3 Ways to Cook Crispy, Salty Potatoes Without a Recipe

Watch and learn: These 3 potato dishes are so easy they practically make themselves.
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As much as we love the beauty of simply prepared potatoes, there's a reason we will literally always take French fries over a baked potato, and that reason is because fat is beautiful. Just like these three dishes that are so easy, you don't need a recipe. Let the videos demonstrate how it's done.

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

These skillet-fried spuds are smashed for maximum crispy surface area, not to mention more nooks and crannies for all that garlic- and herb-infused oil.

Homemade Tater Tots

These DIY tots are an offering worthy of the greasy-spoon gods.

Chocolate-Covered Potato Chips

Salty-sweet nirvana. Need we say more?