Chocolate Chip Banana Bread is incredibly soft and tender, loaded with gooey chocolate chips that stay perfectly distributed ...

The fix is starting cold, not hot. Placing the sliced garlic in a cold pan full of cold oil gives you more control, lets the chips cook more slowly and evenly, and imparts a fuller flavor.

The secret of good chips is to cook them twice at two different temperatures, so you will need a deep pan and a thermometer for this recipe. Peel the potatoes and cut lengthways into roughly 1cm ...

Load up a clean tea towel with the chips as you cut them. Put the oil into a wide, heavy-based pan (mine is approximately 28cm/11in diameter and 11cm/4in deep), and add the freshly cut potatoes.