Fermented Twice-Fried French Fries Recipe (video)

This week's video is based on a Tiktok food hack that actually works! We found this through the talented and excellent food YouTuber Joshua Weissman, and it's about fermented french fries! It's a long way to go for great fries, but the results are excellent. They come out super crispy and they are fluffy inside with a slightly enhanced potato flavour. We let ours sit around for about five days at room temperature, and they fermented quite a bit, but you could do this for a shorter period for sure. A couple days at room temp and then into the fridge until you're ready to use it.

The fermentation uses some of the starches and sugars at the surface of the fries, which allows for a crispier finish once they're fried. One thing to note, though: The sugars are what give you that dark golden colour on the outside of the fries when cooked, so these ones will look a little pale when they're done. There is a distinct fermented smell in the water, but the final product does not really have any of that fermented funk. We did notice that they were very richly potato-ey, but was that because of the fermentation, or because we splurged on some really nice potatoes? Hard to tell. Still, they were delicious.

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