Here’s a classic recipe for French Fried Potato Squares—crispy on the outside, soft inside, and perfect as a side or snack 🥔✨
🥔 French Fried Potato Squares
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 4 medium potatoes, peeled
- 2–3 tbsp vegetable oil or butter
- Salt, to taste
- Optional: pepper, paprika, garlic powder, or chopped herbs
👩🍳 Instructions
- Preheat & prep
- Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F (if baking)
- Or heat a skillet over medium heat (if pan-frying)
- Cut the potatoes
- Slice potatoes into 1-inch squares (or slightly smaller for faster cooking)
- Optional: soak in cold water 10–15 minutes to remove extra starch for crispier potatoes
- Pat dry with a towel
- Cook the potatoes
Oven method:
- Toss potato squares with oil, salt, and optional seasonings
- Spread in a single layer on a baking sheet
- Bake 25–35 minutes, turning halfway, until golden brown and crispy
Skillet method:
- Heat oil in a skillet
- Add potato squares in a single layer
- Cook 10–15 minutes per side until golden and tender, stirring carefully to avoid breaking them
- Serve hot
- Sprinkle with extra salt or herbs before serving
🌟 Tips
- Smaller squares = crispier, faster cooking
- For extra crunch, parboil potatoes 5 minutes before baking/frying
- Serve with ketchup, ranch, or your favorite dipping sauce
If you want, I can make a fast 15-minute version that uses a microwave + skillet trick to get them golden and crispy even quicker.
Do you want me to do that?