Another air fryer question!!!! Fresh french fries??

[Axkiker]

Anyone have any magic tricks / coatings etc for air fried french fries. I have a commercial cutter I use to make fries and they do turn out very good. My go to method is to cut them and soak in water for a bit to remove some of the starch. Then dry them as best I can and coat in a bit of olive oil After that whatever seasoning and into the air fryer they go.

I cant complain at all as they remind me a lot of the fresh cut fries you get from pen station. What I would like though is a little more crisp. Something more along the lines of a traditional deep fried french fry.

Just looking for other ideas really.

Another question I have is could I cut a bunch of fries and freeze them raw. I sometimes just buy the bags of pre cooked fries and use those in the air fryer but ultimately they were originally deep fried. So probably a bit of a health benefit of using fresh / frozen which were not originally deep fried.

Anyways random questions.

[fr8dog]

Fries are best when done twice. The first to cook, let them cool, then hit them again to crisp them.

[Axkiker]

Fries are best when done twice. The first to cook, let them cool, then hit them again to crisp them.

Well I have read that in regards to deep frying fries. Does that apply to air fryers as well ? If thats the case ill cook up a bunch and them just freeze them for a final cook later.

[fr8dog]

Just disregard that. I did a batch at straight 400* today. They came out pretty close to the double cooked ones with less effort.

[tonybfishing]

Well I have read that in regards to deep frying fries. Does that apply to air fryers as well ? If thats the case ill cook up a bunch and them just freeze them for a final cook later.

+1, cut fries day ahead and soak in water, cook until 3/4 done and freeze. Next day cook until crisp.