Title: How To Make Diner-Style Home Fries | Kitchn
Headings: How To Make Diner-Style Home Fries
How To Make Diner-Style Home Fries
The Hallmarks of Really Good Home Fries
Choosing Your Potatoes
Perfect Home Fries Require a Three-Step Cooking Process
Step 1: Parboil for Soft, Creamy Insides
Step 2: Cooking the Onions Separately
Step 3: Sauté in Hot Oil for Crunchy Exteriors
How To Make Home Fries
Ingredients
Equipment
Instructions
Recipe Notes

Content: Christine Han)
Perfect Home Fries Require a Three-Step Cooking Process
There’s a three-step cooking process to make these home fries your reality. Trust me — it’s way less fussy than it sounds and will lead to the home fries of your dreams. Step 1: Parboil for Soft, Creamy Insides
First you need to parboil the potatoes, which is a fancy way of saying that the cubed potatoes are added to a pot, covered with cold water, and cooked for just a couple minutes once the water comes to a boil. It’s just enough to soften the potatoes without making them too soft or mushy. This is crucial for home fries with a creamy interior. You know they’re finished when they are easily pierced with a fork. Step 2: Cooking the Onions Separately
Just a little bit of soft diced onion is all you need when it comes to home fries. Because the cook time for the potatoes is considerably longer than onion requires, and especially since the potatoes don’t get tossed around for quite some time, I prefer to cook the onion separately.