Recipe This | Air Fryer Duck Fat Potatoes (2024)

FAQs

Should potatoes be soaked before air frying? ›

Just pat them completely dry before you prep them for the fryer. You can soak them in the fridge, in a bowl of water, all day while you are working. I wouldn't bother doing potatoes from the raw state, without soaking. It will take about a half an hour and the texture won't be nearly as rewarding.

Roast potatoes verdict

Goose fat is the traditional choice, and a roast potato favourite because its high smoke point makes for a crispy coating. Goose fat is especially good for a Christmas dinner because it is rich and silky and adds to the decadence of the meal.

Baking with Duck Fat

Use a 50/50 duck fat and butter blend for most baking recipes unless using as a replacement for lard, in which case, you can use equal measure.

Neutral, low-cost oil such as vegetable oil, canola oil, safflower oil, peanut oil, corn oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, etc., work well for roasting. These oils have a high smoke point, allowing the potatoes to get very hot to achieve maximum crispiness.

Soaking potatoes in water helps remove excess starch. Excess starch can inhibit the potatoes from cooking evenly as well as creating a gummy or sticky texture on the outside of your potatoes. Cold water is used because hot water would react with the starch activating it, making it harder to separate from the potatoes.

As to the question, how long immersion is necessary? Only as long as you need to hold the potatoes until needed for the fry stage(s). This could be as little as a few minutes – to overnight storage in your walk-in cooler.

A diet high in saturated fat can lead to significant increases in your total cholesterol, which can increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. Therefore, duck fat can be enjoyed in moderation but should not entirely replace olive oil or other healthy sources of fat.

Despite its high content of “healthy” unsaturated fats like oleic acid, research shows that consuming these from animal sources like duck fat may not have the same benefits. For instance, oleic acid found in olive oil can reduce blood pressure, but oleic acid from animal sources does not have the same lowering effect.

Fatty acids like linoleic and oleic acid found in unsaturated fats offer beneficial anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, much like olive oil. Therefore, consumers wanting to incorporate healthier fats into their diets should definitely consider cooking with duck fat.

DUCKCHAR Duck fat last for up to one year when unopened. Store it in a cool environment. After opening it, it will last for 6 months in the refrigerator. For rendered duck fat that you perhaps saved from a duck breast, it may last 1 to 2 weeks the refrigerator.

Is duck fat bad for cholesterol? ›

Duck fat is better for you. Overall, duck fat is higher in monounsaturated fats that help lower LDL cholesterol than saturated fats, which can have a negative effect on blood cholesterol levels. This means duck fat's nutritional profile is more similar to olive oil than other animal fats.

Farm Fresh Duck

They offer rendered duck fat in a variety of sizes, ranging from a 1.75-pound tub—which will run $20.15 (or $8.71 per pound)—all the way to a 5-gallon bucket containing at least 39 pounds of duck fat, at a cost of $176.55 or $3.82 per pound.

They have slightly different flavors: the flavor of goose fat is a bit gamier and stronger; duck fat is lighter and sweeter. Nutritionally, they're pretty much identical.

A: Adding oil to potatoes before baking is perfectly fine, just a personal preference. Without oil the Idaho russet skin bakes up crispy, with oil the skin will carry a lot of the flavor of the oil so some people have a preference for using olive oil or peanut oil.

An overcrowded pan will turn a sauna into a steam bath; Your potatoes will cook, but they'll be soft, moist, and bland like steamed potatoes. Even if you're tempted to save dishes by throwing a mound of potatoes onto one baking sheet, parsing them out over two will give them the space they need to crisp up.

Once you've washed your spuds you need to dry them thoroughly. If you don't then excess moisture can seep into your potato while it's being cooked and result in a soggy skin.

GREASE THE FRYER BASKET

Yes, even if your food doesn't require oil, always take a few seconds to grease it. In addition, you can do this either by rubbing or spraying a little vegetable oil on the lower racks. The goal is to ensure that your food does not stick to the appliance tray and maintains even cooking.

In theory, you can cook in the air fryer without using oil, but the resulting food could potentially be dry in texture. I like to use about a tablespoon of oil when cooking in the air fryer, so that these potatoes get nice and golden, with a melt-in-your-mouth texture.