How to Make Crispy Potatoes in a Cast Iron Skillet
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- Learn the secret for how to make crispy potatoes in a cast iron skillet. The simple ingredients are potatoes, coconut oil and salt.
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I have been using cast iron, and cooking potatoes, for many years. However, I haven't always known how to make crispy potatoes in a cast iron skillet. No, that took trial, error, more trial and more error.
I tried cutting the potatoes super small. I tried leaving them in large chunks. Put the lid on. Took the lid off. I cooked them hot and cooked them on low.
Sometimes they turned out crispy and sometimes they didn't.
Well, if you are in that same trial and error process, trying to find, and savor, the elusive home cooked crispy potato, I am here to help!
I can finally say I know what works. My family now enjoys consistently crispy potatoes in the cast iron skillet. And I am ready to share my secrets with you! :)
How to Make Crispy Potatoes in a Cast Iron Skillet
1. Preheat the skillet and oil. Leave it on medium heat for about five minutes. Throw one potato piece on. If it sizzles, you are ready to start cooking.
2. Use an oil with a high smoke point, such as coconut oil, and use plenty of it. These are fried potatoes after all. If you don't use enough oil, they will not get good and crispy.
3. Start with a well seasoned cast iron skillet. The potatoes will stick if the skillet isn't seasoned properly. I did this once, over five years ago, when I first started cooking with cast iron. I haven't had to do it again since!
4. Make sure the skillet is clean. If there is anything stuck on the bottom of the skillet when you try to start cooking crispy potatoes they will stick. If the pan is well seasoned this shouldn't be a problem.
5. Do not use a lid. Moisture is the enemy of the crispy potato. A lid would trap the moisture from the potatoes inside and make them all mushy. Leave the lid off throughout the entire cooking process.
6. Use the right size skillet. I have one skillet that is bigger than my burner. The outside edges of the skillet do not get properly preheated. The potatoes stick on the outside edges and do not get crispy.
7. Cook in small batches. Don't pile the spuds on top of each other in many layers. A single layer will work much better. When I am cooking potatoes for my family, I usually get two skillets going. That's the only way I can cooke enough potatoes for my family of six without overcrowding the skillet.
8. Save salt for the end. Salt extracts moisture from vegetables. Since moisture is the enemy, this is a no go. When they are good and crispy, feel free to salt them liberally.
9. Don't flip or stir the potatoes at all until they are good and crispy on the first side. Excess flipping will make them fall apart and stick.
Crispy potatoes are certainly a treat, but you don't have to flock to your favorite restaurant to enjoy them. Just use these eight tips and you can have crispy potatoes in your own home.
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I used to dice my potatoes like that too. Now, I do mojo's (sliced rounds) instead. Less work and more surface browns to get that crispy crunch. Little ones like them because they can hold them in their hands. When I'm in a hurry, I microwave my potato to half done, slice it into rounds, and arrange in a hot skillet. Takes half the time to cook. Also, not sure why, but it takes less potatoes this way. Thanks, Lisa.
I use the microwave to partially cook the potatoes also if I'm in a hurry.
This video is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I don't care about seasonings, additives or other ingredients. I want the CRISPY! Finally a recipe with coconut oil (that's a bonus!)
I used to fry diced potatoes every day in my cast iron and I'd always flip them multiple times, as well as salt them throughout. They did get that mushy exterior in the beginning but after adding more butter with each stir/flip, that mushiness would crisp up pretty soon, and make for the most delicious potatoes.
I haven't tried this method yet, but it looks like it's faster and creates a different kind of crispy exterior.
Yes, please, more cooking with cast iron.
I'm definitely planning to. 😊
You can bake the diced potatoes on cookie sheet 375-400 degrees
add Oil And seasoning of choice to diced dry potatoes toss well
Thanks for the recipe looks really good!
I made these potatoes last night and everyone loved them. Thanks for the yummy idea! I used canola oil, but I would like to buy some coconut oil for next time.
I've actually made them in the cast iron but stick it in my oven. No preheating or anything but the key is like you said...don't stir only once or twice or they stick. I've loved this method as it keeps the stovetop cleaner! Good tip on the salting at the end.
