Baked French Fries II
I actually made these fries with Sarah’s chicken recipe listed below! I was going to make regular roasted potatoes, but I hadn’t tried anything new in a little while, so I thought I’d give this one a shot–especially since it looked relatively easy. Seeing as how I knew the chicken would get done really quickly, I went ahead and started the potatoes first, however, I did make a couple of changes, because I was afraid that this would be another recipe in which the potatoes took an ungodly amount of time to get done–like my red potato recipe! My “changes” consisted of increasing the oven temperature to 425 degrees and cutting the potatoes a bit thinner, however, I would NOT do either of those things again! This is a recipe that you can follow exactly and the cooking time is right on! (Recipe Source: www.allrecipes.com; Photo also from www.allrecipes.com, submitted by “LESLEYfromWI”).
Baked French Fries II
3 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch strips
cooking spray
1 tsp dried basil
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease a medium baking sheet. Arrange potato strips in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet, skin sides down. Spray lightly with cooking spray, and sprinkle with basil, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Bake 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.
These look really good. Did you leave the skins on yours? Do you think they will hold up without them? (I’m thinking that if I make them for Josh, I’d probably have to take the skin off…)
I did leave the skin on mine, but I think they’d be just fine with the skin removed! In the recipe, it states to arrange them on the baking sheet, skin down, but I couldn’t figure out how to get them to lay that way–mine ALL were laying on their side! (Maybe I sliced them incorrectly?!?) I think Josh will enjoy them and they’re certainly relatively healthy! Just make sure you keep an eye on them, because they get done pretty quickly and dry out if they stay in too long!