Delicious Home Made Tater Tots!
Making your own tater tots is super fun and gives you the tastiest tots ever!
Equipment
- cheesecloth
- box grater to grate the potatoes
- Deep Fat Fryer
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Russet potatoes peeled and kept whole
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ½ ts basil leaves
- 1 ts garlic powder
- ½ ts onion powder
- 1 ts Jalapeno seasoning mix you can omit this or use cayenne for a spicy kick!
- ½ ts black pepper
- 2 ts salt reduce the amount if you are watching your salt
Instructions
- Prepare a large bowl with ice cold water. Peel the potatoes but keep them whole.
- Bring a large saucepan to the boil. Add a pinch of salt, and boil the peeled potatoes (kept whole) for 7 minutes. Drain and then add to the ice cold water for 3 minutes to cool the potatoes down.
- Using a box grater, grate the potatoes. You may want to heat up your deep fat fryer to 300F at this time.
- Place the grated potatoes into cheesecloth and squeeze to reduce the water content.
- Mix the flour and all the seasonings together in a large mixing bowl. Add the grated potato to this mixture, and mix with your hands to ensure the grated potato is thoroughly incorporated into this mixture.
- Take the potato mixture, and form it into tubes approximately ¾" diameter. The use of wax paper may help make it easier to shape the potatoes.
- Cut into 1" pieces to make the form of a tater tot.
- Deep fry the tots in batches, making sure not to overcrowd, approximately 5 minutes until golden brown. Drain on paper towels!
Notes
Enjoy these tots straight out of the fryer for a most luxurious treat! Add additional seasonings if you like or serve with condiments such as ketchup or mustard. Great as is, or as a side dish! Try to have strong willpower otherwise you'll need to prepare to make another batch. :-)
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