Mini Tornado Fries
These Mini Tornado Potatoes are such good fun to make. Most importantly they taste absolutely delicious too!
Servings: 4
Cost: £1.50 / $2
Equipment
- 5 Wooden Skewers
- Small Sharp Knife
- Large Baking Tray
- Small Pot & Brush
Ingredients
- 20 Baby Potatoes, (approx 1.4lb/650g)
- 1.5 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/4 tsp EACH: Salt, Garlic Powder
- 1/8 tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200C/400F.
- Pierce a potato and push it down to the bottom of the skewer (you might find this easiest by twisting the potato down instead of forcefully pushing). Starting at the tip, begin slicing in a downward spiral, making sure the blade of the knife stays touching the skewer at all times. Repeat with 3 more potatoes on the same skewer, leaving a small gap between each potato. Gently spread the potatoes apart a little, whilst making sure they don't tear. Repeat with the remaining 4 skewers.
- In a small pot combine 1.5 tbsp olive oil with 1/4 tsp salt & garlic powder and 1/8 tsp black pepper.
- Space out the skewers on a baking tray and brush them all over with the oil. Place in the oven for around 35mins, or until deep golden and crispy, turning once halfway. Timings will depend on the size of the potatoes, so just be vigilant.
- When cool enough to handle, gently push the potatoes off of the skewers. Serve up and enjoy!
Video
Notes
a) Skewers - Be careful when initially pushing the skewer through each potato. As mentioned in the recipe, you'll get a better result by gently twisting it instead of forcing it through.
b) Uniformed sizing - Try and get similar-sized potatoes so they cook at an even rate. If there are some discrepancies in size at least make sure each skewer has similar-sized potatoes. That way you can take out the skewers that cook quicker.
c) Seasoning - You can really season them however you fancy, I'm just keeping it fairly simple here!
d) Serving - I love these served as Finger Food with a Dip, but they work great as a Side for a Dinner too.
e) Calories - Based on one serving with no dip.
Nutrition
Calories: 171kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.6g | Protein: 3.33g | Fat: 5.23g | Saturated Fat: 0.745g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.605g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3.707g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 155mg | Potassium: 688mg | Fiber: 3.6g | Sugar: 1.27g | Vitamin A: 4IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1.32mg