Oven Chips Vs Frying Chips

[flobadob]

Can you cook frying chips in an oven or what is done to oven chips to make them ovenable?

[Old_Geezer]

Never tried. I'd expect baking normal chips in an oven wouldn't crisp them. Even roast potatoes need fat.

As to what is done to oven chips, maybe the insides are reformed & soft, and the outside, oh I don't know, add oil maybe - not that I've ever felt them as greasy.

It's an interesting question.

[flobadob]

OG I've only ever tried oven chips recently and they aren't all that crispy to be honest, not as crispy as fried ones by a long way. I wonder if frozen fry chips were tossed in a little oil then baked how would they turn out. Maybe I should have put this question in the Science section lol

[hc4361]

The secret with cooking oven chips is to shake and turn them often. They usually take longer than the instructions recommend

[B00]

Dunno your second question, but to the first, yes, you can fry oven chips.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh mine go crispy, black sometimes.

[charity-baker47]

I would think frying chips would go a bit tough unless you sprayed them with that low fat oils you get. Oven chips have already got a coating of oil on them so you have to keep turning them.

[hc4361]

Good quality oven chips are cut to size, blanched in boiling water for a couple of minutes, dried then deep fried for a few minutes.

This coats them in oil which is used to cook them in the oven at home. No nasty mashing and reforming the potato. You can do your own in your garage

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zwv2tfr

[Old_Geezer]

Not a bad guess if Nigella's are anything like commercial ones.

Boiled i.e. cooked first ?
Coated in oil.

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/home-made-oven-chips-791

[Old_Geezer]

Ah I knew I ought not have let that work call delay my post :-)

[jennyjoan]

I am sure for all the times you would cook a fried chip or two - they are now far nicer fried. Fry them for goodness sake.

[MargoTester]

Oven chips cook much better on a baking tray with holes in - Lakeland (and others) do them, the chips come out crispy. The tray can also be used for pizzas.

[whiskeryron]

There is absolutely no comparison. Fried chips beat oven chips every time.

[jennyjoan]

thank you Ron - your are so right.

[jennyjoan]

some of you may find this disgusting - but when the chips are fried - I throw an egg in - to bloody die for -

[MargoTester]

I would not disagree with that, but if you are trying to lose weight and get you fat intake down, oven chips are better for you. I make mine from scratch and use Frylight spray on them, not as nice but quite acceptable

[jennyjoan]

i would make my own chips about once month so I sure aint going to eat cardboard/oven chips.

[EDDIE51]

Get good quality oven chips and deep fry them in small batches, works every time. McCain Home Fry's work well. Don't use the cheap supermarket chips as there are a lot of small bits in them that get overcooked.Use a temperature of 190 deg to fry them for just a few minutes, they are done when they start to float to the surface of the oil.

[dannyk13]

A recipe here:-
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2515/chunky-oven-chips