Munchie Monday: Quick and Easy Waffle Fries,, Waffle Iron, that is!

 Recently Dear One asked for waffles.  Waffles are addictive to me so I was not that thrilled to make them BUT...I made him some waffles then I made some waffle potatoes for myself!  Well, he was really into the waffle potatoes, too!  Bonus!

We have used white sweet potatoes (Asian sweet potatoes), red potatoes, and yellow potatoes.  The potatoes that work the best are the yellow potatoes.

Quick and Easy Waffle Potatoes

Cook up a bunch of small to medium yellow potatoes IN THE SKINS in a pot of water on the stove or in your Instant Pot.  They need to be easily pierced with a fork.

Drain the potatoes and put them in the refrigerator overnight.

The next day heat the waffle iron.  While the waffle iron is heating, place potatoes on a tea towel and cover with the other end of the tea towel and, using the palm of your hand, smush down the potatoes so they are pretty flat...and probably 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. 

Place them in the waffle iron and put the lid down.  I smush it down slightly.  Let cook for at least 10 minutes.  Usually they will need longer.  I guess it depends on on crispy you like them.

If you make more than you can eat in one sitting, put them in the refrigerator and the next day, heat them up in the air fryer.  They are VERY good after the air frying, unless you let them go too long!

These are very good. They have the added bonus that there is NO OIL AT ALL involved...! (You can see we are off added fats which is helping our bodies.)