Roasties from Tinned Tatties Experiment

Please note this video was just an experiment. I am fully aware of the usual way to cook roast potatoes. And apologies for the dark lighting in some shots.
This is my attempt at doing Bald Foodie Guys experimental video he did a few months back when he made roast potatoes from tinned potaoes that were from Aldi. I got it to work but I should have par boiled them a bit longer maybe and also rough them up prior to adding them to the oil. Probably would have worked much better then I reckon. So if you give this a go, try roughing them up first before putting them in the oil.
Here's the link to Bald Foodie Guys video that gave me the inspiration to do the one I did as a follow up.
• Does it work?? AIR FRY...
Cheers everyone. 👍.

[@clarallandrs7799]

Miles I’ve just found you! And have watched all your cooking videos! The curry was great too! Great video! Please tell me you’ll be uploading more?!

[@milesfb]

Hi Clara. Thanks for watching my few videos I have on ny channel. I will do a few more as and when, hopefully soon. Im no professional camera man or presenter but I try my best. Any chance you could give a like to this one? Many thanks Clara. 👍.

[@clarallandrs7799]

@@milesfb oh I hope to see more of you! There’s something wonderfully warm and familiar about your videos! Like you’re watching a friend! Please if possible do more!

[@bigjoeangel]

Tinned potatoes taste the best when you cook them in the tin over an open fire in the woods, then eat them with a pen-knife straight out of the tin. They are extra enjoyable when it's all you've got and it's cold out.

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

Wouldnt you have to make a small indent so the can doesnt explode due to the pressure? Just speaking from personal experience

[@bigjoeangel]

@@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer Just take the lid off first.

[@PotatoPirate123]

A lot of effort for potatoes that work out more expensive than fresh potatoes, but an interesting experiment and a good end result. I bet they would have been even nicer with the real deal though, The problem with tinned potatoes is that they are - out of necessity - waxy potatoes, so they don’t go soft like starchy potatoes do. It’s possible to get some sort of crunch on them but they will never have the fluffy texture and glassy crunch of a Maris piper or a King Edward.

[@milesfb]

Hi Potatoe Pirate. Thanks for your feedback. I think I could have got them to come out better if I had of roughed them up prior to putting them in the oil. The way I did in the video where I did it the other way round made the potatoes too slippery so they were bound not to rough up - something I only realised after I did it. But the whole thing was just an experiment to see if I could do it using tinnes tatties - but now I know where I went wrong I will try again - in a follow up video hopefully. Cheers.

[@PotatoPirate123]

@@milesfb I have actually tried the same thing with tinned potatoes, although I boiled mine to try and wash off the tinny taste. You can make tinned potatoes taste half decent if you submerge them in liquid (curry for example) or season and roast them for long enough, but they still have a kind of ‘dead’ flavour that doesn’t quite hit the mark. I think it’s fun to play around with stuff like this but if you’re boiling or pressure cooking your potatoes then it definitively makes sense to buy fresh potatoes. The Aldi wonky fresh potatoes are 4.2p per 100g while these (drained) tinned potatoes work out at over over twice as much (more than 10p per 100g).

[@gailgulliver8970]

Thank you for your share.

[@SirReginaldBlomfield1234]

Can't see the point of parboiling as they have been pressure cooked to death in the can ! I just open and drain, dry, then drop in air fryer, spray with oil of choice and season towards the end of cooking with flavours of your choice, easy. No messing around with bowls garlic crushers or any other stuff that needs cleaning up. You truly made a meal of this. 🙈

[@blackbob3358]

I'll totally agree with that, regie boy. Essentially, it was a load of blox !!

[@katperson7332]

That’s exactly the way I do it and they’re fine.

[@davidgomm6043]

tip drain, wipe, then put flour on then cook in oil job done

[@milesfb]

Cheers David. 👍

[@pebbles25869]

I was going to say the same. Skip the pressure cooking step. Coat in either flour or semolina, and half way through gently push down with a fork

[@barbara1407]

Love these potatoes. Drain them. Chop them so the pieces are all roughly same size - spray them with oil, sprinkle with salt, garlic granules, paprika and rosemary if you have it and cook in the air fryer for 15 mins at 180%. Crisp and gorgeous. Non of the pressure cooker, which will just overcook them.

