Woman shares her five-step trick to extra crispy potatoes that ‘look like magic’

A lady, named Montana, has shared her secret to reaching completely crispy croquette potatoes each time – and the method solely takes 5 easy-to-follow steps

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TikTok cooking guru shares easy potato croquette recipe

Who amongst us does not love a super crispy potato? The right mixture of an additional crispy outer and a fluffy inside is undoubtedly sought-after amongst spud followers however will be notoriously tough to grasp.

Thanks to 1 girl on TikTok although, you now not have to undergo from mediocre potatoes, as she’s uncovered the key to nailing deliciously crunchy croquettes each single time – and the method solely takes 5 steps.

Montana, who posts beneath the account @monmackfood, additionally spoke to the Daily Star about her recipe, which sees her grate her spuds with a cheese grater to realize a crispy layered end result.

She stated: “You desire a starchy potato so all of the strands of potato stick collectively and don’t disintegrate once you fry them. It is best to get a cheese grater for the job. You technically may cube them actually finely with a knife nevertheless it’d take ages.

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“The dish most likely takes two to a few hours in complete together with freezing time.”

In her TikTok video – which went viral and has racked up greater than 4.3 million views – Montana defined you must begin by peeling and grating your potatoes earlier than frying the spud strands in olive oil and salt for round 5 minutes.

She then takes them off the warmth, drops them in a glass container lined with cling movie, and places them within the freezer to set – which may take a number of hours.

As soon as the potatoes have cooled and are stable, Montana says you must take away the frozen block from the container and chop it into small squares – earlier than tossing the sq. in cornflour.

Then, merely add the potato squares to a pan of scorching oil and deep fry for six to seven minutes. Drain the crispy potatoes on some kitchen towel, season with salt, and benefit from the crunchy perfection.

Montana’s video obtained over 2,000 feedback – with many individuals admitting they could not wait to check out the recipe for themselves.

One individual wrote: “You simply made an incredible recipe. I am so making an attempt this!”

Whereas one other stated: “Mmmm. Truthfully, this seems like magic.”

And a 3rd added: “I wish to do that so dangerous.”

Different commenters have been simply as eager to ty out the hack however have been involved with the fats content material of frying the potatoes in oil as they requested whether or not the recipe would work in an air fryer.

Somebody stated: “These look soooo good. I ponder if I may make it with an air fryer?”

As another person had the identical query, asking: “Would this work in an air fryer?”

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