Twice Fried Fries with Bacon and Cheese recipes

I used to think that making fries -- great fries -- was easy. Then I found out that really good fries, like most things, gets better with twice fried fries.

Ingredients

• Oil, usually in a deep fryer, but a pan can work

• Potatoes, about 1 large potato for each person

• Bacon, about 1 or two pieces of thick bacon, fried and chopped

• 1/2 lb sharp cheddar cheese, cut into small pieces

• Milk, roughly four tbsp. for each half pound of cheese

Directions

First cut the potatoes into 3/8 slices, place in a bowl and add water to cover. These should be left in the refrigerator for at least a hour.

Make the bacon.

Melt the cheese in a low-heat pan and once the cheese is nearly melted, add just enough milk to make it a little soft and easy to stir.

To cook the fries, start first with oil at 320F to 325F and cook all the fries in this oil until they are nearly cooked but not quite brown, maybe 5-6 minutes. Then scoop out the fries, lay them on a paper towl to get rid of the oil and allow them to sit for at least half an hour.

Increase the oil temp to 375F and then add the fries back to the oil to finish cooking, which generally takes only a couple of minutes. Drain the oil, salt, add cheese sauce and bacon bits. Serve immediately.

Note: I'm told the first-cooked fries can be held overnight in a fridge or kept months in a freezer. I never get that far, but it sounds like it might work.

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Submitted August 15, 2016 at 08:27PM by discoverycook http://ift.tt/2buuJDE recipes