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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Where in Pattaya can I buy potatoes for chips?
Reader question: Where in Pattaya can I buy potatoes for chips?
Dear readers,
Where can I buy potatoes in Pattaya to make real Belgian fries? I've been to all the stores but my fries were always dark brown and didn't look good.
Regards,
Kasongo (BE)
We had the same problem 15 years ago. I have come to a personal conclusion that Thai potatoes are not suitable for frying. Since then, if we want to eat fries, we just buy a bag of frozen fries. I like American best.
In the big village, at Tesco or Big – C, I usually get the same potatoes,
that you also get in the Netherlands and those fries that my wife makes,
are always golden yellow and very tasty.
Yes, really.
Dutch potato's, product of China is printed on the box in large letters.
I buy my potatoes from the Makro and choose “Local product” if there is a choice
unfortunately not always in stock and then forced the Chinese Dutch version.
And for fries FARM FRIES from the freezer.
Tooske, a few years ago I saw a document from the Dutch Belgian friet factory Farm Frite, which had bought a piece of land in China the size of the province of Utrecht where Dutch potatoes were grown on a large scale and then grown in a newly built factory. to be processed for frozen fries, to be supplied with Farm Frite for McDonalts, KFC and various other fast food and super markets, the smaller potatoes were sold as Dutch potatoes to stores in China and surrounding countries.
Well, I've also tried it several times and I agree with Kasongo and Dieter: same experience. But… I try the “golden yellow” tip 🙂 from Chris. M curious.
At the Macro I get fries that I don't hear a Dutch person complain about.
and we sell that here with fricandellen and croquettes in Dutch Guesthouse Chiang Mai
Which oil do you use? I have beautiful golden brown chips from Tesco potatoes and use sunflower oil. Slightly more expensive but much healthier.
the fries turn brown because there is too much sugar in it, when heated it caramelizes (hope I typed it right?) which causes the discoloration
in order to get golden yellow fries, you must therefore have a type of potato with a very low sugar content.
Yes at Tesco, but I have an airfryer and they come out very tasty!
That brown is due to the combustion of sugars 🙂
FarmFrites has a branch in BKK.
Ask them where they deliver near you.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Farm-Frites-International-BV/525231391145801
first pre-fry at about 135 gr, let it cool down, if necessary in the freezer and then bake at 180 gr, they will be tasty and have a nice color, even with petats from the macro.
For real fries you need fries potatoes. As stated, the thiase potatoes have too high a sugar content. So imports from China or Australia do work.
Yep, indeed, unpleasant dark brown taste because the potatoes have too high a sugar content.
What I do have good experiences with (just potatoes from the market) is to pre-cook them first, for 12-15 minutes, and after cooling, cut them into fries and fry them on medium heat in the wok. Nice golden brown, and white inside.
An alternative is frozen from the Makro, we like to eat the curly fries - good crispy quality for little.
Dear Kasongo(be),
It's just for sale on the market, and if they don't have fresh potatoes (seems stiff to me)
then you can ask 'where or it will be ordered for' you at a normal price.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
I do it just like Jasper writes above: first cook for about 15 minutes. Let cool and then cut into the desired shape: as chips or as cubes. Only then fry. Yes, these are not 'real' fries, but they are tastier than caramelized misfires. The oil used is also very important. Not all types of oil are suitable for frying chips. In Makro they certainly sell frying oil. Furthermore, prepared in this way, I have no problem with the potatoes that I just buy on the market.
The frozen fries, bought in Makro, are also quite tasty. I take those with a thickness of 8-10mm.
potatoes with too much water already make the fries brown during pre-frying.. certainly after baking, you can already see and feel it when you peel them. sometimes also here in the philippines 3 types of potatoes together.
The story only deals with the type of potato.
I don't read anything about the baking method.
Once the potato has been peeled, drop it in a container of water and remove it again.
Then cut to the desired fries thickness! (Difference Dutch / Belgian)
The fries may, but do not have to, boil briefly in hot water and remove them. (tasty on the inside)
Bring the liquid frying oil to 140 C/150 C and pre-fry the fries, drain on greaseproof paper (no color yet!)
Then bring the frying fat to 175/180 c and then bake it off, shaking it occasionally.
Stay with it! If the fries start to color nicely yellow, then they are ready, shake them a bit, if necessary. Add a little salt and drain again on greaseproof paper.
Frozen fries, choose the desired thickness. Let it sit out of the freezer for a while, but not too long.
Then the pre-baking begins, etc.
There is a difference between frying using bottled gas, natural gas or an electric fryer.
Just experiment, you get used to it quickly enough!
It seems like a whole process, but it's not that bad!.
A good kitchen needs time.
Enjoy!
Small addition.
I bought the potatoes at the market.
The frozen fries at the Makro on the Sukhumvit Road, sometimes Big C + on the Pattaya Klang
You can in the Big C extra Pattaya Klang. Buy real Belgian frozen fries for 135 baht. Plus, you get 1 pack for free. So buy 1 and get the second for free. They are really good!