Before we talk about salt and vinegar french fries, let’s talk grilled french fries. Have you ever made them before? I wasn’t familiar with them until I saw them on a cooking show last summer and I was immediately hooked. It was around the time when we had first moved to Tucson and Eric, myself, and Cheeto were living in a place that was literally the size of a closet.
The only appliances I had to cook with were a hot place, a microwave, and a toaster oven. Thankfully we also had a grill outside and I pretty much grilled everything for those 3 months. So, when I saw this grilled french fry recipe I was pretty much in heaven. I think we probably ate grilled fries a few times a week last summer. And, although we now have a full kitchen I still make sure to get my grilled fry fix a few times a month, especially in the summer time!
Now we can talk about salt and vinegar! Are you as obsessed with all things vinegar as I am?! In my opinion, salt and vinegar chips are pretty much the best chip flavor ever, so it only makes sense to make salt and vinegar french fries! I saw a recipe in Bon Apetit a while ago for crispy salt and vinegar potatoes and I knew that I needed them in my life ASAP.
You boil the potato wedges in a mixture of vinegar and water, this really allows for the vinegar flavor to get deep into the potato and that is exactly what we want. Then you coat the wedges with a little bit of olive oil and salt and throw them onto the grill. Since the potato is already fully cooked, the grill just gives it a nice smokey flavor and some pretty awesome looking grill marks. If you are a salt and vinegar chip lover, you will LOVE these!
If you don’t have a grill, these would work just as well if you roasted them in the oven or in a pan with some olive oil and salt. But, if you do have a grill, you definitely need to get grilling!
It looks like I’m not the only ones who loves the grill š This little guy stayed on the grill nob the entire time I grilled the fries and I didn’t have the heart to kick him off.
While the fries were grilling I decided to walk around the yard and take some photos! Eric bought me this golden barrel cactus for my birthday last year. Although it hasn’t gotten much bigger, it has grown a ton more spikes!
I never get sick of staring at palm trees!
Salt & Vinegar Grilled Potato Wedges
Ingredients
- 3 – 4 russet potatoes
- 3 cups distilled white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon olive oil
- coarse sea salt
- chopped chives for garnish, if desired
Instructions
- Cup potatoes into large wedges. Place potato wedges into a medium sized pot. Pour in vinegar and then fill the rest of the way with water, about 7 cups, make sure all potato wedges are covered with liquid.
- Bring water to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer for 35 – 40 minutes until potatoes are fork tender, but not falling apart.
- Drain potatoes and place them into a large bowl. Let cool for a few minutes. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt. Toss to coat potato wedges.
- Heat the grill to medium heat and place potato wedges on the grill. Grill for about 10 – 15 minutes, flipping occasionally.
- Sprinkle with coarse sea salt and garnish with chopped chives, if desired.
- Category: Side, Gluten Free, Vegan
These fries would go really well with a cold beer!
I love that you took a classic chip flavor combo and added it to potatoes! So creative! And, grilled potatoes is the only way I’ll eat them in the summer. We use foil packets to cook sliced potatoes on the grill. So easy…
Hi Bri! I now want to make my own potato chips out of all the other potato chip flavors I love! I totally agree, grilled potatoes are the only way! I kinda cheated with these and cooked most of them inside, but I think I will have to try your way of grilling them in foil next time!
Grilled french fries — I love it! And who can resist the salt and vinegar combo?
Thanks Nicole! I don’t think anyone can resist the combo! It is definitely a match made in heaven š
Oh my goodness….I feel like my life might change in serious ways! I’ve never grilled potatoes before but I love the idea. And I’ve always loved salt and vinegar chips, so I have no doubt I’d love these!
Haha! Thanks Monet! You do most of the cooking inside, but the grill just gives them an amazing flavor that nothing else can match! The vinegar also makes them amazing!
I love love love salt and vinegar potato chips but because of their unhealthiness I rarely eat them. This is a phenomenal alternative. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I try not to buy them too much either, because I usually eat the entire bag in one sitting! I’m so glad you like these! Thank you, Kathy š
Grilling potatoes has been on my to-do list this summer! It’s so happening this week after one look at these gorgeous ‘thangs! Seriously Izzy, I wanna stuff 20 of them’ gorgeous fries in my mouth STAT. Gorgeous photos too, girl! Pinned. š
Sarah! You need to make these so you can finally cross grilled potatoes off of your to do list!! And also, because they are so good and I know you would just love them! And I will be right there with you stuffing my mouth full of these wedges! Thanks so much for pinning, girl!
Sending you the biggest virtual high 5 ever because I am swooning over these potato wedges! Potatoes… they get me weak in the knees! Pinned!
Hi Pamela! Thanks so much for stopping by! I’m sending you a huge virtual high 5 right back š They get me weak I knees too!!
These looks so delicious! I don’t have much experience with chips, and have never tried the vinegar kind! Oh well. I guess I prefer potatoes prepared more like you did, grilled! I would have love these last week when I was battling a double ear infection and just needed a little comfort food!!
Plus, I think russets really work the best for this type of recipe! Maybe that’s why Wendy’s uses russet potatoes for their fries (I wish I didn’t even know that).
Love the little picture of your golden barrel cactus, so cute!
You must try the vinegar kind!! They will pretty much blow your mind! But, I do have to say that I LOVE fries, so I much prefer my potatoes in French fry form as well. Oh no, I hope you are feeling better!
I love experimenting with all kinds of potatoes, but russets seem to be a great one that pretty much work with every recipe. Haha, that is funny, I had no idea that Wendy’s uses them, but they must be onto something!
Salt and vinegar potato chips are my favorite, so i loved that you made potato wedges! Your pictures are gorgeous…I just want to reach into my computer and grab one of these beauties!
They are my favorite too, there is something so tasty about them! Thank you so much! I’ll have to send some over your way š
OMG I love that picture of Cheeto. My cats for some reason refuse to cat when it comes to boxes and never play the “if I fits, I sits” game. They just like to crush cardboard like little kitty godzillas. Oh, and I definitely agree about salt and vinegar chips being THE BEST. Since I wholely agree that grilled fries are 8000% times better than french fries, I have to declare this the most delicious thing ever, and I haven’t even had a chance to eat it yet. Getting to this ASAP
Thanks Kelly! I wonder why your cats don’t like boxes, “If I fits, I sits” I’ve never heard that before, but that is so awesome!! That seems to be Cheeto’s favorite game and sometimes It is hard to find him because he is so stashed away! Yes! Grilled fries are SOOO much better than French fries!! I hope you love these fries, Kelly! š
Wow, these wedges sound amazing! Definitely the perfect side dish for a BBQ!
Thanks Jess! They would be great for a BBQ, I might just have to have a BBQ this weekend as an excuse to make them again š
I just saw another recipe for grilled potatoes. Now, I see these amazing potatoes. It is a sign…I need to make some potatoes š
I’m intrigued by cooking the pototoes in vinegar !
Yes, it is definitely a sign that you must grill some potatoes asap! If you like salt and vinegar chips, you will love potatoes cooked in vinegar š
I love the idea of grilling potato wedges! My husband loves sea salt and vinegar anything, I bet he’d love these. I would’ve never thought to boil them either, so genius!
My husband loves salt & Vinegar anything too! I had never thought to cook potatoes like this either until I saw it in Bon Apetit, now I want to cook all my potatoes in vinegar! They were also really fun to grill š
Love you grilled the potatoes wedges instead of baking! It is summer time so lets get our grill on!
Thanks Olivia! I make baked fries all the time, but there is something about grilling them that gives them a nice summery taste! Yes! Let’s get our grill on š
I love the idea of grilled potato wedges! What a great idea! Salt and vinegar are my favorite chip flavors, especially when I’m eating a turkey sandwich. I bet these salt and vinegar potato wedges are even better!
