Home Fries

Name: Home Fries
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: US & Canada
Ingredients: 3 1/2 pounds, russet potatoes, peeled and cut into ¾-inch dice; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 12 pieces; , Kosher salt and pepper; Pinch, cayenne pepper; 3 tablespoons, vegetable oil; 2 , onions, cut into ½-inch dice; 3 tablespoons, minced fresh chives

Side Dishes
US & Canada
Fruits & Vegetables
Potatoes
Breakfast & Brunch

Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2012, America's Test Kitchen TV

Could the key to really good, genuinely crisp home fries be really bad boiled potatoes?

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 1½ hours

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