I made these and they were so good, it's all I had for supper. I've never been able to make crispy fried potatoes until now. Thanks! Lisa.
I was soo frustrated on how to cook pita using a cast iron skillet but after watching this and other videos I’ll try and try again to make the perfect crispy non sticking potatoes using a cast iron skillet
So many great ideas and tips - thank you - I am excited to start using my cast iron skillet this way - Thanks for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
I tried this method for lunch today and it definitely works! I usually roast my potatoes on 450 for 30-60min (depending on how big/which way I cut them) but it was a time sucker for sure. This is so much faster than oven roasting! Thank you!
My mom grew up using cast iron pans in her family. She actually has too much iron in her system. She can't use cast iron all the time now when she cooks. Cast iron pans are my favorite. I do think switching them up with stainless steel is a good idea to prevent yourself form getting too much iron in your system. Also, I grew up in a family where we cooked a lot with olive oil. My great grandparents came over to the US from Italy. My feelings about olive oil are different. Maybe, the quality of olive oil has changed? My grandma cooked with it for years and her doctor even noticed it. He could tell she used a lot of olive oil in her cooking. She is in her 90's now and hardly has any health problems. A lot of the women in our family outlive the men. I think it contributes to having always eaten a mediterranean diet. Love your cooking tips. Great for people like me who seem to always throw together dinner.
Cast iron is perfect for those who suffer from anemia then!
I think cooking in stainless steel is fine. It’s the costed and Teflon pans we need to worry about
Hereditary hemochromatosis ( elevated ferritin/iron) can be hereditary. There are two genes for it. Women tend to get diagnosed later in life when their menses ceases. This is natural blood letting. My patients have blood removed to reduce their iron. I need to use cast iron more, my iron is 7 which is too low.
I love your videos, thanks for taking the time. I grew up with my mom's southern cooking. She fixed what we call 'home fries for breakfast. It's done the same as yours just add onions and diced green bell peppers. Serve with bacon and eggs.
Sounds delicious!
Tried Just today. The result turned out absolutely perfect, my (happy) husband said 😊❤
Happy to hear that!
I know this is a video from over a year ago..but I gotta tell you.....I used your method for frying potatoes and oh my gosh...I can't believe how great they turned out!! I've been making fried potatoes for over 45 years...sometimes they came out great...sometimes they came out soggy and not brown much less crispy! I've been using your method and the potatoes turn out great!! I think I was flipping them too much, and my skillet was never hot when I put the potatoes in...anyway...I thank you & my husband thanks you! I love your TH-cam channel!
Oh, yay! I am so glad my method is working for you! :)
I need these detailed cooking videos in my life!!!
These came out so soooo good! I have seen the light and will not go back!
Yes Lisa and recipes are much appreciated. Love the channel and your sweet little family
Thank you Debbie!
Thank you for this video! Your tips allowed me to make a great batch of crispy potatoes with no sticking to the pan whatsoever.
I would LOOOVE it if you could do a video on taking care of your cutting boards, oiling them, same with any wooden bowls etc. Also, discussing the issues of sanitizing things, wood vs plastic for meat, etc.
My friend Sarah has a great article on that: rockyhedgefarm.com/blog/how-to-care-for-wooden-spoons-and-cutting-boards/1/14/2018
...cast iron (and my carbon steel wok) is a gift to all cooks...also yay to day 4 of feeding "Levi" ( the name I've given to my sourdough levain-I know dorky) successfully ...ty for all these thoughtful vids...
This was super informative! More cooking videos please! I have never used a cast iron skillet because it seems so intimidating to me. You make it look so easy!
Domer Home sounds like some more cast iron videos are in order! 🤗🤗
These are hands down the best potatoes ever! Thank you so much. Your tips are great, and your video presence is wonderful. A+
I know coconut oil is very popular these days but we have a family food allergy. So I googled smoke points of different oils. What I found was that olive oil (374 degrees) has a higher smoke point than coconut oil (350), but grapeseed oil (420) is relatively high, so if that is a thing you are concerned about maybe switch to grapeseed. That is what we are going to use because of the allergy. Love your videos! Thanks for the tips.
