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Recipe: Potato wedges

Updated Wednesday, 27 April 2005

Try out our recipe from the Ever Wondered About Food series

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Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 4 King Edward potatoes or leftover baked potatoes
  • vegetable oil to grease
  • salt to season
  • 3 litres (105 fl. oz) of vegetable oil

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
  2. Pierce the potatoes with a fork, rub them with vegetable oil and sprinkle with salt.
  3. Place them on a baking tray in the oven for 45 minutes–1 hour until soft and cooked. Leave them to cool.
  4. Cut them into wedges — first into half and then each half into 3 to make 6 wedges from each potato.
  5. Heat a pan of vegetable oil to 175°C/347°F and deep fry the wedges for 3–4 minutes until golden brown.
  6. Serve with guacamole and salsa, or sweet chilli sauce.

 

 

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