Showerthought: my frozen fries kept coming out sad until I realized the basket was too crowded
For like 4 months I was dumping a whole 2 pound bag of frozen fries in at once and wondering why half were burnt and half were raw. Last Tuesday I finally tried doing them in 2 batches with just a single layer, 380 for 12 minutes, and they came out crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. Turns out the hot air just cant move around when everything is piled up. Does anyone else do the single layer thing or am I late to the party here?
That "half were burnt and half were raw" thing happened to me too until I started spreading them out on a sheet pan instead of crowding the basket. After that I never went back to dumping the whole bag in. Two batches takes a few extra minutes but the fries actually taste like fries.