French fry is a French fry, limp or otherwise!!!
RichardCrystal at 12:43PM on 05/20/08
I'd think you can make a potato salad with them. I make potato salad(s) with roasted potatoes (not mayo-y, but with red wine and shallot or tarragon vinaigrette), and it's wonderful. On the face of it, it seems to me that your leftover potatoes just may work in a salad as well. Also, you could saute some onions (and maybe peppers) and transform the leftover chips into pan-fried potatoes (I'd cube them in this case). I'd probably go with version #2, in fact.
brooke29 at 12:51PM on 05/20/08
cut them into small cubes and make hashbrown casserole? sautée them in some olive oil until crisp? give them to the dog?
Southern_bella at 12:55PM on 05/20/08
See this thread:
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008/03/quick-ideas-for-recycling-leftover-fries.html
mepolo at 1:14PM on 05/20/08
Hash alittle corn beef and chopped up fries, works for me....
Markbb at 1:52PM on 05/20/08
Use them in a fritatta.
lemons at 3:27PM on 05/20/08
I put leftover french fries in the toaster oven .. still good (:
mrsbao at 3:29PM on 05/20/08
Markbb and mrsbao both came up with answers I was going to give. :) Great tips!
But, I think lemons had a great idea to use them in fritatta! I never would have thought of that, and think it's so good, I may try it when I make my next fritatta! Thanks, lemons!
Brownie at 4:04PM on 05/20/08
I also agree with mrsbao -- if the fries are good in the first place, the toaster oven can work wonders.
But the other thing I'm thinking is, since you have a deep fryer, why not re-fry them to heat them up? The reason Belgian frites are so famous and so delicious is that they've been twice-fried...
Julie at 5:04PM on 05/20/08
the turkey fryer might be a little too big to use to reheat leftover fries......toaster oven sounds like a great idea.....as is hash browns and likewise some good hash with leftover corned or roast beef....or....if you're daring....try making some hash from leftover pulled pork minus the bbq sauce
onepercent99 at 10:07PM on 05/20/08
Cut them up and pan fry with bell pepper and/or any other ingredients that go with eggs. Add chopped cooked sausage. Add beaten eggs or egg beaters, turn down heat, cover and cook until eggs are set. Sprinkle with cheese and place under broiler until melted. I love this with hot sauce.
nelson57 at 10:55AM on 05/22/08
Chili cheese fries. =)
akk328 at 2:59PM on 05/27/08