Chef shares trick to make 'perfectly crispy' roast potatoes in just 20 minutes

Secret to crispy roast potatoes. (Courtesy)

Every self-proclaimed master of the Sunday lunch will give you different 'secret' tip guaranteed to result in perfectly crispy roast potatoes. Whether it's setting aside three hours in the oven to achieve optimum results, adding bizarre ingredients like Marmite, or doing the ' seven-minute shuffle ', every home cook has their own way of doing things. But one chef who has revealed his technique likes to keep things simple - and the best part is he says the potatoes are ready to eat in just 20 minutes.

The convenient method is explained in Dan Kluger's cookbook 'Chasing Flavour: Techniques and Recipes to Cook Fearlessly' and it might change the way you cook roast dinners for good. The instructions for crispy salt and pepper potatoes involves no boiling, chopping or heating up oil, and instead uses eggs to achieve crispy potato perfection, Daily Star reports.