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Wow! Interesting to see how well you do using a glass cook top and cast iron cookware. I didn't know the two would work together. (Also, thanks for the tip about coconut oil.)
I love your tips on fried potatoes, so much so I’m making them to night. I would love you lots more on cast iron cooking.
I'm so excited I just found your channel I'm hooked thank you so much. I have learned so much from you.
More cast-iron skillet cooking vids please. Also, thanks for the music referral. Very helpful.
Thanks for those tips! I was doing a few things right and a few more wrong! Lol salt at the end! Who knew!
Everything sticks to my cast iron, but this method worked sooooooooooooooooo well!! I wish i could take a picture of these crispy potatoes!! Thank you!!!
You are so welcome!
I just love your channel
Yes! Bring on the cast iron cooking and
Tips for keeping it seasoned
LeAnne Hurline sounds like some more cast iron videos are in order!
NICE! Gonna try my spuds in the morning this way
Excellent recipe! gracias!!
Par-boiling before frying speeds up the cooking time! I always do this method before making roast potatoes.
Microwaving works too.
Great video. I will try again to season my pans and to make sure the pan is hot. Thanks :)
My, husband, kids, and I thank you! I'm using avocado oil with white potatoes and they are coming out perfect and so delicious every time.
I figured out how to make crispy sweet potatoes, but with a nonstick surface. I used our pizza pizazz. I cut the potatoes, drizzled coconut oil all over and mixed them together. Put the potatoes on the pizazz pan and let it cook on dual mode (cooks the top and bottom at same time), for 20 minutes, flipped them and cooked another 20 minutes, shuffled them around on the pan and left them for a few more minutes, moved them to a paper towel lined bowl to let some of the oil soak up, salted, threw out the paper towel and tossed in the bowl to let the salt mix in, and they were as crispy as the white, skillet potatoes. The downside is that nonstick surface.
What a good idea. The pizza pizazz was fun when my kids were little, but now it sits on a shelf in the garage. I just cannot seem to part with it for some reason. I never thought of cooking anything other than pizza on it. I can’t wait to try out your method for crispy potatoes.
hi Lisa ! Just watched this video and I bought 2 cast iron skillets on amazon because, yes, they sell them in Belgium too ;) I can't wait to cook those delicious potatoes ;) I love your videos, than you for all the things you share. I hope you will do more sewing tutorials they are so great !!!
Thank you so much!
Absolutely more videos (cast iron cooking, essentials oils how to for the beginner) I feel like I should be keeping a notebook or something. Your videos are so informative! 😉TFS
Thank you! I will definitely have more cooking videos coming!
Yes! More of these videos please!
Thanks for the tip! Please do more videos. I'm "practicing " on perfecting my cast iron cooking 😊
karen Sailor I will definitely plan to make more!!
I absolutely want to see how to care for cast iron. I have about 5 pieces and they are all rusted. Thanks for sharing
Jaime W. yes! We need to change that! You will love them!
How do you care for your cutting boards?
My mom used to make the best fried potatoes - she would add chopped onion, chopped okra and drizzle stirred up eggs over the top, then salt and pepper them well. Yum! Have you cooked apples for breakfast? Mom would make bacon gravy to go over the top. That was good too, but my husband's family fried apples for a side dish minus the gravy for dinner.
Nice!! We love doing fried potatoes so so good
love this one.
Just found your channel today and I have learned so much good practical advice!
Thank you Rachel!
Thank you for this super video~ Always look forward to your tips and tricks :) Blessings & Prayers ,, For you all and for a wonderful delivary, Lisa ...
Thank you so much Dawna!
Thanks for telling us Not to stir, I always find my potatoes look great when I start and then at the end I have either super crispy and under done so now I know to leave them alone and only flip once...will give it a go for tomorrow's breakfast and hope they look and taste as great as yours. I would love to do cast iron but I found it too hard on my wrists for some reason
Best of luck! :)
Recently found your channel and I'm in love with everything you share. :) Please post more ways to cook with a cast iron!
