Which are the best value and tasting oven chips?

33missy33

Stompa wrote: »

I've always found Aldi Goldenfries to be much the same as Home Fries.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_range/product_range_3522.htm

These get my vote too!!!

Payless_2

Clowance wrote: »

I can't stand oven chips, but having said so, find Aunt bessies the least objectionable (have tried Homefries, not especially impressed). So we buy actual spuds and once a week or a fortnight have home made fried chips. Rest of the time the ability to have anyother spud - boiled, mashed, new etc. When too tired to peel (and it only takes 5 mins) we have pasta rice or couscous.
Really Really hate it if given oven chips without warning in cafe or pub.

:beer: Nothing beats real chips. Frozen are a very poor substitute. Proper real chips should also be cooked in dripping and always were until the health police started poking their noses in.;)

song_of_calliope

A friend gave me a simple recipe for making tasty homemade chips and I've been using it ever since - it really does make excellent chips with the perfect texture and taste. And it's such a doddle that it's hardly even cooking.

First preheat the oven to 200 C. Then you chop your potatoes into thick wedges and boil in vegetable stock for five minutes. Spray your baking tray with Frylight and then drain the potatoes and put them on the tray, then spray them on top. Pop them in the oven for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

I find this is way cheaper, healthier and lower in calories than oven chips. A bag of potatoes can last about a month at least in my pantry and makes plenty of chips from just the one bag.

tessie_bear

savemoney wrote: »

agree with that there around £2 a bag though and often the crinkle are hard to source I buy them most weeks but sometimes you just cant get them for a week or two so I stock up

hi...try farmfoods or asda...they were 97p in there a couple of weeks ago but offer might have finished

flea72

song_of_calliope wrote: »

A friend gave me a simple recipe for making tasty homemade chips and I've been using it ever since - it really does make excellent chips with the perfect texture and taste. And it's such a doddle that it's hardly even cooking.

First preheat the oven to 200 C. Then you chop your potatoes into thick wedges and boil in vegetable stock for five minutes. Spray your baking tray with Frylight and then drain the potatoes and put them on the tray, then spray them on top. Pop them in the oven for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

I find this is way cheaper, healthier and lower in calories than oven chips. A bag of potatoes can last about a month at least in my pantry and makes plenty of chips from just the one bag.

but they dont taste like chips. yes they taste nice, but you couldnt compare them to chips, and especially not the texture of home fries

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snugglepet20

If you want to make your own oven chips just cut up the potatoes, dry with kitchen paper, coat them with oil, bag them and freeze. Then they are there when you want them and no potato waste.

OrkneyStar

I find Lidl's bags of ready made chips are full of wee 'bits' that burn before the other chips cook....the actual decent sized ones taste fine but there are not enough decent ones in the bag imho!

joeyboy

I'd say the best oven chips we've had are Mccains "simply gorgeous" chunky chips...

However they are rather expensive, as in over £2 for 550g, so only a treat. Otherwise I buy the 900-1kg(I forget) bags of Mccain extra chunky homefries or the £2 something 2.5kg bag of just the standard homefries, but I prefer extra chunky.

Doesn't beat chopping up potatoes and putting them in a chip pan mind, though we do often get oven chips.

little_miss_messiah

We've tried em all - homefries, Aunt Bessie, those Mcain bestest ones in the foil packs but always come back to Morrisons - 2 bags for £1 - thin cut thick cut steak cut but fave is crinkle.

I must say I have always thought you never put spuds in the fridge - thought they went black or something - when i buy spuds they never last more than a week - in a pull out larder unit with some green spongy stuff i got from Lakeland thats supposed to keep them longer - they tend to get all green and 'eye-ey' would love to be able to buy a sack of spuds for a month and make my own - any hints?

Think it may be the larder unit is next to the oven causing the problems?

JAG

We get half-bags (in paper not plastic) from the local farm and put them outside in the shed covered up so the light can't get to them. They last for 3 to 4 weeks.