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  • 1kg floury potatoes
    such as Maris Piper, peeled and cut into chunky chips
  • ½ tsp turmeric
  • 3 tbsp sunflower oil
  • thumb-sized piece of ginger
    peeled and chopped, or finely grated into a paste
  • 3 garlic cloves
    peeled and chopped, or finely grated into a paste
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • generous pinch of cayenne pepper

Nutrition: per serving (8)

  • kcal140
  • fat4g
  • saturates1g
  • carbs21g
  • sugars1g
  • fibre2g
  • protein3g
  • salt0g
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Method

  • step 1

    The day before you plan to eat them, tip the potatoes into a pan of cold water and add the turmeric and pinch of salt. Bring to the boil, and simmer gently for 2-3 mins until just cooked. Drain, leave to cool, then chill overnight if you can.

  • step 2

    Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Drizzle 1 tbsp of the oil in a shallow roasting tin (preferably non-stick), and place in the oven. Pour the rest of the oil into a large bowl and add the ginger, garlic, fennel seeds and cayenne pepper. Tip the cold chips into the bowl and gently toss with your fingers until evenly coated. Remove the tray from the oven and scatter over the chips. Use a spatula to coat the chips in the hot oil, then lay them out in a single layer and roast for 30 mins. Use the spatula to turn, then return to the oven for 15 mins until crisp and golden.

RECIPE TIPS
THE CRISPIEST CHIPS

For super-crisp oven chips or wedges, boil them the day before, then roast from chilled. This means there’s no steam or moisture from the just-boiled potatoes to counteract the crisping process. 

WANT TO GET AHEAD?

These chips can be boiled up to 2 days ahead and chilled until you are ready to roast them.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2015

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A star rating of 4.3 out of 5.14 ratings

KayOS77

Followed the recipe, apart from the chilling, the flavours were great. Very satisfying.

lizleicester

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

These were lovely and looked amazing (even without the overnight chilling).

lnbmk01

I used baby new potatoes cut in half and added cumin seeds as well as the fennel seeds and also some crushed chillies as I like things quite spicy...then sprinkled with fresh coriander once cooked. Really delicious and so quick to make. I had this for my lunch but I think it would be an ideal snack…

ToeM

I had to improvise somewhat as I didn't have fennel seeds so used star anise instead and reduced the quantity. My first time at doing this dish and everyone loved it!

mariabudgen

A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Tasty way to cook potatoes, and we served as per Sept 15 recipe article, alongside the Curried Pulled Lamb. We didn't have any large potatoes, so used baby new potatoes and used the same coating but substituting fennel seeds for cumin seeds, as other half doesn't like the aniseed flavour of fennel.

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