Who doesn’t love an oven chip? Those reliable bastions of the freezer, always there when needed, providing a quick and easy side to all manner of dishes, from breaded chicken and fish fingers, to steak. The ultimate TV dinner food beloved by children and adults (they make an excellent post-drink snack with lots of ketchup).
Those raised on the frozen chips of yore will now find a dazzlingly wide array of options in supermarket freezers, from curly to French fries, right up to cheffy triple-cooked or beef-fat chips.
In this taste test I went for the old-school, those labelled merely “frozen chips” or “homestyle chips” or similar, with a smattering of French fries added, as sometimes (with a burger for example), the thinner option is preferable.
While most can now be cooked in air fryers – or fried if you’re feeling gluttonous – I stuck to the classic oven method, cooking each according to their packet instructions. A fair few barely took on any colour in the suggested time so, acknowledging that every oven is different, I allowed for a few extra minutes on the recommended time.
In my blind tasting, I tried several of each brand to sample a variety of shapes and sizes (the range of small and crunchy to large and fluffy is one of the joys of good chip shop chips). Each brand was tested both on its own and with ketchup, but without added salt, as the majority had some added salt already.
Undeniably, many oven chips fall into the ultra-processed food category. While a couple I tried contained just potato and oil, others had a host of additives. Some, like dextrose, are there to add colour, as do spice extracts like paprika or turmeric. The likes of xanthan gum and dextrin aid the crisping process, as do starches.
To avoid these, look for those with no additives. Although, making your own at-home oven chips is simple. Cut potatoes into batons, mix with a bit of oil, salt and semolina for added crunch, and cook in the oven on high until golden.
Lidl homestyle chips
£1.59 for 1kg, Lidl
Very pale, I had to return these to the oven for a few more minutes. Rather bland, too – despite including salt in the ingredients list, I couldn’t taste much. These were dry and – surprisingly, considering they don’t contain too many additives – tasted a little artificial. And there wasn’t a huge amount of oil or potato flavour.
2/5
Waitrose Essential straight cut oven chips
£1.75 for 900g, Waitrose
One of the sparsest ingredient lists, with a high potato content and just rapeseed and sunflower oils as extras, proving additives are sometimes unnecessary. There was a nice mix of long and short chips, like you’d get at a chippy, and they had nice golden edges. Perfect texture but lacking in salt (which can, of course, be added).
4/5
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£3 for 1.2kg, Morrisons
A slightly higher price, although the bag was one of the bigger ones I tested. These tasted well seasoned – one of the few that didn’t need salt added – and were relatively oily but not swimming in it. There was an excellent balance between crunchy exteriors and soft interiors, with a mix of some more soggy and some more crunchy (as I like with a bag of chip shop chips). These would go perfectly with fish. A winner for me.
4.5/5
McCain homestyle chips straight
£3.50 for 1kg, Coop
Fairly uniform long batons with a gentle touch of seasoning. Very fluffy inside, and some were thinner than others, providing a good level of crunch. Although the texture was perfect, the flavour wasn’t quite as good as the Morrisons – these would work wonderfully with sausages and gravy.
4.5/5
Sainsbury’s extra crispy chips with skin on
£2.65 for 900g, Sainsbury’s
Of all the chips tested, these had the lowest potato content at just 87 per cent, with plenty of additives making up the numbers. They were quite pale but there was a nice, rugged, beaten-up texture, like homemade roast potatoes. While the texture was great, the flavour was a little let down by artificial backnotes.
3.5/5
Iceland straight cut fry chips
£1.15 for 900g, Iceland
Excellent value, and an impressively minimalist ingredients list, but overall rather bland. Smaller than many of its rivals, most chips were around an inch long and tasted a bit like those you’d get in a hospital meal. They were all crunch, with little texture inside, like biting into air.
2.5/5
M&S homestyle chips
£3.10 for 1kg, M&S
Rather long batons which came out of the oven nicely golden yellow. They were lacking in flavour, however, and while there was a pleasant crunch, the inside was a touch powdery in the mouth. Great with vinegar and ketchup but middling on their own.
3.5/5
And three French fries…
Aldi Four Seasons French fries
£1.35 for 1kg, Aldi
Very long and thin fries, but not the most crunchy. There was a certain artificial note – unsurprising considering the lengthy list of ingredients – and some were so thin they were practically chewy.
2/5
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Tesco French fries, thin and crispy
£1.99 for 1.5kg, Tesco
Pretty good value, these had a strong potato flavour. They were possibly the most oily of the chips and fries I tried – glistening straight from the oven – but that probably added to the flavour. There was also a nice fluffy texture under the crunchy exterior.
3.5/5
Albert Bartlett classic fries
£3.20 for 900g, Waitrose
Whereas some fries can be so thin there’s no texture beyond crunch, these were nicely crisp yet soft inside. That the fries weren’t all uniform gave them a homely feel too. A touch on the greasy side (as I find tends to be the case with the fries), these feel more indulgent than the average oven chip and were my winner from the fries selection.
4/5
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