This month I was assigned This Mama Cooks! There were lots of great recipes to chose from, but I chose something fairly simple, yet I can never get quite right -- oven fries. Sometimes mine turn out crispy, but sometimes mushy, sometimes burnt even! I think it's because I don't really rely on a recipe, I just wing it hoping it will turn out okay, but it doesn't always. So, I figured this was a good chance to follow a recipe, hoping it would give me a foolproof result and it did! These were crispy and crunchy and delicious! They would be a great side dish to just about anything -- what doesn't go with fries really?? I cut the recipe in half since there are only two of us, and leftover fries really aren't that great, but otherwise I kept it almost the same. I did up the amount of pepper, since we like black pepper, and omitted the parsley since we were out of it.
Salt and Pepper Oven Fries
slightly adapted from This Mama Cooks!
Ingredients:
1/2 pound potatoes, cut into wedges
2 Tablespoons oil (canola or olive, I used olive)
1 garlic clove, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. On a medium baking sheet, spray cooking spray to coat the bottom surface.
- Cut potatoes into long wedges. In a medium bowl, toss potato wedges with 1 tablespoon oil.
- On prepared baking sheet, lay out potato wedges in a single layer.
- Bake for 15 minutes, flip the wedges over and bake for 15 more minutes. Potatoes should be golden brown and crispy.
- When you turn the wedges over, heat the remaining tablespoon oil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic and cook over medium-low heat until golden, about 4 minutes.
- Pour the garlic oil over the wedges, adding in the salt and pepper. Toss to coat and serve.
15 comments:
These look great! My kids would love them, thanks!
I always have trouble with oven fries too! These look terrific though! Very yummy!
I love oven fries!
So fun to be in the Secret Recipe Club with you. This looks amazing :)
So funny that you picked an old fry recipe of mine as I'm creating a new one with sweet potatoes. Thanks for doing such a great job!
We would love these--especially. I'd up the pepper too!
We would love these! I prefer oven fries!
These look wonderful and so much healthier than fried.
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Holy Guacamole.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
Thanks ladies! This was my first time in the Secret Recipe Club and I loved it -- what a neat little project. Can't wait til August!
Oooh, I love oven fries too! Really like the idea of adding pepper and not just salt. Yum!
I made a similiar recipe before but these look even better. I need to give these a try. Yummy!
This is one my kids would go nuts for! Simple yet comforting. Nicely done!
Amy, the fries look yummy!
Thank you so much for your Chipotle Chicken with Cilantro sauce! My family loved it and I was thrilled to make it for the SRC from your blog.
It was so much fun and I really look forward to what everyone will do in August!
Oh, good idea - I never thought to coat them with olive oil and garlic after cooking. I bet that adds a lot of flavor.
These look great...I love oven fries!
Amy @ A Little Nosh
This looks yummy, but you could have done a better job highlighting your assigned blog.
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