The Best Fried Potatoes

I have tried over the years to make delicious fried potatoes. I sometimes ended up with soggy potatoes, hard potatoes, bland potatoes, or the worst ever half cooked potatoes. I always enjoyed eating potatoes that had some kind of spice or kick to them. So, I decided to try and spice up the potatoes one morning after cooking too many baked potatoes for a steak dinner.

Usually when you have steak dinners you have had a few too many drinks to go with the steaks. These potatoes are great for hangovers. They are precooked the night before (just throw in a couple of extras when you are cooking them for dinner) so they cook pretty quickly.

Place a frying pan on your stove. Fill the frying pan about half full with some type of cooking oil. I usually use vegetable. Turn the heat to medium high.

Take the cold baked potatoes and cut them in half long ways. I then sliced each half long ways. I sliced each quarter until I ended up with pieces that looked like a triangle with one rounded side. The slices need to be at least as thick as you index finger.

Get a plastic bag that seals. Pour some flour (about a 1/2 cup) into the plastic bag. Now here comes the fun part. Look to your spice rack. The best spice I have used is a steak seasoning. If I am all out of steak seasoning, I have used seasoned salt or just salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Add your choice of spice to the flour in the plastic bag. Seal the plastic bag and shake. If you don't know if you added enough spices, place the plastic bag on the counter and flatten out, you can see the spices in the flour.

Place your cut potatoes in the plastic bag. Shake until all the potatoes are coated in the flour mixture.

Test the temperature of your oil by adding a few drops of water. The water should immediately sizzle.

Take the potatoes out of the plastic bag and place them directly into the oil in your frying pan. The potatoes should cover the bottom of the pan but be close to covered by the oil.

Turn the potatoes occasionally so that all the potatoes will brown.

When all the potatoes are brown, remove from the oil and place on a plate lined with paper towels.

These potatoes are really delicious with an omelet that has some hot sauce added to the eggs.