Best oven chip?

[J and j]

Lidl skin on fries are excellent, Aldi have great offerings too

 

[PlacidCasual]

Another vote for Albert Bartlet - for your bog standard oven chip they're pretty good and superior to the other brands on a like for like basis.

 

[Philtor]

Have been using Mcain french fries for a while, they are ok, they do a job. I have a deep fryer but tbh I cant be bothered to clean it most of the time, not to mention the amount of oil needed.

I use these also. Saturated with salt and vinegar mind but lovely

 

[iron_monkey]

I don't understand why people buy oven chips. They're about 10 times the price of spuds and don't cook that much quicker. We just buy a sack of potatoes. Chop them up with skins on put them in a deep tray with a splash of oil and any herbs or spices you fancy. Cook for 20 mins take them out and jostle them, back in for another 20 and done. If you want them quicker just cut them thinner.

 

[SixTwoSix]

I don't understand why people buy oven chips. They're about 10 times the price of spuds and don't cook that much quicker. We just buy a sack of potatoes. Chop them up with skins on put them in a deep tray with a splash of oil and any herbs or spices you fancy. Cook for 20 mins take them out and jostle them, back in for another 20 and done. If you want them quicker just cut them thinner.

While I love a good 'proper' chip - we always have some oven chips in the freezer, however, I maybe eat chips once or twice a month so the potatoes would be re-rooting by the time I got around to using them

 

[PlacidCasual]

I don't understand why people buy oven chips. They're about 10 times the price of spuds and don't cook that much quicker. We just buy a sack of potatoes. Chop them up with skins on put them in a deep tray with a splash of oil and any herbs or spices you fancy. Cook for 20 mins take them out and jostle them, back in for another 20 and done. If you want them quicker just cut them thinner.

I don't disagree but sometime when the kids are squealing and you've got a lot on your plate being able to open the freeer and throw in a few handfuls of chips is super helpful. Taste wise oven or air fryer potato wedges from fresh potatios are far better, but not always as crisp.

I live near a lot of potato farms that serve McCain and co for frozen products. The local farms give me the occasional sack. The potatoes are absolutely tasteless I have to cook them in stock to get any flavour in them. They fall apart and have no texture worth a damn. But treated right they make the most ridiculously crisp, crunchy and fluffy roasties.

 

[Bubo]

I always go for the thinner french fry versions of oven chips, specially Asda's own brand french fries. They seem to cook perfectly in an air fryer. Their coated curly chips are also pretty good.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Everyone knows this. They probably asked which oven chips because they're healthier than fried.

I tried these the other day, very nice.

BTW Forgot to update. I was in Sainsburys the other day and they had some very similar (Taste the Difference Triple cooked with beef dripping) however they were £2.75 for a small bag but though why not.. So banged some in the air fryer last night for 20 mins and they came out really nice actually. Crispy on the outside and nice and fluffy on the inside, mega chunky as well and they tasted really good with a bit of sea salt.

When i get Aldi way i will grab a bag of these for the comparison.

 

[Haze]

Alphabites = Win

 

[robfosters]

Alphabites = Win

Smiley faces > Alphabites

 

[iron_monkey]

I tried some waffles the other day and they had so much salt in them they were inedible, i remember they were really nice when i was a kid.

 

[m@rty]

I don't understand why people buy oven chips. They're about 10 times the price of spuds and don't cook that much quicker. We just buy a sack of potatoes. Chop them up with skins on put them in a deep tray with a splash of oil and any herbs or spices you fancy. Cook for 20 mins take them out and jostle them, back in for another 20 and done. If you want them quicker just cut them thinner.

People are lazy, peeling potatoes is too much hassle it seems.

 

[iron_monkey]

People are lazy, peeling potatoes is too much hassle it seems.

I dont even bother peeling them, takes a few minutes to chop them up, i even do enough for 2 days and just reheat them the next day.

 

[ZXSpectrum]

People are lazy, peeling potatoes is too much hassle it seems.

I would have thought that cooking them for double the amount of time costs more in gas/electric than what you save on buying and making your own..

 

[iron_monkey]

I would have thought that cooking them for double the amount of time costs more in gas/electric than what you save on buying and making your own..

If you like math problems:
My oven uses 2.5kwh at 200c
my electric cost is 24.91kwh
asda 7.5kg potatoes £3
asda cheapest oven chips £1.53kg
I do cook enough for 2 days so day 2 chips only take a few mins to warm up in the oven or microwave.

Let me know your results, i realise most will be paying a lot more for electric as i got fixed for 3 years before it went crazy so feel free to change that to your current (no pun intended ) price

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Chips in the microwave???? Are you some sort of savage?

 

[pepp77]

For those mentioning hash browns, these are a great mixture of chips and hashbrowns - https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-hash-brown-fries-550g/77226.html

 

[goldy6660]

Another vote for Aldi fat chips, awesome in the air fryer

 

[MissChief]

For those mentioning hash browns, these are a great mixture of chips and hashbrowns - https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-hash-brown-fries-550g/77226.html

I've tried these, they're pretty good. They do hash brown waffles too which are also decent. https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-9-hash-brown-waffles-504g/84106.html#start=26

 

[robinbanks]

I've tried these, they're pretty good. They do hash brown waffles too which are also decent. https://www.iceland.co.uk/p/iceland-9-hash-brown-waffles-504g/84106.html#start=26

They are great, Just stocked up on them