Elise Petereck thank you so much!! 😊
Looks delicious!!! Yes, to more cast iron videos!
Leslie Valenciano-Lopez I will definitely plan to make more cast iron videos!
Lots of really great tips here. Thanks!
I make mine in the cast iron slkillet so I had to watch this video. I do use olive oil for mine, it doesn't smoke, at least not visibly. I preheat mine with EVOO, I add Lowry's seasoned salt and the key is learning to wait a little to let them get crispy. Also, before I start I pierce my potatoes and microwave them and I only put them in my skillet to brown them and get a crisp. Give it a try! I sometimes use nonstick (I don't worry about it, to each their own) but I do prefer the cast iron also. Nonstick you have to wait a little longer before moving your potatoes around to get a good crisp.
Sounds like you enjoy crispy potatoes too!
Looks soooo good! Will definitely have to make try this. Would also love to see how you cook steak on cast iron
I need to get my hands on some steaks so I can do just that! 😋😋
Keep waiting to hear that baby has made his or her debut :) Would love more cast iron tips- I’ve always been nervous about using because it seems like there is a lot to know. Thanks!
You will love using cast iron! :)
LESA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR DELICIOUS CRISPY POTATOES........ I USE MY CAST IRON PAN EVERY DAY...... I ALSO PREHEAT MY PANS BEFORE COOKING, I TOSS A CORN TORTILLA OR A GREEN CHILE IN THE PAN WITH CANOLA OIL WHILE IT HEATS UP, WHEN FRIED ITS READY TO COOK, I TAKE OUT THE CHILE OR TORTILLA TO BE EATEN AS A SIDE..... CHRISTINA
Sounds delicious Christina!
Those potatoes looked amazing!
Thank you Kim!
Thank you for posting this video! So helpful.😊
I making these tonight! Thank you
They came out delicious!
Gonna try to cook this today. Wish me luck
Thanks. That's probably why mine stuck: the early stirring. I'm planing on buying a cast iron at my hardware store.
Just did a batch of potatoes yesterday and they didn't stick! I guess coconut oil helps too. Nice and crispy 😀
This looks delicious. I have several well seasoned cast iron pans handed down to me from my mother and would love to try more things in them. I am rather "afraid" of them right now due to learning the techniques as I am used to nonstick, etc., so would love to see more recipes. These potatoes look great and I am going to try them!
Oh yes! You will love them once you really get to using them regularly! :)
Kim Smith The more you use them the more you will love them. Here is a simple favorite.....first brown meatballs of any kind, homemade, store bought, whatever.... add "stew" veggies...carrots, onions, potatoes,...and a large can of regular V8 juice. Cook.
Wow! How simple. I did get them out and plan on re-seasoning them before use!
Lots of great information - thanks!
Those potatoes look so good. Thanks LisaI stopped using olive oil a few years ago and I use grape seed oil now, it works great for high heat and really good for home made salad dressings. I buy Trader Joe's brand :)
That sounds tasty Sandy!
Great. Looking forward to trying it myself.
Thanks for showing us how you chop :)
Love cast Iron cooking
Yes to cast iron tips and recipes!
I have a cast iron skillet and would love to see ya make more things I still not sure what to cook in mine !
Just everything! I use them every single day, multiple times a day. :) I totally plan to make more videos lie this! :)
I love my cast iron too. Praying a safe delivery for you and baby. :) God Bless
Thank you so much Amy!
Best potatoes ever, i’ve been cooking this recipe for a while, so easy, ni pealing anymore and all the family loves them, thanks Lisa ❤️
more videos about cooking and cast iron. Thank You!
Dana Moore will do!
Yes more plz!!
