Baked French Fries

My family makes these baked French fries often, like maybe once a week. We love them and they are so easy to make I thought I need to share this recipe!

It’s my daughter, Heidi’s well-known recipe, everyone asks her for the recipe and how to make them. So we made them for dinner last night so we could take pictures. They were so delicious with our homemade hamburgers! Nothing quite like “burgers and fries” when it comes to a fun and tasty evening meal.

These are crispy on the outside and moist on the inside, the perfect French Fry! We grow Yellow Yukon potatoes, so it’s our favorite potato to use. You can use from 3-10 potatoes depending on how many people you plan to feed. I’ll show you how it all comes together.

We have a big family and they drop in often for dinner, so today I used 10 potatoes. They were consumed so quickly we wished we’d made a few more. It’s nice because we only use olive oil and some spices to make them as flavorful as they turned out.

Have you heard about the famous Utah Fry Sauce? Well, it’s for dipping these yummy fries, or putting the sauce on barbequed hamburgers. I have the recipe my family makes down below. Let me know if you like fry sauce.

A family-owned hamburger restaurant here in Utah is famous for its fry sauce, and is the first place where I heard about “Fry Sauce.” It’s called “Arctic Circle.” They make awesome food, my friends. They also have great milkshakes they call “Above the Rim” since the ice cream literally fills the cup to overflowing. They have to put a plastic cap with a hole in the top so you don’t get the goodies all over you.

My budget doesn’t warrant a lot of visits there, but sometimes I just need a ready-made hamburger from them, with fry sauce, of course. I’m not sure all their outlets offer this, but the one near our home has a special “Bag of Burgers” deal. You pay something like $7.95 and get five made-to-order burgers. What a deal! By the way, their Cherry Ricky drink is to die for.

Baked French Fries

Kitchen Items You May Need

• Cutting board
• Vegetable Scrubber
• Spaghetti Pot (makes it easy to “blanch” the potatoes)
• A Good Knife
• Cookie Sheet
• Large Bowl

Baked French Fries

Step One

Scrub the potatoes, I use a vegetable scrubber. Let the potatoes dry on a hand towel. Vegetables Scrubber

Step Two

Start your water boiling while you cut the potatoes. You will “blanch” your potatoes in this pan for 3 minutes.

Step Three

Use a good knife to cut the potatoes into French Fry shapes.

Step Four

Preheat your oven WITH the cookie sheet to (425°F ) = (218°C).

Step Five

Place the cut potatoes into a strainer in order to place the potatoes into the boiling water.

Step Six

Blanch the potatoes for 3 minutes in the boiling water.

Step Seven

Remove the strainer /pan from the stove and let the potatoes drain.

Step Eight

Place the potatoes on a towel to dry.

Step Nine

Pat the potatoes dry with another towel in order to remove as much moisture as possible.

Step Ten

Place the towel-dried potatoes into a bowl.

Step Eleven

Drizzle the potatoes with a little olive oil. You don’t want to drench the potatoes, a little oil is better. One of the reasons I like this recipe is the fact you aren’t deep frying the potatoes in oil. I may be wrong, but I feel this approach is a more healthy alternative.

Step Twelve

Lightly sprinkle the potatoes with All-Season Salt and garlic powder.

Step Thirteen

This is my favorite step, remove the “heated” cookie sheet from the oven and place the seasoned potatoes on the cookie sheet. You will hear the pan sizzle as you place them on the cookie sheet. This is exactly what you want to hear. Put the pan back into the oven. You’ll bake them for 20-25 minutes and flip the potatoes over and bake another 20-25 minutes, or until they are golden brown.

Finished Product

They should look like this when the potatoes are done. You will love these Baked French Fries!

Baked French Fries Recipe

Linda’s Fry Sauce

Ingredients

How do I store the leftover fries?

I store mine in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 2-3 days.

How do I reheat them?

Let’s be real here, the microwave doesn’t cut it for reheating, right? If you can get the best results when you reheat them in the oven, an air fryer, or toaster oven to give them that little bit of crunch.

Can I freeze them after baking them?

I have never frozen them, we usually eat the whole batch. I can’t recommend something I haven’t done.

What can I serve with them?

• Hot Dogs
• Hamburgers
• Steaks
• French Dip Sandwiches
• Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Final Word

This recipe for baked french fries is my favorite way to make fries! Add some fry sauce and I’m in heaven! Is it just Utah, or do people have fry sauce where you live? I love to hear from you! It’s all about cooking from scratch and stretching our food budget, right? May God Bless this world, Linda