dripping fried chips?

mr. piper | 10:32 Mon 13th Jun 2005 | Food & Drink

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How do you cook chips in dripping, pork or beef? Does anyone know?

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libertie

My mum always used dripping when making chips. Think she just heated the fat until very hot then put the chips in a basket and cooked them until nice and golden........mmmmm

kev100

You need a chip pan with a basket, heat the dripping on a medium heat and cook the chips until soft, lift the basket out of the pan and turn the heat up to full until there is a faint blue smoke coming from the dripping, put the chips back in the pan for a few seconds to brown and slightly crisp.

My granny taught me this method and she was a Lancastrian, the home of great chips, this is a secret that I now pass to you mr. piper and must be kept secret, you must tell no one.

kev100

Sorry I forgot to mention the only potato you should ever use for chips are Maris Piper, or at a pinch King Edwards.

woofgang

beef dripping, the chips will taste fab, but the dripping sours quickly and you may not like the frying smell in the house the next day!!

Gilli

I always try to use Maris Pipers or King Edwards too. However, I use vegetable oil to make mine (though always beef dripping for roast potatoes).

I once had some absolutely fantastic chips cooked in goose fat (in a pub in Wells) but you'd need an awful lot of that (and it's expensive) to fill my deep fat fryer.

Gef

Agree with kev - real chips are cooked twice. Don't have my favourite recipe to hand at the moment but the potatoes should be cut quite thick, about 1cm to half an inch. Fry gently until soft and then drain well. It's OK to do several batches like this well ahead of time. Finally heat fat/oil until it is very hot and cook chips until crisp and golden . Don't try to cook too many at once as the second cooking is very quick.

Gef

Having seen the latest chips question I realise that I missed out a vital stage, ie thoroughly rinse/soak the chips to remove excess starch and dry thoroughly before frying.

mr. piper

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Very good people! anything about the rice flour?

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