Doesn't necessarily have to be vegan/vegetarian, but I don't eat enough produce and my potatoes generally go bad when I don't eat them with nearly every meal.

I'm a decent cook but anything with pastry/baking elements is not preferred.

Thanks conroys.

  • D61 [any]
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    4 years ago

    Oven fries are a great side dish. Prepping the potatoes are kinda the only part that requires effort.

    Preheat oven/toaster oven to 425 F / 219 C. Clean potatoes, cut off any weird spots (peel if you're inclined). Cut them into something that looks like french fries, or slabs that are the same thickness as french fries if you're in a hurry. Potatoes go into Baking container (sheet or pyrex casserole dish). Put a few tables spoons of oil over the top and shuffle them around. Add some seasoning if you want. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, use a spatula to unstick any potatoes from the bottom/sides and make a half assed effort to mix them around. Then back in the oven for another 15~20 minutes. Some of them should be kinda crispy and a fork should easily impale the thickest bits of potato.

    Breakfast stuff easier than hash browns. Dice potatoes into something like 1/4" cubes, oil the pan on medium/high heat, once the oil pops drops the potatoes on. 10 to 15 minutes later they should be done.
    Anything you don't eat can be frozen after they cool down to about room temperature and will store for months/years until freezer burn makes them taste funny. Otherwise, add eggs, mushrooms, onions, etc and cook as a scramble or something.

    • TheCaconym [any]
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      4 years ago

      This is basically exactly how I do my oven fries and agreed, it's delicious. I add a little paprika for color when mixing with the oil.