Crispy Homemade Oven Fries (Not Soggy!)

Extra crispy baked oven fries recipe shows you how to make the best homemade baked french fries . Here you will find easy tips and tricks for making ultra crispy potatoes to dunk into the included homemade fry sauce recipe.

Prep Time 1 15

Cook Time 25

Total Time 1 40

Servings

Author Melissa Erdelac

Ingredients

3 large russet potatoes, cut in 1/4" matchsticks
3 tablespoon olive oil
salt, for seasoning

Fry Sauce:

½ cup mayonnaise, I used light
¼ cup ketchup
½ teaspoon garlic salt
¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Place potato matchsticks in large bowl and cover with water. Soak for at least 2 hours up to overnight in the refrigerator. This draws out the excess starch in the potatoes to make them crispier.
3 large russet potatoes,
Preheat oven to 450ºF. Drain the potatoes, rinse, and lay out on lint free absorbent towels, such as flour sack towels. Blot dry as much as possible.
Spray baking sheets with cooking spray. Divide the potatoes between the baking sheets. Divide and drizzle olive oil over the top of the potatoes. Toss to coat evenly with oil. Spread potatoes on pan so they aren't clumped together. The more space they have, the crisper they will get.
3 tablespoon olive oil
Bake for 20-25 minutes, rotating pans 1/2 through. Remove pans to flip fries.
If fries do not release easily, put back in oven and bake until crisp on bottom and freely releases from pan.
After fries are flipped, bake for 5-10 minutes more, or until browned and crisp. Season with salt.

Fry sauce

Combine all ingredients together and serve with fries. Refrigerate leftovers.
½ cup mayonnaise,, ¼ cup ketchup, ½ teaspoon garlic salt, ¼ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce, ½ teaspoon pepper

Notes

Best Tips to Remember!

The best potatoes to use are russets. Peel them or leave the skins on.
Lay the drained fries on a towel to soak up excess water before baking and dry as much as possible.
Spray the baking sheets first with cooking spray. This may seem redundant, but cooking spray contains lecithin, which forms a thin layer between the pan, oil, and food and helps the fries release easily.
Don't overcrowd the pan. I use 2-3 baking sheets when making these because the more space between the fries, the more heat can circulate around each fry's surface.
Rotate the pans between the oven racks during baking for even browning.
If the oven baked fries do not flip easily, bake them longer. You'll know when they are crisp and ready to be flipped because they release freely from the pan.

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