Potato Spicy Wedges

I came across this article on making wedges.

Zoe used spices for her wedges but I've not been that confident with using any willy nilly. I love the Hot Banditos wedges and will always be comparing home made ones with those.

This one comes close but needs some further refinements. Definitely enjoyable on their own.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. russet potato, cleaned
• water - enough to submerge potatoes
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoons kosher salt (not table salt!)
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
• freshly cracked pepper
• Optional:
• flaky salt like fleur de sel
• finely chopped parsley

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment parchment paper for easy clean up.
2. Halve potatoes lengthways, then halve each half once more to make quarters. Halve each quarter to make a total of 8 wedges.
3. Place potatoes wedges in a large bowl and cover with water. Soak for 10-minutes in hot water to remove starch. You can bypass this step if you are in hurry, but just know the wedges won't be as crispy.
4. In the meantime, make the seasoning mix. In a small bowl mix together kosher salt, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika. Set aside.
5. Drain the potatoes and pat dry. Rinse and wipe out the bowl to resuse. Place the potato wedges back into the emptied out bowl, drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat. Sprinkle the seasoning mix and toss to coat. Arrange potatoes in a single layer, so they do not overlap. 
6. Bake for 30 minutes, remove pan from the oven and flip the potato wedges over and bake for another 30 minutes or until wedges are deeply golden and is easily pierced with a fork.
7. Remove from oven and sprinkle with flaky salt like fleur de sel and parsley. Serve immediately with dipping sauce.
   

My adjustments

The Airfryer instead of the oven also pork dripping instead of oliveoil.

To dry the wedges I used the air fryer  first on a lower temperature setting, then added some pork lard in and used the brush to glaze the wedges.

 They were great with mayonnaise andPotatas Bravas sauce. Maybe some sour cream next time.

This is an excuse to keep an eye out for some capsicums when they come on special to make more sauce.