Hi Natalie! Thank you! I usually just put some salt, pepper, garlic powder, and other spices on them to grill them, but now that I discovered salt and vinegar potatoes I have been making these all the time! Salt and vinegar chips are the best and now I’m craving a sandwich and a bag of chips!
Awww your cat in the beer box is cracking me up! ha! I really love the idea of grilled fries! I have never had them, but everything is better grilled! š And I am totally addicted to salt and vinegar chips so these are right up my alley!
Haha, yeah, Cheeto is pretty crazy with where he likes to take naps, haha! You are so right, everything is better grilled!! And these are super easy because you do most of the actual cooking inside, and just use the grill to give them that delicious grilled flavor. I’m so addicted to salt and vinegar chips too, they never stay around too long in my house!
Oh man I’ve got to have these! I love vinegar in just about everything and salt/vinegar potato chips are the best!
You will definitely love these fries then, Leah! I hope you really enjoy them if you give them a try š
Awesome. Can’t wait to try. My son and husband love all things salt & vinegar, so I bet they’ll be a winner around here!
I’ll be honest…. the grill intimidates me, unless it’s kebabs. Or vegetables (that can totally be underdone). That said, the fact that these fries are mostly cooked inside might be a nice transition for me!
Thanks Savanah! Yes, they will definitely love these fries! The grill used to intimidate me too, I would usually just prepare whatever was going on and then give it to Eric to do the turning on of the grill part and cooking everything. We got a new grill last summer and it is super easy to turn on and I’ve used it so many times now that I know exactly how to position food so it cooks correctly. You should give the grill a try, once you figure it out you will want to use it all the time š These fries would be a great way to get used to it!
Izzy! These look incredible! I love the method of cooking the potatoes in vinegar. I think I need to do that with all of my veggies… Muwahaha. I grill most of my vegetables these days, it is soooo tasty. I had a deep fryer a couple of years ago and I could never get the temperature right, so I ended up with a stomach ache and burnt/limp fries… eeeeew. I much prefer baked fries now. So much tastier! And now grilled wedges are on my mind. Going to give this recipe a try ASAP when I get back to my kitchen. I wonder what sweet potato S&V wedges would be like? Ahhh!
Gorgeous shots of the plants. The palm tree looks like it would be a great computer background, actually. Haha Cheeto -I will never understand how animals find certain positions comfortable!
Talk to you soon girlfriend! xo
Al! I totally had you in mind when I made these!! Vinegar grilled veggies sound delicious! Soon, both of us are just going to be cooking everything in vinegar, I can see it now and it is glorious! I’ve been grilling all my veggies too these days and it makes them so much better, and much less clean up which I am a huge fan of. I had a friend in college who had a deep fryer and we would have deep fryer parties where we would deep fry everything! Thankfully I don’t do that anymore, haha! My stomach is hurting just thinking about it. I also much prefer baked fries over fried fries anyday. Yes, you do need to try these when you get back home, they are calling your name! Ohh, now I am intrigued by sweet potato salt and vinegar flavor, hmmm… I did try making grilled sweet potato wedges once and they worked out pretty well, but did fall apart a little more than the regular potatoes.
Thank you for the sweet compliment about the yard shots! I can be so much fun taking photos of all the strange plants we have here! I know! Animals are crazy! I remember hearing some noise and then quiet for a while and when I looked behind the couch, he was fast asleep in that box, haha! I hope your trip is going awesomely and that you are eating lots of great food! š
Reason #6524 why I need a grill….these potatoes look like a summer must-have! How did you know that salt and vinegar was my favorite chip flavor?!
Yes!! You do need a grill!! Once you get the hang of using them they are awesome! All cool people love salt and vinegar potato chips, so it only makes sense that they are your favorite š
These are so great Izzy, love the flavors!!
Thank you so much, Matt! Salt & vinegar are the best flavors!