The Dutch bake the best fries in the world. We are known as the greatest potato eaters. Vincent van Gogh already painted his famous painting “The Potato Eaters” during the potato famine of 1885. A masterpiece depicting people looking like potatoes. During the Second World War, the Germans confiscated all potatoes. There were only flower bulbs left to eat. Such a nightmare. Nowadays the Dutch, living in vast prosperity, still love fries.
Patat is hip, you’ll find it even on Food Festivals
We all enjoy a “Dutch Fries with Mayonnaise” from paper bags, known as “Een Patatje Met” or “een Frietje Met”. You buy a fries in a snack bar, order it in a restaurant or buy it on a Food Truck Festival. Fancy a Patatfriet? The so-called “Vlaamse Friet” is very popular. This Patat is freshly made from potatoes.
Bake the best golden Dutch fries in your own kitchen
I like to share my way of baking fresh fries. It’s super easy, so everyone can do it. Follow my recipe and create healthy food, fresh, and fat-free. The taste of my fries is more than delicious. Fries are the tastiest dish to make from potatoes. So who doesn’t love tasty crispy golden yellow fried fries? You can get fries at the snack bar or bake frozen fries yourself. One thing is for sure, the best fries are freshly made. And, guess what, you can make fresh fries easily at home. It’s almost no work, anyone can do it. You don’t even need a “fresh fries cutter”.
Best Dutch potatoes to make crispy fries
The best potato to make fries are floury potatoes but you can also take a waxy potato. I prefer the potato race “Frieslander”. But other potato brands like Doré, Biltstar, Eigenheimer, Irene, Malta, Nicola, and Opperdoes also give great results. About every potato brand is something nice to tell, but actually, I like them all more or less so for me it is senseless to compliment any potato.
Ingredients for best fresh Dutch Fries
1 or 2 potatoes a person
Olive oil
Kitchen tools for peeling and cutting potatoes
Peeler and knife
Air Fryer – if an Airfryer is not available use your regular hot air oven instead.
Preparation of creation of Dutch Fresh Fries
Start with 3 medium potatoes, if you only have small ones no problem, if you only have large potatoes no problem either. So you just use the potatoes you have. I like fries without skin but if you like fries with the skin on, do leave it on. My advice: peel the potatoes with a peeler.
Slice the peeled potatoes in half and slice the halves into parts about 1 cm wide. If you think they are still too big slice them again. Wash the sliced potatoes and leave them in cold water for half an hour. If you make fresh fries, it is important to let the cut potato stand in cold water for half an hour so starch dissolves in the water and remains in the potatoes to a lesser extent. If you skip this step fries might get burned. And it is so unhealthy to eat burned food.
Baking the Dutch fries in olive oil using an Air Fryer
Soak the potato slices in water for half an hour, then dry them thoroughly and place them in a bowl. Drizzle some olive oil over the sliced potatoes and mix well to ensure all the slices are evenly coated with a thin layer of oil.
Scoop the fries into the air fryer basket and shake the fries again so the oil is evenly distributed. If necessary pour some more oil over the fries and shake them once again. Set the air fryer to 2000 degrees and 20 minutes. I don’t heat the air fryer in advance. I put the basket right in the air fryer and the baking starts. After 5 minutes shake the fries and after 10 minutes shake them again. Shake the fries again after 15 minutes and see if the fries start to look golden brown. Some fries are ready after 15 minutes but depending on the brand you got, some potatoes need a little bit more time to bake. Serve the fries with a nice sauce like mayonnaise.
Belgians and Dutch eat fries with mayonnaise, and Americans prefer ketchup
Fries are best eaten with mayonnaise, tomato ketchup, apple sauce, satay sauce, piccalilli, or Joppie sauce. For me, fries don’t need salt. Usually, the sauces are salty enough. Too much salt is unhealthy. Try to avoid that. My favorite mayonnaise is the authentic Dutch Zaanse mayonnaise, the best and most tasteful and delicious mayonnaise. What kind of sauce do you like with your fries?
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Which sauce fits Patat best?
The most common way to enjoy Dutch fries is with mayonnaise. Nowadays, fries can be eaten with a variety of different sauces, such as Jopie sauce, ketchup, satay sauce, curry, or garlic sauce. Most snack bars offer a selection of sauces for you to choose from.
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➔ READ MORE – Cookbook for the Airfryer, recipes from the Philips Chef
The Philips Chef shares a lot of his recipes for cooking in the Airfryer on You Tube. These recipes are easy to follow and delicious to taste. It is highly recommended to view some of his inspiring tutorial videos.
➔ READ MORE – The Philips Chef shares his Airfryer recipes on You Tube
In Belgium, in the city of Brugge, you will find the one and only Frietmuseum in the world, dedicated to the history of fries. At this museum, you can learn everything there is to know about fries and even take a cooking class to learn how to make them the Belgian way. How great is that?
➔ READ MORE – Patat and Friet (Fries) Museum
Do you like to stay the night in Brugge after visiting the Friet Museum? Than is Guesthouse Mirabel a good option. It is a lovely place near the Friet Museum, in the hart of the city center of Brugge.
➔ READ MORE – Guesthouse Mirabel at the city center of Brugge, near the Friet Museum
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