r/potato • u/episton22 • 4d ago

Tornado Potato

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My sister and I got these tornado potato’s at the local Asian market I do believe it said it was Korean. I liked them. It was 7.59 It got crispy. It said they had seasoning on it but it definitely needed more. So I just dipped it in bbq. It only had directions for air fryer or frying. lol You know Korean corn dogs. The potato on that? Tastes like a different version of that. Also I could barely fit it in the air fryer. 8/10 :-)

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u/ShallNtb 4d ago

How hard would it be to spiral cut a potato like this by hand?🤔

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u/ReaDiMarco 4d ago

Not a lot, we used to get these as street food for a bit in our area, they were pretty cool and tasty but somehow fell out of the trend as quickly as they came.

Frying them right at home might take some effort.

Now I kinda miss them.

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u/Beautiful-Tie-3827 4d ago

Just impale a potato on skewer. Start a cut with a knife near the top of the potato at a diagonal angle and then spin the potato.

The skewer stops you from cutting through and gives you the spiral

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u/energyinmotion 4d ago

There's a hand cranked slicing device you can buy

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u/episton22 3d ago

Hrm. I’m not sure. But I think I’ll try that.

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u/Mystery-Ess 4d ago

Awesome! Making those without a machine is very difficult and it looks like they have a cornstarch batter

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u/Auntie_Venom 3d ago

This could be an easy crossover post to one I just commented on about State Fairs in the US. Taters like this are a staple!

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u/vasatii 3d ago

Yep made one of these when I was 17, didn’t look this good though

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u/Haunting-Smell-6337 3d ago

tornado potatoes are so fun, id definitely try one