[@milesfb]

Cheers Barbara

[@jayjaysalvation3366]

I'm the same as you Barbara :)

[@budgetcookinguk]

Really enjoyed watching that Miles, you should do more ninja foodi cooking vlogs for sure👍👍

[@milesfb]

Hi. Thanks for your wonderful comment. 👍

[@aliciacurtin2352]

Really enjoyed this and your other videos Miles! Looking forward to the next one! :-)

[@milesfb]

Thanks Alicia. Much appreciated. And I'll do some more soon. 👍.

[@CarolandDave]

I crush them slightly with a masher before roasting

[@lindabiggs3905]

Just fry in hot oil 😲job done

[@tenuousgrip6599]

Fun little experiment and you end up making something out of nothing, a tasty looking final result! Well done!

[@milesfb]

Thanks TG 👍.

[@foxymc01]

I absolutely love tinned potatoes deep fry'd. With tomato sauce over them. stopped doing them because the way they explode. Too dangerous. Even with a lid on my PTSD came out from burning my kitchen down when i was younger. I think they explode because they've been sitting , absorbing the water so much. Definitely a different taste than normal roasties. But so nice.

[@tonypetts6663]

We call tinned potatoes "emergency potatoes" in our house. We've used them for roasties when they're the only ones in the house and they turn out alright. However a word of warning, they have a habit of exploding, as witnessed by the scar on my right forearm still there some 30 odd years later!

[@milesfb]

Cheers.

[@BaldFoodieGuy]

Cheers Miles 👍👍

[@milesfb]

Cheers Gareth. Thanks for approving my video. Your experiment worked for me with the extra step of pressure cooking. But it was still difficult to rough / fluff them up because of their spherical shape. I maybe shouldn't have added the oil prior to shaking them. I'll continue to experiment a bit more with them. All the best 👍.

[@wendynewman1814]

Very good. I will try this. 👍

[@milesfb]

Cheers Wendy. 👍.

[@jayjaysalvation3366]

They looked lovely...but oh my gosh..pressure cooking tinned pots?? !! etc and dishes galore to wash! I just air fry them and they are lovely..:) but deffo watchable vid :)

[@leahmiles8044]

Great video Miles 👍

[@milesfb]

Cheers thanks Leah. 👍

[@moorjock]

Olive oil is great but for roasties you need a high flash point veg oil, extra virgin rapeseed or suchlike, to give them a true roast

[@milesfb]

Cheers Dave

[@cosh5]

Lard!

[@dinointhetube7952]

How long did this video take to make including washing up etc ? I’m gonna say about an hour and a half all the pots pans frier pressure all for tiny amount of potatoes. No wonder your so thin 😂how long for a pot noodle 30 min only joking 😂 I would pour out of tin put in microwave with water for few mins if they break a little that’s ok there roughed up. Then drain little oil in air frier to get crispy.

[@milesfb]

Hi Dino. Thanks for watching my vlog. In total you are spot on. It was about an hour and a half.to make it. It was an experiment to just see if fairly good Roasties could be made from tinned potatoes using the air fryer. Im aware there are others ways including the tradiational and classic methods. But thank you for your feedback. Please give it a like. Cheers. 👍

[@roderickkennedy2192]

liked and subbed, thank's for stream

[@paulineberkeley7169]

Buy 40p normal potato done ,what a palaver be alright in a nuclear bunker if your desperate for roasties ,curry powder sorry not roast potatoes 😡

[@milesfb]

Hi Pauline. Thanks for your feedback. It was just an experiment to see if it could be done with tinned tatties and it worked. But yes making Roasties from normal potates is what I usually do. As for my seasoning, well that was an experiment too. They tasted quite good. Cheers. 👍

[@yvonnerobertson4707]

They look great

[@milesfb]

Thanks Yvonne. They'd have been even better had I been able to fluff and rough them up a bit more at the par boiling stage.

[@yvonnerobertson4707]

I thought they looked great I think I'm going to do these at some point as I have Tins of potatoes the same so I will give them a go

[@vincentneale2620]

Aldi just increased the price of these potatotes by 15% in the last week - now cheaper tinned potatoes in all the other major surpermarkets

[@mrsteadyhands6408]

Hey, good video. What model Ninja is that? (Directed here from bald foodie guy vid). New sub 👍

[@milesfb]

Hi Mr Steady Hands. The model is Ninja Foodi MAX 9-in-1 Multi-Cooker 7.5L OP500UKDBBL It currently £229.99 on the Ninja Kitchen website. I got it for £179.99 at the time (Nov 2021). It was a black Friday deal. So if you want one wait for a sale or shop around a bit. Its current price on Ninja Kitchen is a bit expensive. Also thanks for your kind words about my video. Cheers. 👍.

