Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
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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 my Healthy Asian Salad with No Sugar, Beef & Veggie Stir Fry, or my Pork & Peppers Lettuce Cups.
I love making organic French fries at home because I can use high quality organic potatoes and oil, which are the two main components of homemade French fries! This recipe is Asian inspired to celebrate Lunar New Year's! We always celebrated this holiday growing up, and Chinese five spice was a spice my mom used often.
So, I knew it would be delicious in this organic French fries recipe! Chinese five spice is a mix of five different spices. Depending on what brand you buy, the spices can vary slightly. But, this spice mix is delicious on both sweet and savory dishes alike! It's warm, cozy, and comforting — which is the best way I can describe it!
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 like my Spiced Cranberry Snack Cake, Blueberry Babka, or my Eggless Sourdough Molasses Cookies. 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 Pork & Peppers Lettuce Cups 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 skip the seed oils and use organic oil and potatoes. This is why 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.
- 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!
- Salt: You can't have homemade French fries without salt!
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Cut potatoes into ¼-inch wide long strips. Place cut potatoes in a bowl of cold water. Soak for 20 minutes.
Step 2
Preheat the oven to 425°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Step 3
In a large bowl, mix together the melted coconut oil, cornstarch, Chinese five spice, and garlic.
Step 4
Rinse and pat the potatoes dry. Add them to the bowl with the coconut oil and spices and coat them completely. Lay potato strips out evenly on the parchment paper, do not overlap.
Step 5
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.
FAQ's
Yes, feel free to use sweet potatoes in place of Russet potatoes.
Yes, if you prefer to peel your potatoes you can! I like the skins as they hold more nutrients, so I always leave them on, but either way is fine!
These Chinese Garlic Five Spice French Fries are a great appetizer on their own! They also go great with burgers, try my Grilled Turkey Burgers or Classic Cheeseburgers.
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Chinese Five Spice Garlic French Fries
Ingredients
- 454 grams Russet potatoes
- 28 grams coconut oil (melted)
- 14 grams cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five spice
- 1 ½ teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
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 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mix together the melted coconut oil, cornstarch, Chinese five spice, and garlic.
- Rinse and pat the potatoes dry. Add them to the bowl with the coconut oil and spices and coat them 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.
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Surprised how much I like these. Really yummy.