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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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Home-kitchen amounts for 4 — standard home-cooking quantities for this dish, not the chain’s recipe (chains do not publish theirs).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
- Peel the potatoes and cut into thick sticks about 1.5 cm wide. Soak in cold water 30 minutes, then drain.
- Parboil in salted water 5 minutes until just tender at the edges but still firm in the middle. Drain and steam-dry 5 minutes.
- First fry at 160°C for 5 minutes until pale and soft. Lift out and rest 10 minutes.
- Second fry at 190°C for 3–4 minutes until deep golden and crisp outside, fluffy inside.
- 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.
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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.
