If you have been blessed to live in a town with the marvelous restaurant called Chick-fil-A, you undoubtedly had this question run through your mind: “How does Chick-fil-A make their fries look like this?”

Well, it’s actually pretty darn simple if you have a Mandoline.

A Mandoline is a kind of vegetable slicer with the option of several types of blades. For Chick-fil-A’s waffle type cut, use the fluted cutting plate or blade. This the one with the wavy grooves.

So, after setting up the mandolin with the proper blade, take a potato and slide it down across the blade. This will give the potato a wavy cut like Ruffles Potato Chips.

Then, take the potato and turn it 90 degrees and slice again. Congratulations, you cut your first waffle cut.

Continue rotating the potato 90 degrees as you slice and, before you know it, you’ll have a mountain of potato waffle slices. Then, deep fry them and enjoy your delectable waffle cut fries.

It really is that simple. It's actually a bit disappointing to find out how easy it was. My friends and I spent a good twenty minutes debating how they were made, concocting all sorts of elaborate plans, but nothing as simple and efficient as this.

If you want to watch a demonstration of how to waffle cut a potato, check out this short video.