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Prepare two baking sheets or jelly roll pans by covering with parchment paper, aluminum foil sprayed with high heat cooking spray or silicone baking mats.
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Prepare potato strips and place in large bowl.
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Cover potatoes with fresh water and add 1/4 cup kosher salt. Stir.
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Let sit for about an hour.
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Move oven racks to lowest rungs and preheat oven to 450 F.
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After 60 minutes, drain and rinse potatoes and lay on towel to dry.
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Gently press with paper towel to remove as much moisture as possible.
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Dry out bowl used to soak potatoes.
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Place prepared and empty baking sheets in oven for about 5 minutes.
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Add melted coconut oil and 1-2 tsp kosher salt to bowl.
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Add dried potatoes and using your hands, coat them in oil/salt mixture.
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Rinse hands.
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Carefully remove baking sheets from oven and divide potatoes between baking sheets, taking care to keep potatoes from overlapping.
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Place back in oven for 30 min, flipping potatoes after 15 min.
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After 30 min, turn oven off and leave fries in oven for an additional 15 minutes.
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While the fries are doing their thing in the oven, prepare the after dressing in the bowl used to coat the fries. After the final 15 minutes of resting in the "off" oven, the fries are ready to be coated in the after dressing. Sprinkle with the vegan parm and serve.