Recipe by James Barry, @chefjamesbarry Sixteen plus years in the culinary field, James started as a private chef, having cooked for celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Mariska Hargitay, George Clooney, Gerard Butler, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Barbra Streisand, and John Cusack.
The trick to crispy potatoes is parboiling them in some water with baking soda. It's breaks down the starch, giving more surface area on the potato to crisp while leaving the inside soft and velvety.