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Today sharing lip-smacking famous McCains"Potato Smiley Faces Recipe" for foodies. It's an easy potato snack recipe that you can quickly prepare at home. Crispy and crunchy smiles are savory in taste. Kid's favorite snacks due to its happy face. Normally people take potato smiles bag from grocery stores and just fry or bake at home but here is simple and easy recipe for you guys that you can easily follow by watching the video tutorial.

In my potato snacks recipe creation, making potato smiles is fun and love to make it again and again. If you have kids at house then they will give you quality time by making smiley faces in a different way. I give this task to my son and every time he makes something creative so try it with your kids. I am sure you will get a variety.

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There are multiple ways to make potato smiles. You can easily bake, grill or fry as per your choice. Here are some common questions that people ask;

How to Make McCain Smiles at Home?

People love Mccain smiles as it's super tasty and crispy in taste. Making Mccain style smiles at home is simple and easy. For this, you can bake your smiles in oven at 180 degree or gas mark 4. It will almost take 15 to 20 minutes to get a light golden brown color.

Can I Make Potato Smiley in Microwave?

Yes, you can make in the microwave too but your microwave should be equipped with grill and convection.

What is the Normal Temperature for Frying the Smiles?

I feel fried potato smiles are much more crispy and juicy from inside. You can simply fry at 180 celsius. If you will fry on extra high temperature then it will burn out.

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10 Tips to Make Perfect Potato Smiley

1. Perfect mash boiled potatoes so it would be evenly smooth.
2. Don't forget to add cornflour.
3. If you don't have cornflour then you can add rice flour.
4. Soaked bread will make it crispy from outside and juicy from inside.
5. Properly dust with All-purpose flour. This step will make it handy to design a perfect smiley face.
6. Use a straw to make eyes.
7. Roll the spoon in flour to create the perfect mouth part.
8. Never place smiley in extremely hot oil. It will instantly turn dark in that way.
9. Always fry on medium temperature from both sides.
10. Make sure to take out on kitchen paper to absorb excessive oil.

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Ingredients:

• Boil Potatoes - ½ KG
• Salt - 1 Tsp
• Black Pepper - 1 Tsp
• Corn Flour - ½ Cup
• Bread Slices - 4
• Oil - For Frying

Method:

Enjoy and have a lovely eating time!

1. In a bowl, add boiled potatoes and mash properly.
2. Season with salt and black pepper.
3. Also, add cornflour.
4. Soak bread pieces in 100 ml water for 2 minutes.
5. Squeeze water from the bread and add in potatoes.
6. Mix well to form an even dough. (Don't knead the dough)
7. On a rolling board, place parchment paper and dust with flour.
8. Roll the potato dough on parchment paper to avoid sticking.
9. Now cut into a small circular shape using a cutter.
10. Using a straw makes a shape of eyes and using spoon carve the lip shape.
11. Leave it for 10 to 20 minutes to get settled in the fridge.
12. Shallow fry the potato smiley on medium temperature until golden brown from both sides.
13. Take out on kitchen paper.
14. Serve with ketchup or mayo sauce.

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