Super Crispy Potatoes

Name: Super Crispy Potatoes
Total time: 8 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: yellow potatoes; water; salt; baking soda; Parmesan cheese; butter

Serves 1

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Super Crispy Potatoes

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Serves 1

Directions

1Boil yellow potatoes in water with salt and a little baking soda until they are tender enough to pierce easily with a knife. This takes about 8 minutes depending on the size of the potato chunks.
2Strain the boiled potatoes and transfer them to a mixing bowl.
3Toss the potatoes in the bowl to rough up their surface and create a mashed-like texture.
4Add Parmesan cheese and butter to the potatoes and toss them well to coat evenly.
5Lay the potatoes out on a parchment-lined baking sheet, ensuring they are spaced out with minimal touching.
6Bake in the oven at 425°F (with convection on) or in an air fryer until perfectly golden and crispy.

Ingredients

yellow potatoes
water
salt
baking soda
Parmesan cheese
butter

Equipment

knifemixing bowlparchment-lined baking sheetovenair fryer

Tips

Baking soda is alkaline, which breaks down pectin (the glue that holds potato cells together) to create tiny ridges and rough edges on the surface, increasing surface area for crispiness.
Tossing the boiled potatoes in a bowl will rough up the surface and create a mashed-like texture, further increasing surface area for maximum crispiness.
Ensure potatoes are spaced out on the baking sheet with minimal touching to allow hot oven air to hit as much of the surface as possible.
Microplaned Parmesan cheese is optional but adds more flavor and surface area for crisping.

Super Crispy Potatoes

Serves 1

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Super Crispy Potatoes

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Serves 1

Directions

1Boil yellow potatoes in water with salt and a little baking soda until they are tender enough to pierce easily with a knife. This takes about 8 minutes depending on the size of the potato chunks.
2Strain the boiled potatoes and transfer them to a mixing bowl.
3Toss the potatoes in the bowl to rough up their surface and create a mashed-like texture.
4Add Parmesan cheese and butter to the potatoes and toss them well to coat evenly.
5Lay the potatoes out on a parchment-lined baking sheet, ensuring they are spaced out with minimal touching.
6Bake in the oven at 425°F (with convection on) or in an air fryer until perfectly golden and crispy.

Ingredients

yellow potatoes
water
salt
baking soda
Parmesan cheese
butter

Equipment

knifemixing bowlparchment-lined baking sheetovenair fryer

Tips

Baking soda is alkaline, which breaks down pectin (the glue that holds potato cells together) to create tiny ridges and rough edges on the surface, increasing surface area for crispiness.
Tossing the boiled potatoes in a bowl will rough up the surface and create a mashed-like texture, further increasing surface area for maximum crispiness.
Ensure potatoes are spaced out on the baking sheet with minimal touching to allow hot oven air to hit as much of the surface as possible.
Microplaned Parmesan cheese is optional but adds more flavor and surface area for crisping.