Oven-Baked French Fries
I made this oven-baked French fries recipe from one of my very favorite cookbooks, called The New Best Recipe (from the editors of Cook’s Illustrated).  The fries were easy to make and were crisp on the outside and soft and delicious on the inside. I served these fries with homemade fry sauce (a mixture of ketchup & mayonnaise) alongside grilled chicken sliders with avocado and a white bean cucumber salad.
Oven-Baked French Fries
Ingredients:
- 3 russet potatoes, peeled & cut into the same size fries
- 4 tbsp of vegetable oil
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
How to Make Oven-Baked French Fries
Peel the russet potatoes, then cut each potato lengthwise into the same size fries.
Place the cut fries into a large bowl and cover with hot tap water; soak for 10 minutes.
Adjust the oven rack to the lowest position.
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Line a heavy-duty baking sheet with foil, then drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil on the foil, followed by a sprinkling of sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste. Set aside.
Drain the potatoes, then place on kitchen towels (or paper towels) and pat very dry.
Rinse and wipe out the bowl, then dry it with a kitchen towel.
Place the dried fries back into the dry bowl, then drizzle the last tablespoon of oil onto the fries.
Toss with your hands until they are evenly coated.
Arrange the fries in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
Cover the baking sheet tightly with foil and place it into the oven to bake for 5 minutes.
Remove the foil and continue baking until the bottoms are spotty golden brown, about 15-20 minutes, rotating the baking sheet after 10 minutes.
Using tongs, flip each fry, keeping the potatoes in a single layer.
Continue baking until the fries are golden and crispy, 5-10 minutes longer, rotating the pan as needed if the fries are browning unevenly.
Transfer the fries to some paper towels to drain. Season with sea salt to taste.
Serve immediately. Â Enjoy.Â
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 russet potatoes peeled & cut into same size fries
- 4 tbsp of vegetable oil
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- Peel the russet potatoes, then cut each potato lengthwise into the same size fries.Â
- Place the cut fries into a large bowl and cover with hot tap water; soak for 10 minutes.
- Adjust the oven rack to the lowest position.
- Preheat the oven to 475 degrees. Line a heavy-duty baking sheet with foil, then drizzle 2 tablespoons of oil on the foil, followed by a sprinkling of sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste. Set aside.
- Drain the potatoes, then place on kitchen towels (or paper towels) and pat very dry.
- Rinse and wipe out the bowl, then dry it with a kitchen towel.
- Place the dried fries back into the dry bowl, then drizzle the last tablespoon of oil onto the fries. Â
- Toss with your hands until they are evenly coated.
- Arrange the fries in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.Â
- Cover the baking sheet tightly with foil and place it into the oven to bake for 5 minutes.
- Remove the foil and continue baking until the bottoms are spotty golden brown, about 15-20 minutes, rotating the baking sheet after 10 minutes.
- Using tongs, flip each fry, keeping the potatoes in a single layer.
- Continue baking until the fries are golden and crispy, 5-10 minutes longer, rotating the pan as needed if the fries are browning unevenly.
- Transfer the fries to some paper towels to drain. Season with sea salt to taste.Â
- Serve immediately. Â Enjoy.Â
hmmm, i wish we had this last night with our burger!!! that would’ve been the perfect combo!
What a great way to do fries! These look great too!!
xo Kris
Oh yum….always love french fries…the sauce on the side looks really good….
I’ve had oven fries before that made you forget about frying them!! I love that you can feed that french fry craving without having to deep fry!! YUM!
Oven french fries are sooooo good. You can also add spices. Or use sweet potatoes. Yummy !
I’ve had this method bookmarked to try for over a year now. I just keep forgetting about it. Thanks for the reminder, Pam!
It is only breakfast but I am now planning dinner.
I really don’t use that cookbook often enough! I”m sure it has some serious recipe secrets. LIke these fries. Want.
I make baked fries all the time and have tried different ways. I definitely will try this method. They look so good and crisp!
So good and crisp !!!!
Aha! Maybe mine aren’t quite as crunchy as some would like because I don’t dry the potatoes!
suddenly jones’n for some fries! these look awesome! fry sauce! we ate that all the time when i lived in idaho! if you were to ask for it here, they would look at you like you had three eyes.
So far every Cooks Illustrated, America’s Text Kitchen recipe I’ve tried have been amazeballs – since we’ve bought our deep fryer, we haven’t baked fries forever, but I do love them!
Oh yum these sound great.
Yes please! Dinner should always include fries. And that fry sauce? Why have I never done that before?!
These sound delicious. I’ve been having a craving for fries but have been trying to steer clear because I am trying to eat a wee bit healthier. (Well, you know, minus the cupcake I ate earlier.) I’m so glad that your feeling better again!
I actually prefer oven baked fries to fried ones!
Your oven baked fried look so good. The fry sauce sounds really good also. Sounds like you had a perfect meal.
I love that cookbook, and my family loves these fries! They are so delicious, and without the guilt! I’m sure they were delicious with the sliders!
We don’t do any fried fries any more…oven baked fries taste just as great!
Perfect fries! Homemade ones are the best.
there are times (ok all the time) when i make fries JUST for the dipping sauce.
call me a sauce junkie!
I enjoy oven baked fries as much as I do fried one, maybe even more so. The dipping sauce is always nice too.
Love this recipe, it’s the only one I use that won’t make my fries soggy! Yummy and delicious 🙂
So Delicious! We decided to put fresh garlic on them half way through cooking.
Fabulous its crispy and easy recipe!!
I have just come across your beautiful blog via sometimes sweet. I love it. and these fries look amazing. I love fries but loathe the frozen ones. thanks for the recipe – i will have try it out.
Cute cook – looks like June Allyson