Yep, the best french fries I ever had were fried in duck fat. I got them from a food truck.
Where do you get duck fat, though? Can you buy it at the store?
Yes, we got ours through Walmart vendor online. Pure duck fat, doesn’t need refrigerating until opened. The name of it was “good vittles” duck fat. Walmart isn’t carrying it anymore evidently, but they do,have other smaller options- but Amazon has it, and several online vendors carry it.
This is what we bought- 2 gallons, five lbs.
https://www.amazon.com/Antibiotic-Free-Duck-Fat-Gallons/dp/B01M1LON19
It’s expensive, but, you can strain the duc, fat after frying fries or potatoes or whatever really. And reuse it several times. We use a cheese cloth to strain it. Plop it in fridge, and scoop out what we need next time. Once it starts losing its flavor somewhat, we use it then for cooking eggs till it’s gone.
Also, cook fingerling potatoes in the fat, stirring often to coat all the potatoes. Throw on some dill. Salt pepper and wow! Good eats!
I’d also imagine that hashbrowns would be really good cooked in it too.
I gotta try to find goose fat somewhere too. We also use beef tallow, though I don’t really taste much flavor with it like I do with duck fat.
I’m lucky. I have friends that duck hunt. 😎😎. Try Harris Teeter. They usually have some odd stuff. If not. Online. Also if you have a real hunting/fishing store close by go in and ask one of the good old boys where you can buy it.