Preparing for frying potatoes



To cooking fried potatoes you are pleased with, you need to choose the right pan. Definitely not intended for this purpose, aluminum and Teflon pans with thin walls. On some of the pans in a strong fire, burns the potatoes, and slow – not fried. You should choose a heavy pan with thick walls, so it could be maintained a certain temperature. Many cooks said that ideal for cooking roasted potatoes is a cast-iron skillet. To ensure that the potatoes are roasted evenly, it is better to take a frying pan with a diameter bigger.

To get a crispy crust, it is important to choose the right variety of potato. Do not take potatoes white – it is well boiled, but roasting is not necessary. It is better to opt for solid tubers with pink skin. In this grade the average content of starch, so it is suitable for frying most.


What slices cut potatoes, affect the taste of the finished dish. If the slices are too large, there will be a taste of the starch. Optimal cuts are circles or half circles and strips with a thickness of 1-2 mm.

Secrets uniform roasting



Put sliced potatoes should be only in the heated oil. If the oil is cold, the potatoes are ready, but the crust will not.

Oil in the pan should be as much below the level reached the middle of the potato layer, which should not exceed 5 cm, it is Important that each slice any party related to the pans. Then the roast will turn out uniform.

The first few minutes, the potatoes should be fried on high heat. Then the fire needed to turn down to medium and cook for another 2-3 minutes. The potatoes should be stirred, but not too often – only three times during the cooking. When all the slices acquire a Golden color means that the potatoes will be ready in 2-3 minutes. At this stage the dish should be salt and, if desired, cover with a lid.

Small tricks of cooking delicious roast potatoes



Every owner known some of the secrets that make it unique potatoes. Find your way of cooking will only practice. But there are already tested by many culinary tricks that will help the first time to achieve success in cooking fried potatoes.

To ready the potatoes had no flavor of starch, you need the slices to be placed in cold water and leave for half an hour. After that, the potatoes need to dry out.

If you need to get the potatoes pasarelas quickly prepared raw slices should be placed in boiling water, then well dried.

To ensure a Golden brown, the potatoes can be dusted with flour.

If you love fried potatoes with onions, fry it need separately, and add 1 minute up to readiness of a potato.

Fried potatoes not to add salt at the beginning of cooking, because it will let the juice and braised and crisp appears.

If we consider all these nuances, fried potatoes will have a delicious taste, and its preparation will not take much time and will not take forces.