I Made TikTok’s 15-Hour Potatoes, and They’re Every little thing I Dreamed They Would Be

I do know…15 hours might appear to be an unreasonable period of time to attend for fried potatoes (when you’ve got no endurance, then these air-fryer potatoes are for you), so that you’ll must belief me once I say these heavenly golden potatoes are value each single second, nay, millisecond it takes to organize them.

To be sincere, a lot of the “work” to organize these 15-hour potatoes is completed both within the oven or in a single day within the fridge. This implies all you’re actually doing for 15 hours is daydreaming about crispy potatoes. Which, at the least for me, is what I spend most of my day doing anyway.

So, let’s make our potato desires a actuality. Seize a bag of spuds, and let’s get cooking.

What’s the 15-Hour Potato?

In case you’ve spent any time on TikTok, you’ve possible seen these delectable potatoes (and these viral French onion soup potatoes) in your feed. Thinly sliced layers of potatoes are compressed right into a pan and slowly baked in a shower of herby garlic confit earlier than being chilled in a single day, minimize into cubes, after which fried to golden perfection. Drooling but? I do know I’m!

Learn how to Make the 15-Hour Potato

This recipe was initially shared by TikTok creator @poppycooks and can make two to 4 servings.

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Components

• 2 kilos Yukon gold potatoes (about 5 to six medium potatoes)
• 1-1/2 cups ghee, duck fats or beef tallow, melted
• 2 heads of garlic, cloves separated and peeled
• 2 springs of contemporary rosemary
• 1 to 2 dried chiles (elective)

Instructions

Step 1: Make the garlic confit

Preheat oven to 250°F. In a small oven-safe baking dish with a lid, mix your alternative of fats, complete garlic cloves, rosemary and chiles (if utilizing). If the garlic cloves usually are not absolutely submerged, add further fats to fully cowl the garlic. Cowl and bake till cloves are frivolously golden and really tender, about one hour.

Editor’s Tip: You may change the herbs used within the confit to any you take pleasure in. Recent thyme, basil, sage or bay leaves are all great choices. In case you don’t have complete dried chiles, a pinch of crushed purple pepper flakes can be used. To shave off a bit time, go for roasted garlic somewhat than confit.

Step 2: Puree till clean

Take away the rosemary and chiles from the garlic confit and switch the garlic and the rendered fats to a meals processor. Pulse till clean and creamy. Put aside.

Step 3: Slice the potatoes

Peel the potatoes to take away the skins. Then, utilizing a mandolin, thinly slice the potatoes.

Editor’s Tip: We’re going for paper-thin slices. Use cut-resistant safety gloves to guard your treasured palms and fingers.

Step 4: Coat with the garlic confit paste

Subsequent, gently toss the potato slices with the garlic confit paste in a big bowl till evenly coated.

Step 5: Layer upon layer

Line a loaf pan with parchment, leaving a couple of inches hanging over the sides on the lengthy sides of the pan. Grease the pan with further ghee, duck fats or beef tallow (and even wagyu tallow), then layer within the potato slices, overlapping barely and compressing them as you’re employed. Hold layering till you’re about 1/2-inch from the highest of the pan.

Step 6: Weigh, bake and chill

Preheat oven to 300°. Fold the additional parchment excessive of the potatoes, then bake for 3 hours or till tender. Take away and modify the parchment to make sure the potatoes are fully lined, after which fill the baking pan to the highest with pie weights. Switch the baked potato “loaf” to the fridge and chill for at the least eight hours.

Editor’s Tip: Ready is the toughest half. Don’t be tempted to drag the potatoes too early. Compressing and chilling the potatoes is essential to make sure the spuds maintain their form and don’t crumble whereas slicing and cooking. When you have numerous endurance, you may even let the potatoes chill for as much as 24 hours, making these an excellent make-ahead side dish too.

Step 7: Slice into cubes

Fastidiously unmold the potato loaf from the pan onto a chopping board. Then, utilizing a pointy knife, minimize the loaf into 1-inch cubes.

Step 8: Fry in batches

Preheat a deep fryer to 375°. Then, working in batches of three or 4 potatoes at a time, fry till golden and crispy, about two or three minutes. (In case you’re a beginner to frying, don’t miss our information for deep-frying with confidence.)

Editor’s Tip: We discovered conserving the minimize potato cubes within the fridge in between frying batches helped the potatoes maintain their form greatest because it stored the fats between the potato layers good and strong till they have been able to hit the deep fryer.

Step 9: Serve and revel in

Take away the potatoes to a paper towel-lined baking tray to empty, sprinkle with flaky sea salt (a particular type of salt that makes all of the distinction), after which serve heat. Take pleasure in!

Suggestions for Making the 15-Hour Potato

What can I exploit if I don’t have pie weights?

In case you don’t have pie weights and usually are not all in favour of investing in a bundle, there are different methods to crush your layered potatoes as they bake. Identical to when making pie crust, a couple of cups of dried beans or raw rice are each nice reasonably priced choices.

What’s the most effective potato to make use of for 15-hour potatoes?

Whereas some 15-hour potato recipes name for russet potatoes, we discovered that Yukon gold potatoes have been the best type of potato for this recipe. They cooked up splendidly crispy on the surface and creamy on the within.

What can I exploit to slice the potatoes if I don’t have a mandolin slicer?

In case you don’t personal a mandolin, there are different kitchen instruments that may additionally slice potatoes paper skinny. A vegetable peeler or cheese airplane are two reasonably priced choices which are possible already in your kitchen cabinets. Some meals processors include attachments for slicing greens very skinny too. In a pinch, a really sharp knife may work; your slices simply might not be fairly as skinny.

The place can I purchase duck fats or beef tallow?

Whereas creator Poppy O’Toole makes use of duck fats and beef tallow in her recipes, she additionally says ghee or clarified butter can work for this recipe. We opted to check with ghee since it’s sometimes extra accessible than duck fats or beef tallow for many readers. Nonetheless, duck fats and tallow do make some extremely good potatoes, so if you wish to monitor it down, examine along with your native butcher or at your nearest specialty meals retailer. Duck fat and beef tallow are each additionally accessible for buy on-line.

What ought to I serve with 15-hour potatoes?

Serve 15-hour potatoes with a facet of ketchup, ranch or any of your favourite dipping sauces. We additionally think about these would make an over-the-top swap for fries in a classic poutine recipe. As a facet dish, they’d even be delish with a complete roasted hen or roast beef with gravy.