Professional chef and culinary instructor Frank Proto returns, this time demonstrating how with a little know-how and a couple of extra steps, you can make the best roasted potatoes you’ve ever had.

Director/Producer: Mel Ibarra
On Set Director: Jen Osaki
Director of Photography: Kevin Dynia
Editor: JC Scruggs
Chef: Frank Proto

Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Culinary Researcher and Recipe Editor: Vivian Jao
Culinary Producer: Young Sun Huh
Culinary Associate Producer: Christina Aiello
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Camera Operator: Kyle LeClaire
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0:00 Roasted Potatoes 101
0:23 Chapter One – Prep Potatoes
2:05 Chapter Two – Parboil
3:48 Chapter Three – Frying
6:00 Chapter Four – Roasting
7:50 Time To Taste

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40 Comments

  1. I mean they look great, but this style is not something everybody would call best. These are not crispy at all.

  2. All Stores Please lower the price of all Military and Local for all brands of Potato Products and Accessories and Production Cost Now That's too much $$ The Whole World Now Pray

  3. This kinda potatoes without caraway seeds? No way. Ever ever? Ever ever.

  4. That is so not the way we cook roast 'tats in the UK! LOL I'm sure they are nice but stick with Ramsey and Oliver on that one 😉

  5. The better option would be to skip all that bs and just cup the potatoes up in 1/2 or 1/3rds of the size he has them cut at, and bake at 400-425F for 30-60 mins. Turning about every 15 mins. Much easier than doing 3 different cooking methods (boiling, frying, baking), and wasting a bunch of dishes.

  6. Very nice… but I'm afraid to say Delia Smith's roast potatoes beat this hands down easily!

  7. I would probably just drop them in a pot of hot oil or deep fryer and skip the oven and pan part just like they do in restaurants. It's just something I hate about grilled or baked potatoes, they get way too dry and starts to taste like cardboard especially on the inside, it's nothing like mashed or boiled potatoes on the inside. I'd rather just eat basic fully boiled potatoes w/ some nice sauce than oven/grilled ones.

  8. It occured to me that you could cut the russets into squares and go for a perfect brownig. I grow enough russets to last the winter so will try this method next time. Never one to waste I'll use the cutoffs for somehting else. Thanks for the inspiration.

  9. This guy is my new favorite. I was a professional Chef for 15 years, and I miss it sometimes. But having said that, I just can't get enough of watching Chef/Cooking related channels. Wish I would have discovered this guy a long time ago.

  10. These potatoes would be fine but hardly worthy of the best roasted potatoes in the world self proclaimed title. Mine come out with a deep crunchy outside and fine mashed potato consistency on the inside. Roasted potatoes are a serious business and I could never share my recipe with a chef that appears to claim all his recipes are the best. Unworthy.

  11. Peel the potatoes
    Wash the potatoes
    Boil the potatoes
    Fry the potatoes
    Roast the potatoes
    …..We're about halfway through. 💀

  12. can some one tell me if we can do this with no oven… just keep turning it in the pan?

  13. Chef skills for others?!?! These are for me, just me. I'll make instant potatoes for the rest of the family. 😊

  14. It depends on preference, but if you like really crispy skins, you can boil the potatoes for much longer than that. It gives a much rougher edge to the potato. I always drain into a colander too, which gives you an opportunity to shake them around a bit (further roughing them up) and means you can steam dry them.

    Also, rather than frying them in a pan, you can put a layer of oil in the base of a roasting tray and turn them a couple of times during cooking. You probably don't get quite the same level of fine control, but they taste great.

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