DIY Potato Bites (Printable Version)

# What You'll Need:

→ Main Ingredients

01 - 3-4 mid-sized russet potatoes, skin removed
02 - 3-4 tablespoons regular flour
03 - 1 teaspoon powdered garlic
04 - 1 teaspoon dried onion powder
05 - 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
06 - 1/2 teaspoon table salt
07 - Cooking oil, enough for frying

→ Optional Garnish

08 - 1 tablespoon diced fresh parsley

# Steps to Follow:

01 - Dump peeled potatoes into a big pot and add water until covered. Heat until bubbling and cook about 6-7 minutes, so they're partly done but still firm. Let them cool all the way down.
02 - Grate potatoes using a box grater. Put them in a cloth-lined strainer over a bowl. Sprinkle some salt and wait 10 minutes, pushing down in the middle and again at the end to squeeze out water. Move the grated potatoes to a fresh bowl and throw away the liquid.
03 - Throw in flour, powdered garlic, powdered onion, black pepper, and salt with the potatoes. Mix everything together with your fingers or a wooden spoon. Form small tubes (about 4–6 inches), then snip into tiny 1 ½-inch tots.
04 - Warm up 2 inches of oil in a pot to 370-375°F. Fry about 7-8 tots at once for roughly 5 minutes, moving them around so they won't stick together. Move to paper towels and sprinkle salt right away.
05 - Add some chopped parsley on top if you want. Eat while warm with whatever dips you love.

# Additional Tips:

01 - Super Crunchy Results: Squeeze out as much water as you can after grating.
02 - Plan Ahead: You can freeze raw tots on a tray, then bag them up. Just fry them straight from frozen.
03 - Oven Method: You can cook at 425°F for 25-30 minutes, turning once midway, until they're crunchy.