Red Rooster-Style Chips at Home

Red Rooster copycat · ⏱ 45 mins · Difficulty: Easy · Serves 4 · By Sophie Bernard

Thick-cut chips, parboiled then double-fried and seasoned. The real Chips are $4.90, 1,350 kJ. Copycat method follows the standard thick-cut double-fry technique; no dedicated Red Rooster chips recipe was found.

The Original

Chips
Price: $4.90 (pickup)
Energy: 1,350 kJ (323 cal)
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Homemade Red Rooster-style thick-cut chips, golden and seasoned

Ingredients

Home-kitchen amounts for 4 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs). Difficulty: Easy.

  • 1 kg floury potatoes (sebago or King Edward)
  • Cold water, for soaking
  • 1 tsp fine salt
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes and cut into thick sticks about 1.5 cm wide. Soak in cold water 30 minutes, then drain.
  2. Parboil in salted water 5 minutes until just tender at the edges but still firm in the middle. Drain and steam-dry 5 minutes.
  3. First fry at 160°C for 5 minutes until pale and soft. Lift out and rest 10 minutes.
  4. Second fry at 190°C for 3–4 minutes until deep golden and crisp outside, fluffy inside.
  5. Toss at once with the salt, garlic powder, paprika and onion powder. Tip: season while the chips are still glistening — seasoning added after they cool slides off — and the parboil is what makes thick-cut chips fluffy inside instead of hard in the middle.

Frequently Asked Questions

How close is this to the real Chips?

This is a home-kitchen copycat, not the chain’s recipe — the chain does not publish its recipe. It is built to sit beside the original: the real Chips is $4.90 for pickup with 1,350 kJ (323 cal). Compare the two before you cook — the home version trades the chain’s equipment for a frypan and an oven.

How long does it take, and how hard is it?

About 45 minutes, rated Easy difficulty, serving 4.

What do I need to make it?

The ingredients are listed below — starting with 1 kg floury potatoes (sebago or King Edward), Cold water, for soaking, 1 tsp fine salt, and 4 more. Quantities are home-kitchen amounts, written to serve 4.

What does the original cost at Red Rooster?

The real Chips is $4.90 (pickup), 1,350 kJ. Prices vary by location and delivery is higher.

Where can I check the original dish?

On its own dish page — open the Chips at Red Rooster page for the price, kJ and calories.

Is this recipe the chain’s official recipe?

No — no Top 10 chain publishes its recipes. Every recipe on this site is a copycat written from the dish’s published description and the home-kitchen method below, and the comparison box shows the real dish’s price and kJ so you can judge it yourself.

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