[@mrsteadyhands6408]

@@milesfb thank you for the info, all the best 👍

[@bobrussell1957]

All looks great execpt the curry powder - that would cause bad baboon bum for me! Great video! 👍😀👍

[@PUNKinDRUBLIC72]

A southerner saying tatties?

[@ryansim7818]

Nice job hi from Canada

[@milesfb]

Cheers Ryan. 👍

[@stuart7999]

Tinned roast potatoes well done Miles ( # watch out for them Wheelie bins 😀 )

[@Gwing7061]

Hello just found your channel Miles , thànks for the tips 🌻

[@davidgomm6043]

for the amount of potatoes to much oil

[@michaeldunham3385]

Really?

[@sharonmitra1852]

Can't beat the real thing, but interesting. If you fancied some roast tatties and only had tinned, they would suffice. A lot of people are given these by food banks, so you might just be the inspiration people need to make something from nothing. Well done ✔️ It's a 10/10 from me. 😊

[@milesfb]

Thank you Sharon. You are most kind. 👍.

[@geoffjoffy]

Haha, clever man. Lovely tatties.😋

[@milesfb]

Thanks Geoff. Im thinking of making a follow up video to show an improved version where I would rough up the potatoes better first. But not doing it just yet. Many thanks for watching it. 👍.

[@geoffjoffy]

@@milesfb This cost of living crisis has forced me to eat foods I normally wouldn't eat like beans and spaghetti because they're cheap. 🤣Cheers.

[@andrewpearson3644]

Great video pal just subscribed 👍👍👍

[@milesfb]

Cheers Andrew. Thanks for watching & subscribing to me. 👍.

[@Mike_5]

banger

[@bobrussell1957]

That's a lot of garlic for a few taters. No problem with vampires now.

[@tinawakefield9477]

You would probably got the rustic look, if you gentle scored the potatoes with a fork

[@milesfb]

Cheers Tina. Thats good feedback. 👍.

[@jimmybrennan9249]

You should have spun them in the sieve on the wire mesh

[@milesfb]

Yes I agree. That would have made a good difference. Thanks for your feedback and for watching. Please give it a like if you liked it. 👍

[@blackbob3358]

Looks a lot of work for "tinned taties" but the end product looked as if it was worth it. I'd give it a bash, but one slight problem; I do'nt own an air fryer. Been arguing with mi self for 12 months as to should i invest in one. ( I'm being swayed ! )

[@milesfb]

Hi. Thanks for watching it. It was just an experiment. Would have been even better had I been able to 'rough up' the potatoes. But yes they turned out quite good. And I highly recommend the Airfryer. Mine is a Ninja OP500. Heres the link but shop around too. ninjakitchen.co.uk/product/ninja-foodi-max-9-in-1-multi-cooker-7-5l-op500uk-zidOP500UK

[@dollybearzz8401]

🤔 I think you gave yourself an unnecessary task there! All these tinned potatoes 🥔 need after straining and rinsing is just coating in a good oil, seasoned to your liking and popped into the air fryer for a few minutes, depending on the wattage. 🤷‍♀️

[@milesfb]

The whole idea was just an experiment really to see if it.could be done. But thanks for watching.

[@darrenwootton2007]

They already cooked in the tin

[@ericharris4834]

What a palaver Just boil the potato

[@maureenharris8255]

You will never get fluffy roasties from tinned pots because they are made from new potatoes which don't have the same texture as old potatoes which propper roast spuds are traditionally made from. Good compromise although a bit of a faff.

[@milesfb]

Hi Maureen. Thanks for watching. Had I not oiled them before I tried to rough them up they would have roughed up a bit better, that was my mistake which I learnt from. Yes it was a faff but the purpose was it was just an experiment. Cheers.

[@maureenharris8255]

@@milesfb I enjoyed watching it!

[@lizcarr1330]

Need to rough them up in a colander and def need veg oil

[@milesfb]

Correct. Thats what I said in the description. And thanks for watching. 👍

[@jeannorman7126]

I give them a quick shake in the wire strainer

[@milesfb]

I tried that but because I added the oil first it made them slippery so they woudlnt 'rough up' properly. But i learnt from it. Thanks for watching 👍.

[@MrAcook61798]

" Try not to take too long ".......lol ............................ what a long drawn out performance for roast potatoes.

[@milesfb]

I know but it was just an experiment. Thanks for watching. 👍.

[@scouse_till_i_die]

Great video miles 👍

[@milesfb]

Cheers. 👍