Easiest Way to Make Yummy Mike's Gilroy Garlic French Fries

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Mike's Gilroy Garlic French Fries. The Bay Area is being tasked with test driving a fast-food menu item ¿ and it actually looks good. Behold: Gilroy Garlic Fries, available at four South Bay McDonald's locations. The purée is made with chopped Gilroy.

I'm not sure if the idea of "garlic fries" will resonate with people outside of Northern California, but if you're familiar with the area and/or are a garlic lover, I'm At any rate, yesterday I had the opportunity to be part of a special blogger event in San Francisco to celebrate Gilroy Garlic Fries at McDonald's.

French fries, or simply fries (North American English), chips (British and Commonwealth English, Hiberno-English), finger chips (Indian English), or French-fried potatoes, are batonnet or allumette-cut deep-fried potatoes.

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You can cook Mike's Gilroy Garlic French Fries using 8 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Mike's Gilroy Garlic French Fries

1. Prepare of Garlic Fries & Dip.

2. Prepare 4 large of Russet Potatoes [cut long-lengthwise-about the same width of your index finger].

3. It’s 1 of 9.5 oz Bottle Minced Squeeze Garlic With Olive Oil.

4. You need 1 tbsp of Each: Garlic Infused Olive Oil - Granulated Garlic - Dried Parsley - Thyme - Sea Salt - Onion Powder - Garlic Pepper Seasoning.

5. It’s 1 large of Ziplock Bag.

6. It’s 1 of Sour Cream & Chives [for dip].

7. It’s 1 of Bottle Granulated Garlic [sprinkle following baking].

8. You need 1 tbsp of Sea Salt Or A Powdered Salt [divided - sprinkle following baking].

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Mike's Gilroy Garlic French Fries step by step

1. Cut potatoes into French Fry form about the size of your index finger and soak in ice water [more ice than water] for 30 minutes - up to 2 hours. This step is VERY important since it makes your fries much crisper than they would without - especially since youre baking them..

2. Place one of your oven racks closest to the hottest area of your oven. Top or bottom - depending upon your specific oven model..

3. Preheat over to 450°..

4. Excluding sour cream, chives, potatoes and your finishing sprinkles of granulated garlic & sea salt - mix everything in an extra large Ziplock bag..

5. After 30 minute + chill in ice - dry fries completely on paper towels..

6. Place 1/2 of your fries in your ZipIock Bag and massage well..

7. Arrange fries on racks or on slightly crumpled up tinfoil so the fries can brown and crisp underneath. Or, you can lay completely flat..

8. Add your other half of fries to bag, massage and repeat process..

9. Lightly sprinkle granulated garlic and 1/2 tbs sea salt over fries..

10. Place fries on hottest rack and bake for 30 minutes. Watch your fries closely after 20 minutes to make sure garlic isnt burning..

11. Flip fries over 15 minutes in to bake cycle and sprinkle again with granulated garlic and remaining sea salt. Put back in oven for 15 - 20 minutes..

12. Since there is thyme in this recipe, sour cream is the VERY best condiment to serve these garlic fries with. However, if you omit the thyme, ketchup works quite well..

13. Chefs Note: You can deep fry these garlic fries. If we do, we use a garlic infused high heat oil we purchase online. DIRECTIONS FOR FRYING: Heat oil - Add fries but dont over pack them - Blanch fries in hot oil for 6 - 7 minutes until they're limp and pale - Drain on paper towels for a few minutes to even a few hours - When ready to fully fry, place fries back in hot oil for 10 minutes or until crispy - Drain on paper towels and sprinkle with granulated garlic and salt immediately..

These garlic fries, win hands down as the best garlic french fries I've ever made.

Plus they are baked - so I won't feel too guilty if I make it every time I'm craving for some potato comfort.

When I read that there is garlic infused oil involved, my heart skipped a beat (in a good way.

Recipe: Garlic Parmesan Fries. by Patty Catalano.

I have this rule, and maybe you do too: I will only eat a french fry if it is really worth it.