Name: Patatje oorlog | Dutch loaded fries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 250 gr peanuts; 4 garlic cloves; 2 shallots; 2 cm ginger; ½ red chili pepper; 2 tbsp sambal badjak; 5 tbsp ketjap manis; 1 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tsp laos; lemon juice; Salt; Pepper; 500 ml coconut milk; 1 egg; 1 tbsp mustard; 1 garlic clove; ½ lemon juice; 300 ml neutral oil; Salt; Pepper; 2 kg potatoes; 5 tbsp olive oil; Hot paprika powder; Salt

1

Toast the peanuts into a dry pan on medium high heat for about 5 minutes or until some oil is released. Let cooldown

2

Add the peanuts to a food processor and blend until smooth

3

Mince the shallot, ginger chili pepper and garlic

4

To a saucepan add some oil and saute the shallot, chili pepper, ginger and garlic for some minutes.

5

Go in with the sambal, laos, brown sugar and salt. Stir everything together and add in the ketjap manis.

6

Add the coconut milk to the pan, stir and bring to a light boil.

7

Stir in the blended peanuts and lemon juice and let it all thicken up.

8

Wash the potatoes, slice them into wedges and wash the wedges. Make sure to dry the potatoes very well.

9

Place the wedges onto a baking sheet with baking powder, sprinkle with hot paprika powder and olive oil.

10

Bake the fries in the oven at 220 degrees Celsius or 425 degrees Fahrenheit for about 40 minutes or until golden and crispy.

11

In the meantime make the mayonnaise by combining all the ingredients into a blender cup. Go in with the blender and start blending at the bottom, start going to the top when the emulsion starts to begin at the bottom.

12

Toss the fries with some salt

13

Chop some parsley

14

Serve the fries, top with peanut sauce and mayonnaise. Garnish with peanuts, chopped shallot and parsley, enjoy!