Diner-Style Home Fries

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2000, America's Test Kitchen TV

Diced, precooked Yukon gold potatoes make terrific home fries when sautéed in a heavy skillet.

SERVES2 to 3

TIME45 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When developing our home fries recipe, we discovered that Yukon Gold potatoes make terrific fries when sautéed in a heavy skillet. Browning and crisping the potatoes, we learned, meant letting them sit undisturbed in hot fat. We found that ...

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