Chefs' Recipes

Hand-cut chips

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for hand-cut chips by Neil Perry
Hand-cut chips

Hand-cut chips

Chris Chen
4
1H
25M
1H 25M

Begin this recipe a day ahead. Shown with whole sea bream.

“Make the effort to cut chips and double fry them. It’s not hard and you’ll get a chip which really tastes like potato.” – Neil Perry

Ingredients

Method

Main

1.Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 120C. Cook chips, in batches, for 5 minutes or until cooked through, but not coloured. Drain and cool to room temperature. Increase temperature to 180C and deep-fry chips, in batches, for 3 minutes or until crisp and golden. Drain on absorbent paper, season to taste with sea salt and serve.

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