Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
This easy Asian inspired recipe is made with garlic and Chinese Five Spice. If you're celebrating Lunar New Year's, these Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries are an amazing side dish or appetizer!
If you are looking for more Asian inspired recipes, try Sesame Ginger Salmon Bowl With Quinoa, Sweet Chili Baby Back Ribs, or Chinese Five Spice Lettuce Cups With Pork.
A Quick Look At The Recipe
- Recipe Name: Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
- Ready In: 50 minutes
- Makes: 4 servings
- Main Ingredients: Russet potatoes, Chinese five spice, coconut oil
- Flavor Profile: garlic, lightly spiced French fries
- Dietary Info: gluten free, no seed oils, vegan, eggless
- Difficulty: Easy!
- Why You’ll Love It: twist on classic fries
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Chinese Five Spice: I love using Chinese five spice to bake and cook with. This simple spice mix, made up of five spices is a delicious way to add loads of flavor into a dish. Growing up, my mom always made a Chinese five spice shrimp stir fry. This versatile spice can be used in sweet or savory and it's amazing in both!
- Asian Inspired Recipe: I love to bake with Chinese five spice and use it in recipes. It's one of my favorite spices for the holidays even though it's a Chinese spice! But, I also love it in savory dishes too, and these Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries is an Asian inspired recipe you will absolutely love!
- Big Flavor: Chinese five spice is made up of five different spices. The five different spices can vary depending on which brand you buy. The first four spices are usually always the same, but it's the fifth one that can differ sometimes. My favorite Chinese five spice blend is from Frontier Co-Op. Theirs is made up of cinnamon, cloves, fennel, star anise, and white pepper. The flavor profile is a harmonious balance of sweet, savory, pungent, and slightly spicy notes. It's so good! I use Chinese five spice in my Chinese Five Spice Lettuce Cups With Pork recipe, so if you love that then you will also love these organic French fries!
- Organic French Fries: When you make homemade French fries, you can use organic ingredients at home.
- No Seed Oils: Skip the seed oils and use organic coconut oil instead. Another reason I love making this comfort food at home!
Ingredients
- Potatoes: I use organic Russet potatoes, but you could also use sweet potatoes if you prefer.
- Chinese Five Spice: This is a spice mix that includes five different spices. Depending on what brand you buy the spices can vary slightly. I get the Frontier Co-Op Organic Chinese Five Spice, which includes: cinnamon, fennel seeds, cloves, star anise, and white pepper. It brings a beautiful balance of spice and coziness to these French fries!
- Coconut Oil: I use organic coconut oil for the fat, which is a great high heat oil that's healthier than typical seed oils used at most restaurants.
- Cornstarch: I use organic cornstarch, which helps these fries crisp up in the oven!
- Garlic: I use organic garlic, you can use minced garlic from a jar, or fresh cloves, either works!
- Coconut Aminos: I use organic coconut aminos for the soy lime ketchup. Coconut aminos has a very similar flavor to soy sauce, but no soy! You can use soy sauce if you prefer.
*For a full list of ingredients and measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Baker's Tips
- Soaking the potatoes in water will remove starches, this will will get you really crispy fries in the oven!
- You can use your air fryer or regular oven, either works.
- If you have a roasting rack (or cooling rack), you can also cook fries on that in the oven for more air flow as this will help get you crispier fries.
- High Altitude — Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes. Flip each fry over and cook for another 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
How to Make Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
- Cut potatoes into ¼-inch wide long strips.
- Place cut potatoes in a bowl of cold water. Soak for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Rinse and pat the potatoes dry. Add them to the bowl with the coconut oil and spices and coat them completely.
- Mix together to coat the potatoes completely.
- Lay potato strips out evenly on the parchment paper, do not overlap.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip each fry over and cook for another 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sea salt. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for at least 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
- To make the ketchup: Add the ketchup, coconut aminos and juice of 1 lime into a dish.
- Mix together.
- Serve fries warm with ketchup!
Serving Ideas
- Serve these as a side with Organic Turkey Burgers With Grilled Onions.
- Enjoy as an appetizer to Sesame Ginger Salmon Bowls.
- Make a complete meal with Flank Steak Asian Lettuce Wraps.
- We love these as a side to a grassfed beef hot dog with kimchee and coconut aminos (or soy sauce) on top!
Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries FAQ's
Chinese five spice has a warm and cozy flavor. It adds a little warmth and spice to these French fries.
They have a little heat to them, but I wouldn't call them spicy (and I'm a baby when it comes to hot spice, so you can trust me there!).
I'm using coconut oil here as I think it pairs really well with the Chinese five spice and garlic, adding a little sweet element. But, you can also use olive oil or avocado oil too if you prefer.
Yes, feel free to use sweet potatoes in place of Russet potatoes.
Yes, if you prefer to peel your potatoes you can!
Soaking the potatoes in cold water removes some of the starches. This helps them crisp up in the oven. While you can skip this step if you're in a hurry (I don't judge, I've done it before), doing this will ensure your fries are crispy!
You can, but they won't be as crispy. The cornstarch helps them crisp up really well so I wouldn't skip it.
Absolutely, oven or air fryer works! If you have a big enough air fryer, with a basket, it's even better than the oven as it will get your fries super crispy!
Sometimes baking on a baking sheet will not make fries as crispy as there isn't air flow below. If you're baking on a baking sheet, rotating the fries is super helpful to get them crispy. You can even use a cooling rack on top of a baking sheet as this will help get them really crispy. If you have an air fryer with a basket, this also works really well.
You can! The best way to reheat them is in the air fryer or oven so they crisp up though.
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Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Half Sheet Pan
- Parchment Paper Sheets
Ingredients
Fries
- 1 pound Russet potatoes
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil (melted)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
- 1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
Soy Lime Ketchup
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tablespoons coconut aminos (or soy sauce)
- 1 lime
Instructions
- Cut potatoes into ¼-inch wide long strips.
- Place cut potatoes in a bowl of cold water. Soak for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Rinse and pat the potatoes dry. Add them to the bowl with the coconut oil and spices and coat them completely.
- Mix together to coat the potatoes completely.
- Lay potato strips out evenly on the parchment paper, do not overlap.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Flip each fry over and cook for another 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown. Remove from oven and sprinkle with sea salt. Allow to cool on the baking sheets for at least 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
- To make the ketchup: Add the ketchup, coconut aminos and juice of 1 lime into a dish and mix together.
- Serve fries warm with ketchup!
Notes
- Soaking the potatoes in water will remove starches, this will will get you really crispy fries in the oven!
- You can use your air fryer or regular oven, either works.
- If you have a roasting rack (or cooling rack), you can also cook fries on that in the oven for more air flow as this will help get you crispier fries.
- High Altitude — Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes. Flip each fry over and cook for another 10 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
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Surprised how much I like these. Really yummy.