The best potato type for making chips ?

[99Androidguy777]

What is the absolute best type of potato for making chips ?
All the fish and chip shops around where I live make amazing chips, however I cannot afford to be getting takeaways a lot at the moment.
So what is the best type of potato for making chips ?
what type of potato do the chippers use ?

 

[DirtyJester]

Maris Piper

 

[PapaLazaru]

As above. And cook them at least twice for best results.

 

[Glaucus]

Heston recommends another type, but Maris piper is his back up recommendation if you can't find the other one.
You really should give his tripple cooked chips ago, omg best chips bar non.

Wasn't keen on his battered fish, but then mine didn't end up looking like his, and the 24hr beef just isn't worth the effort. But his chips omg the chips.

The secret is pretty much boiling till 1 second before destruction. Then being extremely gentle with them, so they don't fall to bits.

 

[MagicBoy]

Maris Piper.

The one's off the old mans allotment make very nice chips.

 

[99Androidguy777]

Heston recommends another type, but Maris piper is his back up recommendation if you can't find the other one.
You really should give his tripple cooked chips ago, omg best chips bar non.

Wasn't keen on his battered fish, but then mine didn't end up looking like his, and the 24hr beef just isn't worth the effort. But his chips omg the chips.

The secret is pretty much boiling till 1 second before destruction. Then being extremely gentle with them, so they don't fall to bits.

What is the first type recommended ?
That is how take aways cook them ?

 

[99Androidguy777]

As above. And cook them at least twice for best results.

Do you mean boil them first ?

 

[Glaucus]

What is the first type recommended ?
That is how take aways cook them ?

Takeaways don't tripple cook.

Arran victory

 

[99Androidguy777]

Takeaways don't tripple cook.

Arran victory

So let me get this straight , you boil the potatoes and take them up before they get near the falling apart stage and then you deep fry them ?
I have never double cooked chips in my life , all i do is cut them into chips and down into the fryer they go.

 

[Alps]

What is the first type recommended ?
That is how take aways cook them ?

The chippies round here get catering grade sacks of spuds,it's what the supermarket's / shops reject due to the look, some need triming before going into chiping machine
As above maris piper the 'waxier' the skin feel's the better. I woudn'tbother with hestons triple fried to much faffing, Hairy bikers have a nice recipe on bbc food for double fried.

 

[Glaucus]

So let me get this straight , you boil the potatoes and take them up before they get near the falling apart stage and then you deep fry them ?
I have never double cooked chips in my life , all i do is cut them into chips and down into the fryer they go.

http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/triple-cooked-chips-recipe

It is a lot of effort but well worth it. Even if you don't fridge, still double or triple cook. I always boil.

 

[99Androidguy777]

The chippies round here get catering grade sacks of spuds,it's what the supermarket's / shops reject due to the look, some need triming before going into chiping machine
As above maris piper the 'waxier' the skin feel's the better. I woudn'tbother with hestons triple fried to much faffing, Hairy bikers have a nice recipe on bbc food for double fried.

Cheers I will have to try them brands of potato.
managing to get them to taste just like the chippers chips is going to be interesting.. easier said than done.

 

[99Androidguy777]

http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/chefs/heston-blumenthal/triple-cooked-chips-recipe

It is a lot of effort but well worth it. Even if you don't fridge, still double or triple cook. I always boil.

Whats the difference between double and triple cooking ?
Double cooking is boiling and then deep frying them right ?
How does triple cooking them differ ?

 

[Glaucus]

Whats the difference between double and triple cooking ?
Double cooking is boiling and then deep frying them right ?
How does triple cooking them differ ?

Double cooking is usually double frying. No boiling.

 

[Alps]

www.potatolovers.co.uk/content/recipes/info/?id=65
^triple frying, double is frying on a lower heat to cook them through then take out dry off on kitchen paper, turn the frier up high then put them back in to crisp them up.

 

[99Androidguy777]

Double cooking is usually double frying. No boiling.

www.potatolovers.co.uk/content/recipes/info/?id=65
^triple frying, double is frying on a lower heat to cook them through then take out dry off on kitchen paper, turn the frier up high then put them back in to crisp the skin.

Cheers guys.

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

All lies Kerr Pinks are the best for chips

 

[99Androidguy777]

All lies Kerr Pinks are the best for chips

Thanks , I will have to try Kerr pinks also.

 

[Kanifee]

Ive stopped making chips, i cut wedges form marris piper, nuke them till the outside is dry, cover with olive oil salt and pepper then bang them in the oven for 16 minutes, absolutely gorgeous they!

when i did make chips i found marris piper and and rooster red potatoes made fantastic chips, stick them in the fryer for 5 minutes on low, low enough they dont sizzle but enough to start cooking. remove the basket from the oil and salt, heat the oil too maximum and then re submerge. best chips every time.

also i used crisp and dry, only oil that seemed to produce consistent great results, quality of oil is as important as the spud i think.

 

[yozzer2001]

if you can get them the good old King Edward make the best chips. Maris piper a close second