Why Five Guys always gives you so many extra fries

Why Five Guys always gives you so many extra fries

Five Guys is one of many quick-service chains that have swept across the country, and the restaurant's peculiarities are part of the reason why. The untold truth of Five Guys is that quality ingredients and a few marketing tricks elevated them to a level where they could refuse to serve the Pentagon. While it might be one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains in the world, according to Forbes, the decision to franchise while maintaining high-quality food is what fueled their expansion, enabling them to sell more than 300 options for units in 18 months (via Five Guys). Of course, the public's need for incredibly good, seemingly endless french fries was also helpful.

Five Guys takes french fries quite seriously. They only use potatoes grown in Idaho above the 42nd parallel to ensure they have the right texture and flavor. The company also doesn't believe in freezers, which means that the fries are never frozen (via Delish). The quick-service cooks only use peanut oil to fry the potatoes too, which gives them a rich, buttery flavor that melts in the mouth (via Reader's Digest). Finally, the potatoes are twice-fried, once to pre-cook and a second time to get them perfectly crisp with a soft interior according to Taste of Home. Once the spuds are fried, they're shaken exactly 15 times–no more, no less–before being served. This carefully honed technique is designed to keep everything in order with the Five Guys science of burgers and fries.