Oven baked French Fries/Potato Chips

The other night I wanted something different with our suppers main dish. Not the usual baked potato, or corn, or green beans. I was kind of in a rut and my imagination wasn't wide awake. But I dreamed of French Fries, which is one of my favorite things to eat. I've made FF a number of times and they are good. But I've never truly been happy with their texture - too mushy, or some are done and others aren't.

So I got out my mandolin slicer and cut 2 potatoes into the thickest slice that the mandolin will cut a potato....maybe 1/8 of an inch I'm guessing. I wanted thin (but not paper thin) slices and I wanted them uniform to insure they would cook the same.

I coated each slice of potato with vegetable oil and then sprinkled in some chili powder and some garlic salt.

Then into the oven they went while I prepared the rest of the meal.

The result? A crispy potato that was a cross between a French Fry and a potato chip. They were delicious! When I get fries at a restaurant I'm always happy to pick out the crispy (darker) ones and munch on them first. So this was great to have a whole batch of the crispy fries....they were more like potato chips and very tasty.

Throughout the meal Rick commented several times about how good they were. He even brought it up again the next night...."those potatoes you made last night were g-r-e-a-t!"



2 medium potatoes, sliced into rounds about 1/8 inch thick
1/3 Cup (or so) vegetable oil. Enough to coat everything.
1/4 - 1/2 tsp chili powder, depending on how spicy you'd like it
1/4 tsp garlic salt, or 1/8 tsp garlic powder
Parmesan or Myzithra cheese (optional)

Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, for easier clean up. In a medium bowl pour the vegetable oil, and sprinkle the seasonings. Toss the potatoes, making sure each slice gets coated on both sides. Place on baking sheet, without overlapping the potatoes. Bake for 25-30 minutes.


These came out of the oven crisp, without having much oiliness at all. After taking them out of the oven I lightly sprinkled them with some grated Myzithra cheese.