00:11Hi, I'm Kelsey Miller at Refinery29. Today we're doing our first foodie test lab and we're going
00:17to be trying out the Philips Air Fryer. The idea here is that you can make french fries,
00:21any other fried food with either no oil or just a tablespoon of oil and I don't know if I
00:25believe
00:25it. So we're going to give it a try. First thing, you're going to want to wash and dry about
00:30a pound
00:30of potatoes. You want to get russet potatoes or something kind of waxy that makes the best french
00:35fry. And then just going to chop them as thinly and uniformly as you can. I'm going to cut them
00:42to about this consistency, this thinness. Next thing you want to do when you're doing
00:46homemade french fries is to soak them in water for about 30 minutes. You can actually use the air
00:52with frozen fries. Apparently it works really well for this, but we're going to try it with
00:56homemade. After about 30 minutes, you want to fully drain the potatoes and then pat them
01:02completely dry. You want to get them as dry as you can because the next step is adding
01:06the very small amount of oil and obviously you don't want any water on there because you
01:10want the oil to cling to the potato. So now we're going to add just a tablespoon of oil.
01:15I'm going to use a very light olive oil. You can also use vegetable oil. You don't want to use
01:19extra
01:19virgin or anything with a very strong fruity flavor because you're going to get some funky
01:24french fries. Whether you're using your hands or a spoon, just make sure everything is
01:27completely coated. So now you want to preheat your air fry to 320 degrees for french fries.
01:32So now we're going to put the fries in the basket for five minutes. So after the first five
01:38minutes, you can see they're just getting a little bit golden. So now we wait for them to cool.
01:45Now that the fries are cooled, we're going to increase the temperature on the air fryer to
01:50390 degrees all the way to the top and put them back in the basket for 10 to 15 minutes.
01:57Now we just hang out. We just be cool.
02:00These look like french fries to me. I didn't think this was going to work. It completely
02:04worked. Let's have some french fries. Yeah, right? One tablespoon of oil for the whole batch.
02:10Sort of McDonald's-y crispy outside, potato-y inside kind of situation. I really like these.
02:16So the best part here is that I know exactly what goes into these. I got to pick the oil
02:20I wanted to use. I can add as much or as little salt as I want. And I don't have
02:24to share with anybody.
02:25The business is very well that they have to be done.
02:26I know exactly what goes into this party.
02:26I can add some Vote. I can add some stuff to one of our projects.
02:27If you have to add some stuff down the table.
02:29If it has a nice little bit of a human to add some water,
02:29if you have to fill it at some table, you have to add some water.
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