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Put A Happy Face On Your Kids With These Easy DIY Smiley Potato Fries

Merryn Tan
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Whenever we dine out, my boys would often request to dine at one particular eatery as it serves this adorable kids bento meal that is served in cool vehicle themed containers. But what they really love about this bento meal is actually the crispy smiley potato fries.

It never fails to put a smile on their faces each time they got a hold of these smiley fries.

However, due to the pandemic, we don’t dine out often anymore. We try to stay at home as much as we can to help break the chain and that means more cooking on my part to feed the kids.

I have to try to keep mealtime interesting as kids can get bored eating the same ol’ same ol’ day in day out, am I right?

The other day, my husband bought a huge sack of potatoes that got me wondering how to quickly use them up before they start sprouting.

Of course, the first thing I did was to bake our favourite potato bun and serve it with a mouthwatering curry. However, I was left with a lot of potatoes that I decide to try out a new recipe – smiley potato fries.

You can basically bake or deep fry smiley potato fries. The ones the boys had outside was fried and I find them to be too oily hence I resorted to baking the ones I made at home.

Would you believe me if I tell you that it is not complicated at all to make them? It didn’t even take up too much of your time especially if you get your kids to have hands-on involvement in the process of making it.

They will enjoy the time spent together making these fun smiley snack for sure.

So let’s try the recipe below.

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Smiley Potato Fries

Course For Kids
Cuisine American
Keyword fries
Prep Time 30 minutes
Baking Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Servings 28 bite-sized pieces
Author Merryn Tan

Equipment

  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup Steamed and mashed potato
  • 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs
  • 2 tbsp Cornflour
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Chilli powder
  • Oil for brushing

Instructions

  • Peel approximately 3 medium-sized potatoes. This will give us about 1 ½ cup of mashed potato.
  • Steam until the potato is soft.
  • Using a fork, mash the cooked potatoes while they are still warm.
  • Add breadcrumbs, chilli powder, salt and cornflour and mix until they are well combined.
  • Knead until the mixture forms a soft dough.
  • Transfer the dough onto a working surface.
  • Press until it becomes ½ inch thick.
  • Using a cookie cutter or the middle of a donut mould, cut out circles from the dough.
  • Use a straw to poke holes for the eyes and spoon to shape the smiley mouth.
  • Lightly brush the surface of the smiley potatoes with oil.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 75 minutes.
  • Alternatively, you can refrigerate them for 30 minutes before deep frying in hot oil.

 

You can serve this irresistibly yummy potato bites that are crispy on the outside with tomato sauce or mayonnaise that will get your kids asking for more. Don’t forget to garnish with some fresh fruits or vegetables to add on the nutritional value to the meal.

Here’s the tutorial video on how to easily make these baked smiley potato fries: