Unlike classic french fries, which are usually just sliced potatoes fried in oil and salted, curly fries tend to have a golden–orange-brown coating, as well as a seasoning blend that’s heavy on the onion and garlic powders.

In the United States and most of Canada, the term french fries, sometimes capitalized as French fries, or shortened to fries, refers to all dishes of fried elongated pieces of potatoes. – Cut new potatoes in thin slices, put them in boiling fat, and a little salt; fry both sides of a light golden brown colour; drain.”

French fries (US) are called “chips” in the UK, and “frites” in French-speaking countries. In the UK and Ireland, what people in America call French fries are called “chips” and are famously served alongside fried fish.

Where To Find The ‘Healthiest’ Fast Food Fries

• McDonald’s World Famous Fries.
• Burger King French Fries (*Value Size)
• Arby’s Curly Fries (*Snack Size)
• Sonic Natural Cut Fries.
• KFC Seasoned Potato Wedges.
• Jack In The Box French Fries.
• Wendy’s Natural-Cut Fries.
• Chick-Fil-A Waffle Potato Fries.

It’s because curly fries (particularly Arby’s) are often (but not always) coated in a flour and seasoning that includes paprika or cayenne pepper. McDonalds (and Wendy’s) coats their fries in sodium acid pyrophosphate and sugar to preserve the white color of the potato (golden after frying).

Popeyes Cajun Fries Fries are often a go-to when it comes to fast-food side dishes, but these seasoned fries from Popeyes come in at more than 800 calories.

Wendy’s The fries are cut from whole potatoes and left skin-on, and they’re fried in vegetable oil and seasoned with just a bit of sea salt. They also just don’t have a lot of flavor — and that’s with the addition of dextrose, a type of sugar, and sodium acid pyrophosphate, a type of salt, to the potatoes.

Though the fries at Burger King don’t contain sugar, that doesn’t mean they’re healthy. A serving of the fries does contain a large amount of saturated fat and sodium, which decreases their nutritional value significantly. A small order of fries contains 15 grams of fat and 480 milligrams of sodium.

Best: Arby’s Even world-class chefs can’t resist Arby’s curly fries. Somehow their curly fries taste better than other curly fries because of their dark, crunchy exterior. “The fries are awesome,” a Yelp reviewer said. Hint: This restaurant’s fries are thick and delicious.

A crinkle-cut fry has more surface area per volume. A lot of the taste of a french fry is in the browned outside (see Maillard reaction), so more surface area means more flavor. Also because of more surface area, the water in the potato can escape more easily, so the result is a crisper fry.

Supposedly the engineering on the ridges of the crinkle cut is to provide a crunch while maximizing the baking inside the fry. Which I don’t agree with, the ridges are never crunchy, in-fact mostly soggy because they are flawed to retain excess frying oil – thus leaving you with a soggy fry with a mushy potato filling.

One perk of the crinkle-cut is texture. “Because of those grooves and cuts, there’s more surface area on the fry. So when we fried it, it got crunchier and crispier than most of the fries out there, and it held that crunch for a long time,” says Rosati. Another advantage is improved scooping ability.

The Reason Why All Curly Fries Taste The Same Is Because: “Curly fries as a frozen product… were first mass produced by Simplot, who uses a specific seasoning blend. Once copycats came along, it became the seasoning of choice due to popularity.” Simplot is one of the largest potato suppliers in the country.

1. Arby’s: Curly Fries. Maybe it’s a matter of taste.

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McDonald’s Is Now Serving Curly Fries The fast-food giant isn’t debuting just any curly fry. No, they’re seasoned with salt, pepper, and crab flavoring. The new menu item is called “Twist and Shake” or “Twister” fries depending on where you are. Tell us: Would you eat crab-flavored curly fries?

McDonald’s announces its All Day Menu will be served around the clock, so you can get a burger and fries for breakfast.

The fries at McDonald’s aren’t free so you can’t really substitute them. Either you order them or you don’t. McDonald’s says it will start giving customers the choice of a salad, fruit or vegetable as a substitute for french fries in its value meals.