Food Challenge: (Oven Baked) Garlic Fries

Awhile back my sister asked me to come up with a recipe for garlic fries. I had already been thinking about making garlic fries, but since she asked me to, I'm calling this one a food challenge! I don't know if my sister wanted regular deep fried fries or not, but I decided to use the oven for this recipe. I did this for a couple of reasons, it's healthier, it's easier, and you can better incorporate flavors. Oven fries do not have the exact same texture as regular fries, but try these, and you might not care.

Ingredients:
5 medium (russet) potatoes
1/2 cup olive oil
3 cloves garlic (minced)
2 tsp salt
1 tsp parsley
1 tsp pepper

The first thing you are going to want to do is cut up your potatoes. We want them to be pretty uniform, so don't just take a knife at them all willy-nilly. The pictures are going to explain a lot, so take a good look as them. Slice your potatoes in half lengthwise.

Then make lengthwise slice on each half, that are about 1/2 in thick.

Take each slice, flip it on it's side and slice it in half.

After you slice all the potatoes this way, you should have a pile that looks a lot like this:

Place your potato slices in a bowl, and set aside. Mix the rest of the ingredients together, and pour over the potato slices. Toss it all together, making sure your coat the potatoes pretty well.

Spray a baking sheet with non stick spray and arrange the potatoes in a single layer. Pour any excess oil mixture over the top of the potatoes.

Place the potatoes in an oven preheated to 425 degrees. Bake for 20 min, flip the potatoes over, as best you can, it is a bit tricky, and bake another 20 min. At this point crank the oven up to 450 degrees and bake an additional 3-5 minutes or until the fries start to gain a little color. Do not cook the fries until they golden brown, at that point, they will be as hard as rocks.

Scoop your fries up, leaving any extra oil behind, and place on a plate. They are now ready to enjoy!

The texture, like I said, is a bit different than deep fried fries, but seriously, the flavor on these things is so stellar, you aren't going to miss it.