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ExDancer Fri 04-Feb-22 12:38:10

Can you cook frozen oven chips in a conventional deep far fryer? (one that's full of oil).

tanith Fri 04-Feb-22 12:44:26

I suppose you could but they are already coated with oil so I’m not sure how they would turn out. Why? May I ask

MissAdventure Fri 04-Feb-22 12:47:02

Yes, you can, usually.

Nannan2 Fri 04-Feb-22 12:47:57

Yes you can! My 2 sons, one prefers oven chips, youngest insists i fry them! They seem to cook a bit faster though?

EllanVannin Fri 04-Feb-22 17:17:32

I've been buying the McCain Gastro oven chips, really nice. Crispy on the outside and soft in the middle, a nice flavour too.

Germanshepherdsmum Fri 04-Feb-22 18:39:33

Another Yes here.

ExDancer Fri 04-Feb-22 19:29:39

Yesterday I cooked some 'real' chips from scratch, and they were so noticeably delicious I decided oven chips are rubbish in comparison.
But I'm a lazy cook, and peeling and chopping those potatoes is just not going to happen. So, the easy way would be ready prepared part coked frozen chips, only I didn't want to fill a chip pan with oil just to find I'd spoiled it by using oven chips.

CanadianGran Fri 04-Feb-22 21:49:34

Yes, frozen ones cook nicely in the deep fryer.

A question for those that make them from scratch; how do you make them crispy? Mine are always a bit soggy.

Hetty58 Fri 04-Feb-22 22:01:22

CanadianGran, home made chunky chips, coated in a very little rapeseed oil (shake in a bag or pan) and cooked in an air fryer - perfection.

I bought some oven chips once (only once) - bloody awful!

Gin Fri 04-Feb-22 22:11:27

If you cook your own, twice cook. Once to cook through, then take out, drain on kitchen paper and cool a little. I just leave them for fiv minutes or so then reheat oil when ready to eat and refry and they are fluffy inside and crispy outside.

crazyH Fri 04-Feb-22 22:14:24

All this talk of chips is making me want to go down and raid my fridge /freezer?

Charleygirl5 Fri 04-Feb-22 22:57:02

I buy frozen French fries, cook them in my air fryer (10 minutes) using a teaspoonful of oil and they are to die for. Absolutely delicious. No smell and little mess afterwards. I usually pop the two items for washing into the dishwasher.

CanadianGran Fri 04-Feb-22 23:23:57

Thanks Hetty - I very rarely do chips in oil, but the next time I do I will try this.

I don't have an air fryer, but I will put my oven on convection and do either frozen or fresh roasted potatoes cut into small pieces with a small amount of oil and lots of herbs.