From-Scratch Oven Fries

Name: From-Scratch Oven Fries
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 680 grams baking potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch-thick strips; 1 teaspoons kosher or table salt; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil

From-Scratch Oven Fries requires around 1 hour from start to finish. This side dish has 165 calories, 4g of protein, and 4g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, fodmap friendly, whole 30, and vegan diet. If you have baking potatoes, table salt, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. This recipe is typical of American cuisine.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 45

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Oven

Rinse potatoes in cold water.

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Potato

Water

Drain and pat dry. Toss together potatoes, oil, and salt in a large bowl.

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Potato

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Place a lightly greased wire rack in a jelly-roll pan. Arrange potatoes in a single layer on wire rack.

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Potato

Jelly

Roll

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Bake at 450 for 40 to 45 minutes or until browned.

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Oven

Serve immediately with ketchup, if desired.

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Ketchup

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French Fries

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Oven

Buffalo Oven Fries: Omit salt. Toss 2 tsp. mesquite seasoning, 1 tsp. hot sauce, 1/2 tsp. celery salt, and 1/2 tsp. garlic powder with potatoes and vegetable oil; bake as directed.

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Garlic Powder

Vegetable Oil

Celery Salt

Hot Sauce

Seasoning

Potato

Bison

French Fries

Salt

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Oven

Serve with Blue Cheese Dip and bottled hot wing sauce, if desired.

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Blue Cheese

Dip

Per serving (including 2 tbsp. blue cheese dip; not including wing sauce): Calories 211; Fat 8g (sat 8g, mono 3g, poly 4g); Protein 2g; Carb 4g; Fiber 1g; Chol 5mg; Iron 5mg; Sodium 537mg; Calc 44mg

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Blue Cheese

Dip

Italian-Parmesan Oven Fries: Toss 2 tsp. freshly ground Italian seasoning with potato mixture, and bake as directed.

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Italian Seasoning

Parmesan

Potato

French Fries

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Oven

Sprinkle warm fries with 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese.

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Grated Parmesan Cheese

French Fries

Serve with warm Easy Marinara Sauce, if desired.

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Marinara Sauce

Note: We tested with McCormick Italian Herb Seasoning Grinder.

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Seasoning

Per serving (including 1/4 cup marinara sauce): Calories 258; Fat 7g (sat 2g, mono 8g, poly 3g); Protein 4g; Carb 6g; Fiber 3g; Chol 3mg; Iron 3mg; Sodium 489mg; Calc 95mg

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Marinara Sauce

Spicy Cheese Oven Fries: Toss a pinch of ground red pepper with potato mixture, and bake as directed.

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Ground Cayenne Pepper

Cheese

Potato

French Fries

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Oven

Sprinkle with 1/3 cup (1 1/2 oz.) shredded reduced-fat pepper Jack cheese.

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Pepperjack Cheese

Bake 1 more minute or until cheese is melted.

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Cheese

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Oven

Serve with ketchup, if desired.

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Ketchup

Per serving (not including ketchup): Calories 184; Fat 9g (sat 9g, mono 8g, poly 3g); Protein 3g; Carb 9g; Fiber 2g; Chol 8mg; Iron 5mg; Sodium 230mg; Calc 83mg

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Ketchup