How to Make Waffle Fries in a Waffle Maker
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Author: Lee
Recipe type: Side dish
Serves: 2 servings
Ingredients
- 4 cooked Yukon gold potatoes (See note)
- Cooking spray
Directions
- Lightly spray a waffle iron with cooking spray
- Slice potatoes in half. Place half a potato in each quadrant of your waffle maker.
- Smash potatoes by closing the waffle maker (you may have to apply gentle pressure to get it to close.)
- Let waffle maker run for its shortest cycle, since you want to cook potatoes until they’re just golden. For our machine, this takes 4-5 minutes.
- Carefully remove fries from waffle maker and repeat with remaining 4 potato halves.
(We forgot to take a photo of the finished fries from smaller potatoes, whoops! So here's one of a bigger potato done butterfly-style, just to show you what fries should look like when you open the waffle maker!)
Notes
--Choose potatoes the size of a pool ball/cue ball or a little smaller
--Cook potatoes in the microwave or in an instant pot (do not boil).
To cook potatoes in the microwave:
1. Wash potatoes and stab a few times with a fork
2. Place in a microwave safe dish with a splash of water, cover, and cook 8-10 minutes, turning potatoes once during cooking.
To cook potatoes in the instant pot:
Use a steamer basket filled to the top with potatoes following the directions here.
Note: Do not try this with sweet potatoes. It doesn't go well!
--Cook potatoes in the microwave or in an instant pot (do not boil).
To cook potatoes in the microwave:
1. Wash potatoes and stab a few times with a fork
2. Place in a microwave safe dish with a splash of water, cover, and cook 8-10 minutes, turning potatoes once during cooking.
To cook potatoes in the instant pot:
Use a steamer basket filled to the top with potatoes following the directions here.
Note: Do not try this with sweet potatoes. It doesn't go well!
Recipe by Veggie Quest at https://www.veggie-quest.com/2017/11/how-to-make-waffle-fries-in-a-waffle-maker-low-fat/