Triple-Cooked Chips
Classic British triple-cooked chips made with Maris Piper potatoes, featuring a fluffy interior and supremely crispy exterior. These chips are boiled, frozen, and fried twice for the perfect texture.
Ingredients
- •1 kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and cut into chips (approx. 2 × 2 × 6cm)
- •2 l Groundnut or grapeseed oil
- •1 tsp Sea salt
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Place the cut chips into a bowl under running water for 5 minutes to wash the starch off.
5 min
- 2.
Place 2kg cold tap water in a large saucepan and add the potatoes. Place the pan over a medium heat and simmer until the chips are almost falling apart (approximately 20-30 minutes, depending on the potato).
25 min
- 3.
Carefully remove the cooked chips and place them on a cooling rack to dry out. Then place in the freezer for at least 1 hour to remove more moisture.
60 min
- 4.
Heat a deep-fat fryer or a deep pan no more than half filled with oil (to a depth of around 10cm) to 130°C. Fry the chips in small batches until a light crust forms (approximately 5 minutes), remove from the oil and drain on kitchen paper.
15 min
- 5.
Put the potatoes on a cooling rack and place in the freezer for at least 1 hour. (At this stage, if you don't want to cook and serve immediately, the chips can be kept in the fridge for 3 days.)
60 min
- 6.
Heat the oil in the deep-fat fryer or deep pan to 180°C and fry the chips until golden (approximately 7 minutes). Drain and sprinkle with sea salt.
7 min
