Given up trying to make decent chips using Thai potatos, tried parboiling, double cooking and triple cooking but impossible to get that crispy outside and fluffy inside so have decided to give the frozen option a try.

What do you reckon is the best brand that comes closest to resembling a decent chip (french fry) and how do you cook them? Air Fry, Oven or Deep Fry.

I like Sunny Day

From my own experience the brands that credibly reference "USA" or "Idaho" on the packaging are the best tasting.

But to each his own.

Saw these in Lotus today for the first time thought I would give them a try...... hand down down best fries I have had in Thailand... cooked in an air fryer

1 hour ago, Cardano said:

What do you reckon is the best brand that comes closest to resembling a decent chip (french fry)

OreIda, but I don’t think it’s available here 

7 minutes ago, MisterTee said:

From my own experience the brands that credibly reference "USA" or "Idaho" on the packaging are the best tasting.

But to each his own.

Russet spuds from Idaho/Oregon if you can find it here 

1 minute ago, novacova said:

Russet spuds from Idaho/Oregon if you can find it here 

*1

For sure.

We're talking about the best of the best... but hey, Thai spuds when done up properly can be excellent.

For me, Lamb Weston without any doubt.  It's almost like magic the way that the oil on the surface disappears once they're taken out of the fryer.  Crispy, not greasy, light and fluffy every time.

11 minutes ago, novacova said:

OreIda, but I don’t think it’s available here 

Stupidest answer of the day award!

Farm Frites Finest, but expect to pay more than those budget fries. I use my air fryer.

 

31 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Stupidest answer of the day award!

If nothing more, because the brand name is really "Ore-ida."

I make my own in the air fryer 

59 minutes ago, MisterTee said:

From my own experience the brands that credibly reference "USA" or "Idaho" on the packaging are the best tasting.

 

Let me make a wild guess, you are an American?

 

Frozen fries are made from potato, regardless from where they come.

 

I only use frozen fries and have tried many brands, including farm frites, and I can taste a significant difference between them that would warrant a 100 or 150% premium price.

 

So now I take the Aro or the Malaysian ones in the purple bag at Makro, depending on which have the longest fries in the bag

If you soak the cut potatoes in ice water for an hour, they fry up better. 

 

Surapon Foods in Kabinburi processed a few brands of frozen, including "Maestro" retail. 

 

They supply a lot of restaurants and are pretty good. We used to get the occasional 10kg bag at the plant...

 

 

I hate those matchstick things that are similar to McDonalds.

I go for sunny day Spicy Wedges - 18 minutes in the air fryer (turn after 9 minutes)

Pretty good.

I buy mine in Tops.

 

Edited January 16, 20242 yr by Tropicalevo

31 minutes ago, still kicking said:

They look very tasty 

 

I suppose though that you have the benefit of a good spud being in Oz? Hard to make a good homemade chip with most of the potatoes in Thailand. 

3 minutes ago, Keeps said:

They look very tasty 

 

I suppose though that you have the benefit of a good spud being in Oz? Hard to make a good homemade chip with most of the potatoes in Thailand. 

You can you just have to know the tricks I also made them in Thailand 

also a Farm Frites Finest / 10mm fan from Makro

 

Can't be bothered with making my own, and just not as good anyway.

6 hours ago, Keeps said:

They look very tasty 

 

I suppose though that you have the benefit of a good spud being in Oz? Hard to make a good homemade chip with most of the potatoes in Thailand. 

There are good potatoes in Thailand, i buy ones from a market and go for the unwashed ones rather than the bigger washed ones you get in supermarkets, look good but aren't, makes good British chips

The best frozen fries? Any which McDs or KFC DON'T use.

17 hours ago, Cardano said:

Given up trying to make decent chips using Thai potatos, tried parboiling, double cooking and triple cooking but impossible to get that crispy outside and fluffy inside so have decided to give the frozen option a try.

What do you reckon is the best brand that comes closest to resembling a decent chip (french fry) and how do you cook them? Air Fry, Oven or Deep Fry.

Do you need chips exactly? I roast potatoes instead for the ‘crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside’ experience. Likely quicker, more ‘healthy’ and tastier. 

 

Of course I can cut them into different shapes and make them as crispy as I like. The inside stays fluffy. 

13 hours ago, KhunLA said:

also a Farm Frites Finest / 10mm fan from Makro

 

Can't be bothered with making my own, and just not as good anyway.

 

Another vote for the Makro Farm Frites Finest (the big 10mm+ ones)

I bought a bag of "HAPPY PRICE" at BigC  (Reduced to 89Baht /Kg) and they cooked up pretty well in the Air Fryer. Had street Party on Saturday and the Thais, and me, Loved em.

Tried loads of different "brands" will stick with these now for sure.

17 hours ago, still kicking said:

You can you just have to know the tricks I also made them in Thailand 

Ok enlighten us, what are these tricks that you use?

'Save Pack' brand 12mm crinkle cut, from Makro.

Edited January 17, 20242 yr by brianthainess

Considering an air fryer.  Doing it old fashioned with canola oil right now, and am skittish to plunk the cash down on an air fryer for fear of taste being a disaster.  Soak in ice water an hour before air frying, really?  A whole hour??  RIght now, I just fill up the oil basket to the top and cook away immediately.  The basket in the photo looks awfully low.  Is this another issue with air frying, putting in more than one small layer of fries at a time?   Do you have to stop and flip them after half cooking time?  Do you squirt them with a spray of oil first?  What is a pretty-good cost recommendation for a low-cost air fryer, and from which store?  I appreciate all helpful input!  

 

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11 minutes ago, Sheist said:

Considering an air fryer.  Doing it old fashioned with canola oil right now, and am skittish to plunk the cash down on an air fryer for fear of taste being a disaster.  Soak in ice water an hour before air frying, really?  A whole hour??  RIght now, I just fill up the oil basket to the top and cook away immediately.  The basket in the photo looks awfully low.  Is this another issue with air frying, putting in more than one small layer of fries at a time?   Do you have to stop and flip them after half cooking time?  Do you squirt them with a spray of oil first?  What is a pretty-good cost recommendation for a low-cost air fryer, and from which store?  I appreciate all helpful input!  

 

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i also put a small cage thing in the airfryer as i cook chicken drumsticks at the same time but yes everything gets turned halfway.

 

Buy from Lazada, i have Tefal one, check reviews to ensure It's not one of the fake ones. Less than 2k. 

 

Check YouTube how to cook, i just cut potatoes up, I don't peal, using a bowl slight film of oil on each one, perfect for me