Fried potatoes are made by slicing and coating potatoes in flour, spices, and egg before frying in oil. They are often served with dipping sauces and are a popular side dish for sandwiches, hamburgers, and breakfast foods. Canola and olive oil are healthier options for frying, and low-fat sauces like ketchup and barbecue sauce can reduce calorie and fat intake.
Fried potatoes are made by frying sliced potatoes in hot oil. Potatoes are often coated in flour, spices, egg, salt and pepper before frying. They can be served plain, but it’s common to eat the fries with ranch dressing, sour cream, ketchup, or some other type of sauce. They are often eaten as a side dish to fried fish, sandwiches, grilled meats, hamburgers and scrambled eggs.
After washing and peeling whole potatoes, the cook cuts them into cubes, wedges or long slices. The sliced potatoes are then dipped in a mixture of beaten eggs, spices, seasonings and flour. If preferred, the potatoes can also be left flat. Using a deep fryer, the potatoes are fried in oil for about 10 to 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown. Once cooled, the fries can also be tossed in a mixture of melted butter and spices.
The spices and seasonings used on potatoes are usually made from ingredients such as celery salt, garlic powder, black pepper, paprika, oregano, thyme, and chili powder. While it’s more common to use vegetable oil for frying potatoes, peanut oil, extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, and soybean oil can also be used. After the potatoes have been fried in oil, it is common to place them on a paper towel to drain excess fat before serving.
While they can be eaten on their own, it’s standard practice to serve hash browns with dipping sauces such as ketchup, relish, barbecue sauce, and sour cream. You can also add melted cheese, pieces of bacon and hot sauce to the potatoes. Fried potatoes are also an excellent accompaniment to hamburgers, sandwiches, fish and grilled meats. Just like hash browns, hash browns can also be eaten with breakfast foods like eggs, bacon, sausage, omelettes, and toast.
In general, hash browns are high in fat, calories, and sodium. It is often healthier to fry potatoes in canola oil, as this type of oil contains healthier fats than many other types of cooking oils, such as vegetable oil. Olive oil is also lower in fat than vegetable oil, but may not be easy to fry. To reduce sodium intake, potatoes can be prepared using only a minimal amount of salt. Much of the calorie and fat intake comes from the dipping sauces served with the potatoes, such as ranch and sour cream; ketchup and barbecue sauce are low-fat sauce options.
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