Oh Lisa your still hanging in there! Oh darlin praying for you. Mmmmmm you made me hungry they look sooo good tyfs. As for sewing maybe if someone with a 1000 percent patience teaches me lol. That another thing I need to do get good cast iron skillets
Thank you so much Susan. Still very pregnant over here! ;)
Farmhouse on Boone I know you are sweetie I'm praying for you. I can tell your at that uncomfortable stage where ok baby time to meet the family. I keeping on my Instagram lol I tend to be a slacker and I don't want to miss hang in there Lisa your doing great🙋🏻
great info! it'll be really helpful if you'd demonstrate the principles on the pan, so we could see it. thanks
I want more cooking on cast irom
Great tips! I want to be a good cook like you when I grow up...which is awkwardly as I'm old enough to be your mother.
Haha too funny!
I wish she brought up the sit out to dry after washing before she put it in the frying pan... I have been following along and I did not do that. lol
thank you for the tips. I just tried on my stainless steel wok, just that I have to spilt the cooking into 2 batches. turns out very nicely too! can u also do a video on rosti? my rosti always fall into pieces....
Watching this in 2019. Love how out of focus it is 😂 Will try to cook this tonight!
Tried this last night with onions and fresh rosemary ....need to salt when done next time
Lisa, any tips on cooking Peameal (Canadian Bacon) in the cast iron. The bacon has a coating of cornmeal on the outside. It sticks like crazy.
This was so interesting, I am just starting to get into cooking with cast iron and you make it look so easy. How long do you recommend leaving the potatoes before turning them? I do have gas and not electric but I tend to want to turn everything early and constantly so I will have to set a timer to remind me not to turn. Thank you for all the cooking tips!
Please do a video on everything cast iron!!
Here is the link to my new video about cast iron:
th-cam.com/video/LgPfo3-abKA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for the suggestion!
what's the approximate time you leave it before flipping? thanks
I was wondering did you say “7” was the equivalent of medium? Also, providing a rough estimate of time (10 minutes) before flipping would be nice to know. Looks like a great recipe! Thanks.
Thank you SOOOO much for this video!! I have been doing it ALL wrong!! I would love more tips for using cast iron & how to take care of them. Is it possible to use canola oil (in your opinion)?
I don't like canola oil because it is genetically modified. I will definitely be doing more cast iron videos. :)
I plan on cooking this tonight perhaps with lard. I think I am out of coconut oil and am shying away from canola. Thanks!
Glad to see you have a flat top. Always wondered if I could use cast iron on a flat top. Always afraid it would s scratch it.
I have never worried about this. Maybe it does scratch it. I don't know. But it would never stop me from using my beloved cast iron! :)
What about cooking with a gas stove? You mentioned on your bigger cast iron pan it not getting as hot around the edges. I know I don’t usually have the heat up that high, but will I need to?
So I only have a 15 inch, I’m gonna use it for potatoes tonight and hope for the best cause I sure don’t have a 15 inch burner 😅
You said that you leave the potatoes on “for a pretty good while”! How long is “ a pretty good while”? How long do you cook 👩🍳 the second side? I am completely new at this. Sorry it these questions are stupid!😔
Great video. Can you tell me what brand of white dishes you have up on the shelf above stove? My mother passed away three years ago and left me some just like that. Thanks.
I honestly don't know. I found them at a thrift shop. What a lovely thing to remember your mom by! :)
How long exactly did these cook on the stove?? Mine never cooked through I had to put them in the oven🥲
I don't have an exact time...I would say that I cut mine in a very small dice and didn't even turn them over for the first five minutes....
How do I get my cast iron skillet to get a really smooth surface? I’ve been using mine for a few months but still has a rough surface, although works well and doesn’t stick.
They get better with time and more use. :)
Would you heat the larger skillet in the oven before you put it on the stove then?🤷♀️
We love crispy potatoes. Sadly, my cast iron is too small to make a decent amount for our family.
If you were to add onions, at what point would you do that?
Tfs.
Do you wash or rinse your potatoes before frying
I make sure they are clean without getting them soaked in water...if they get too wet just dry them really well before cooking them
Awesome! I was looking for a non shredded hash browns recipe! I prefer the cube cut ones. Thanks so much. One question, would you recommend to wash the potatoes all the way to remove starch? Thanks.
I don't always wash the and they still turn out crispy. :)