Roast potatoes 🥔 

Parboil the Potatoes: Add your salt and half tea spoons of baking soda (or bicarbonate of soda - the same thing) to already boiling water

Then add your roast potato sized potatoes (or chips - this recipe is also perfect for making super crispy chips) to the boiling water. Boil them for about 10 minutes. Boiling the potatoes before baking them helps moisture escape faster leading to a thicker crust. Plus, adding them to already boiling water concentrates this effect on their outer edges. 

After the 10 mins drain the potatoes into a colander and toss them. Do this until a mash like consistency forms on the outside of the potatoes

Season the potatoes and add them to a pan with hot oil

Leave them for half an hour, check on them, give them a shake and leave them for probably another 20-30 mins