How Do You Make Home Fries (Breakfast Potatoes)?
First of all, home fries are not French fries, and are meant to be eaten with a fork. They can be made with just about any kind of potato, so go with whatever your preference is or whatever you have laying around. Regardless, they are an excellent addition to most meals – especially breakfast – and a good way to feed a lot of people cheaply and easily. Cut the potatoes into half inch cubes. If you cut them much larger it takes longer to cook them than the instructions written here are designed for, and they may not cook all the way through. • Another popular way to prepare them is to slice them into wedges. This technique works best with small, redskin potatoes. • There is no need to peel the potatoes, but you may do so if you like. • Get a pot of water to a rolling boil while you cut the potatoes, and make sure not to fill it to the top so the water doesn’t spill over when you add the cut potatoes. • Add the potatoes to the boiling water carefully, so the boiling water does not splash
Cut the potatoes into half inch cubes. If you cut them much larger it takes longer to cook them than the instructions written here are designed for, and they may not cook all the way through. • Another popular way to prepare them is to slice them into wedges. This technique works best with small, redskin potatoes. • There is no need to peel the potatoes, but you may do so if you like. • Get a pot of water to a rolling boil while you cut the potatoes, and make sure not to fill it to the top so the water doesn’t spill over when you add the cut potatoes. • Add the potatoes to the boiling water carefully, so the boiling water does not splash you. It’s best to wear a mitten-style pot holder just in case and scrape the potatoes off a cutting board using a knife. • Boil the potatoes for no more than four to five minutes. You are essentially partially cooking them here, but not all the way through. Any longer than five minutes, or you will overcook them before they are fried. If your cubes are
