Easy five-step hack for crispy croquettes – and they're as tasty as roast potatoes

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foodie showed how to make a bowl of delicious croquettes – dubbed Tater Tots – in five simple steps.Montana, from Brisbane, Australia, shares her passion of cooking with fans on TikTok.An in a recent video, she shared a top tip for making crispy fried spuds with a fluffy soft texture inside.In her video, which has now been viewed more than 4.3 million times, the cooking guru grabs a potato while giving instructions: "Peel and grate your potatoes."Cook the grated potatoes for about five minutes in olive oil and salt."Then she removes them and drops them in cling film-covered glass container.As she presses the parboiled spuds with a spatula, she moulds them into a rectangular shape and keeps them in a freezer until they turn solid.Then when they're ready, use a neutral flavoured oil like vegetable or canola to fry.To check if the oil is hot enough, use Montana's handy hack.She recommended: "Test it with a chopstick – it will bubble when it's ready."The next step is to chop the frozen potatoes into cubes and toss them in cornflour before dropping them into the oil. Want to bring a little glamour to your life every day with all the most exciting real-life stories, fashion and even sex tips HOT off the press?Well, we've got you covered with our great new Hot Topics newsletter - it'll drop straight into your inbox around 7pm and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.And signing up now means you'll get a front row seat for our great new series inside the lives of the next generation of Daily Star Page 3 girls.You can sign up here - you won't regret it...The cooking time takes about five to seven minutes.Just make sure you season them when they turn golden and crispy.Viewers joked they started "grating potatoes" as soon as they.