Crispy Curly Fries With Chives

Some might not qualify these baked curly potato swirls as fries, but hey, po-tay-to, po-tah-to - whatever you choose to call them, you can expect flavour worthy of a 30-second snippet of any episode of Chef's Table.

To make 3 to 4 small servings, all you need are 2 large Yukon gold potatoes, your favourite cooking oil, sea salt, fresh black pepper, and a handful of chopped chives or green onions.

To make curly cuts out of your potatoes, it's best to use a spiralizer, which you can find for less than $15 at Amazon: Tri-Blade Vegetable and Fruit Peeler Spiralizer. In Canada, a similar unit can be found at Kitchen Stuff Plus for a reasonable price.

Directions:

1. Pre-heat your oven to 400 degrees F.

2. Put your potatoes through your spiralizer, or if you prefer, you can hand cut your potatoes into strips. If you use a spiralizer, use the blade with larger triangles, then use scissors to cut your long spirals into edible curly segments.

3. Toss your cut potatoes in a bowl with cooking oil - about 3 tablespoons per two large potatoes worked relatively well for me, though I struggled a bit to scrape the baked fries off of my cooking surfaces (casserole dish and baking trays lined with parchment paper). If you do better than I did, please consider sharing your methodology in the comments section below.

4. Spread out over two or three baking trays lined with parchment paper, then season with sea salt and fresh black pepper.

5. Bake for 15 minutes, remove from oven, flip any that you can, add chopped chives or green onions, then return them to the oven to bake for another 8 minutes.

Here's a one-minute look at how to make crispy curly fries with chives:

These baked curly fries with chives are best served hot out of the oven. Enjoy!