The Burger Lab: How to Make Perfect Thin and Crisp French Fries

I'm gonna come right out and say something that I'm sure you won't all openly agree with: McDonald's french fries are great. At their best, they are everything a french fry should be: salty, crisp, light, and not greasy. I've never been able to make fries as good as theirs...until now. Here's how to do it.

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121 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, May 28, 2010 at 8:00 AM
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The Burger Lab: Why Double Fry French Fries?

It's time for another round of The Burger Lab. Got a suggestion for an upcoming topic? Email Kenji here, and he'll do his best to answer your queries in a future post. Clockwise from top left: Perfectly cooked double-fried french...

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39 Comments | Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, January 15, 2010 at 7:30 AM
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Color Standards System for French Fries

From xrite.com X-Rite, the company that's buying Pantone Inc. and its Pantone Matching System (a series of standard colors used in printing and design) offers a system of color standards for cooking frozen french fries (pictured, above). Called the...

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 6, 2007 at 11:45 AM
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