What do you call this potato accoutrement?

[scottranda]

What do you call this item added to dishes? I had it one time probably 2 decades ago (I seem to remember eating it with duck) and I never forgot it, but haven’t had it since.

I’m sure it’s some kind of potato, that is deep fried. But what do you call it and anyone know how to make it? I don’t even know how to search for it if I don’t know the word for it, haha.

[STEbbq]

It looks like a potato chip to me, but your note implies it is more complicated. What am I missing?

[WayneT]

Waffle fry on steroids? I haven’t been to the Fig Tree yet but it’s on my to-do list.

[Donw]

It is a waffle chip. First pass is lengthwise and then turned and cut again. Here is a quick video on how to make:

https://youtu.be/YUthWFoJmRU

[scottranda]

Very nice! Thanks! I’ll have to buy one of those things!

[Histrix]

If you buy one be careful - mandolines will bite you if you're not paying attention or if you get too greedy.

[ecowper]

Darn, now i want waffle chips!

[barelfly]

At first….waffle fry…but, I like Donw thought - a waffle chip…or

a waffle crisp?

[Bkhuna]

It's call "add about $10 to the meal for the garnish".

[WayneT]

Just bring me a plate of those and save $10!

[Pobeque]

Pomme Gaufrettes....but yea just a waffle cut with a french style mandoline

In cooking school, we'd line a ladle or a spider with these, lower them into the fryer and make gaufrettes 'baskets'

[barelfly]

I’d be making those often

[SheilaAnn]

+1 we did the same thing in culinary school.

[HouseHomey]

+ 2 but just give me the big tortilla for the salad bowl instead…. Load’er up!

[jfmorris]

I dunno... I think I would call it a "potato accoutrement"...

The guys who say it is a waffle chip are right I am sure...

[Oak Smoke]

It’s been years since I’ve been to a restaurant that served designer plated food. I’m certainly not opposed to. It’s just not what you’re going to get when you go to the Green Frog Cafe in Jacksboro, Tx.

[texastweeter]

Amen

[scottranda]

I got a mandolin for Christmas and I was determined to make this! First try! I need to try to make an “extra long” one like the original picture. But I’m happy with what I produced!!

[Johnny Booth]

Purc - For sure. I have a commercial one, kinda scary how well it works. One slip and 1/4inch of fingertip is gone.

[scottranda]

Purc yep, that was talked about that the other day on the Pit. I def used one yesterday!!

[Huskee]

Dem's Chick-fil-A fries rot there!

[texastweeter]

You can buy waffle cut chips

[Johnny Booth]

Yep. 🤣

[hoovarmin]

It appears to be a very inefficient sail, which is why those two sea creatures were unable to escape the net and perished at sea. But some people call it Pomme Gaufrettes.

[HouseHomey]

Bwahahah!!!

[hoovarmin]

HouseHomey !!!!! Where you been, bro???

[scottranda]

Pomme Gaufrettes....but yea just a waffle cut with a french style mandoline

In cooking school, we'd line a ladle or a spider with these, lower them into the fryer and make gaufrettes 'baskets'

What was your method? Did you boil them, dry them, freeze them, then fry them?

Thats what I did, but I have to imagine something that thin can just be washed/rinsed, dried, fried, then served.

[Pobeque]

Yep that's it, sliced, washed off excess starch then fried

Same as making a potato chip

[scottranda]

Pobeque thank you!! Will make it easier for me next time!

[Pobeque]

scottranda also make sure to use russet/idaho potatoes, not a yukon gold/waxy type

[texastweeter]

So here's how I make them:


I click here...

Herr's Lattice Cut Kettle Chips, 7 Ounce (Pack of 12 bags) https://a.co/d/bL1TCnU

[scottranda]

Funny guy!

[Clawbear57]

scottranda I'll take an order please.