Yes, potatoes do make the ingredient list.

But it’s not all good news. In January this year, McDonald’s revealed what actually makes up those addictive little sticks of goodness – the French fry.

And we were surprised. Well, sort of.

Hidden beneath that mouth-watering crunch are 14 different chemicals. One of which is petrol-based (tertiary butylhydroquinone) and another is a silicone found in Play-Doh (dimethylpolysiloxane). Yes, we’re serious.

Check out the findings here. (Post continues after video…)

With this in mind, the people over at Pop Sugar have created a recipe that excludes all of the nasty chemicals needed to cook French fries on an industrial scale.

Food blogger Brandi Milloy said, “Unless you plan on starting a franchise from your kitchen you don’t need a lot of them [chemicals].”

While Brandi’s recipe includes only five ingredients, we’re still pretty impressed.

Take a look.

And here’s the recipe in full:

Bon appétit!