French not Fried.........

Love French fries but hate the grease? Bake ‘em!!! 

They come out as crispy and more delicious coz now you add any other flavor you want.You don't have to keep it plain and boring. One of my favorites………with garlic.

Ingredients:

2 Russet or any Baking potato (yup, the giant ones)

2 tbsp Olive Oil

2 cloves garlic finely chopped

2 tsp Chilli Powder (I know some may want more)

Salt & Pepper

Method:

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Cut the potato lengthwise and then further into 4ths. As you cut the potato, put them in a microwave safe bowl of water. Now cook the potato steaks in the microwave on high for 4-5 minutes. Its perfectly fine even if it does not cook all the way through, since it’s going to continue cooking in the oven. Meanwhile in a separate bowl mix the oil, garlic, chilli powder, salt and pepper.

Once the potato is out of the microwave, drain the water and pat them dry. Mix it with the oil mixture; making sure every potato steak is coated with the oil mixture. Lay them on a cookie sheet in a single layer and put them in the oven for about 15 minutes, turning them once. After about 15 minutes, turn the broil on HI for about a minute or two.

If the potato had already turned crisp and brown during the baking process, you can omit the broil. The broil simply helps to turn it crispy as if you had fried it.

But make sure you don’t move away from the oven, since the broil process only takes a couple of minutes. 

Enjoy it hot. 

- Reheat in a preheated oven at 275 degrees. Reheating it in the microwave can make is soggy. 

- If you cannot find baking potatoes,use the regular white or red potatoes. But cook them in the microwave for only about a couple of minutes.