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WORLD'S BEST AIR FRIES (Weird Trick, But It Works!)

Chris Young
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1 HN user recommended this tutorial1 month2025 score 1
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Cited as proof that frozen fries can be excellent with the right cooking method.

Chef Chris Young shows a simplified triple-cooked method for making crisp frozen fries in an air fryer, based on Heston Blumenthal's technique.

“for those who have an air fryer, have a look at his air fries video” (HN, 2025)

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@cwizou Feb 2025 Recommends
on HN thread Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
Yep, for those who have an air fryer, have a look at his air fries video : [this video] He basically invented triple cooked fries at the fat duck (precooked at 70° celsius then fried twice, with airing/freezing steps in between), and it's a pretty close approximation of them done much simpler.
Approximates triple-cooked fries simply in an air fryer

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@iamacyborg Jan 2025 Cites it
on HN thread The Rise of the French Fry Cartel
> My experience is frozen fries are mediocre at best. Probably depends how they’re cooked, see Chris Young’s video as an example. [this video]
Frozen fries depend on cooking method
@Kirby64 Dec 2025 Cites it
on HN thread Multiple Indicted on Charges of Theft and Re-Sale of Restaurant Cooking Oil
> They do not behave meaningfully different in any way from a good convection oven, countertop or otherwise, and are less versatile (and yes, cheap convection ovens do have worse circulation, but good ones do not have this problem, or even just have an air fry mode anyway). Chris Young, of Modernist Cuisine and Chefsteps fame, disagrees with you. There’s a difference in the physical construction of actual air fryers vs just fast convection ovens. Every convection oven/air fryer combo I’ve ever seen has the fan on the side, so the behavior and performance is different. See: [this video]
Air fryers differ from convection ovens

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