How to bake Frozen French Fries

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I bought a couple of packets of frozen fries and I absolutely can't fry them. My only option is to bake them. I have access to oil if necessary.

How do I bake the fries to make them resemble (as far as possible) the McDonald type fries ?

What I have tried:

  1. Preheating oven to 250C, throwing them in (on a baking tray) till they look golden. Didn't work, they tasted weird and were soggy-ish. Maybe lack of oil? Citation Here

  2. Same as above but with an added step before throwing them in : gently pouring oil over them and mixing them by hand. Result was not very different.

Best Answer

I take a piece of aluminum foil, crumple it up then smooth it out somewhat still leaving slight concave and convex angles for the fries to crisp evenly without the need of flipping halfway through baking.