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Home Fries
Food & Wine
|March 2025
Crisp and golden on the outside and tender on the inside, these home fries are the perfect breakfast potato.
ACTIVE 30 MIN; TOTAL 1 HR SERVES 2 TO 4
Boiling the potatoes with baking soda raises the water's pH level to be more alkaline, releasing starch from the potatoes that will form around them to develop a crispy crust. We like Yukon Gold potatoes for their creamy, buttery interior, but russets work for this recipe, too.
This story is from the March 2025 edition of Food & Wine.
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