Grilled French Fries
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This recipe and technique is adapted from the American Test Kitchens “Crisp Roasted Potatoes” recipe, though they probably did not develop the technique with a grill in mind it works amazingly well.
Ingredients
  • 2½ lbs of potatoes
  • salt
  • olive oil (not extra virgin)
  • seasoning salt (optional)
Instructions
  1. Wash and scrub your potatoes.
  2. Leaving the skin on is optional but cut a bit of the ends off to square up the potato so you can get some nice size fries.
  3. Cut your potatoes in half, then cut in to ½" x ½" x 1" fries.
  4. Place your cut French fries into a pot, add cold water to cover by 1 inch and add a teaspoon of salt.
  5. Bring to boil and then reduce to a simmer for about 5 minutes.
  6. At this point, you need to start pre-heating your grill (450°)
  7. Test to see if your potatoes are done sticking by a fork or paring knife into the potatoes, the outside should be soft and the middle giving resistance.
  8. Drain and place your potatoes into a large bowl.
  9. Add 2 tablespoons of Olive oil and ½ teaspoon of salt. Gently toss your potatoes with a rubber spatula until coated.
  10. Repeat, adding 2 tablespoons of Olive oil and ½ teaspoon of salt and mix till a starchy paste forms all over the potatoes. This takes about two minutes.
  11. Some of the potatoes will break up during this process but mixing gently will prevent this from happening to most of them. (Safe those small pieces for latter)
  12. Apply a light coating of Olive oil to your skillet, griddle or Island Grillstone and place your potatoes down to cook, keeping about 1" open of space around each potato.
  13. After ten minutes, flip to continue cooking.
  14. Cooking time is approximately 20 minutes.
  15. Remove from grill and sprinkle with your favorite seasoning or just more salt.
Recipe by Cooking Outdoors at https://cooking-outdoors.com/how-to-make-grilled-french-fries/