Chips are bad?
This is not entirely true!
If you cook them at home, use only natural seasonings and non-rancid butter, then they will be no more harmful than fried potatoes.
And home chips are many times cheaper than purchased.
They can be prepared not only from potatoes, but also from many other interesting products.
So how do you make chips at home?
Home-made chips - general principles of preparation
Classic chips are fried in oil, made from potatoes or mashed potatoes. But it is not necessary to follow these rules. In the microwave or in the oven, you can also cook a good snack, and it’s very easy and simple.
What else are the chips made from besides potatoes:
• Armenian lavash;
• other fruits and vegetables;
• cheese;
• crab sticks.
You can also meet meat or fish chips, but at home they are quite difficult to cook. The product requires pickling, individual selection of temperature, otherwise it will turn out too hard and dry.
How to chop potatoes
It is very important to chop the potatoes thinly, otherwise the finished chips will not be crispy. Optimum thickness up to 1.5 mm. Everyone’s favorite potato chips are made from slices 1 mm thick.
How can you chop potatoes:
1. special grater;
2. with a simple knife;
3. a peeler.
Just cut with a knife long enough and requires a lot of time. In addition, slices can be of different thicknesses, which is not suitable for chips. Better to find a suitable grater. Peeler turns out to do
Recipe 1: How to Make Real Chips at Home
The classic recipe for real chips fried in oil. Of course, but the most healthy way. But very tasty! Before making chips at home, you need to cook a large pan or saucepan, as well as a slotted spoon.
Ingredients
• 5-6 potatoes;
• 300 grams of oil;
• salt, spices.
Cooking
1. Peel the potatoes, cut into thin slices. How and how to do this, see above.
2. Put in a large bowl, fill with cold water and leave for 5 minutes. Then mix and drain. We change the water 3-4 times, it should become completely transparent and not cloudy. We need to wash the starch as best we can.
3. We spread a towel on the table and spread the washed slices. They must be dry so that there are no water droplets on the surface. You can first go through them with napkins to speed up the process.
4. Pour oil into the pan, immediately everything and heat.
5. Lower a handful of potato slices, fry and remove using a slotted spoon. Fold on paper. So you need to overcook all the potatoes.
6. Sprinkle the finished chips with salt and spices, you can use dried herbs. Beautiful chips are obtained with ground paprika, turmeric. After cooling, you can transfer the slices into a paper bag and there they will be wonderful for several days. But still, it is better to use immediately, until they are fresh and accidentally damp.
Recipe 2: How to Make Chips at Home in the Microwave
These chips are low in calories, as they are prepared almost without oil. The technology is simple, but it has one drawback - you can’t cook many chips in the microwave, as its size is limited. Have to lay potatoes several times.
Ingredients
• 3 potatoes;
• spices;
• 1 tsp. oils.
Cooking
1. Peeled potatoes are shredded with thin plates, also washed and dried, as in the previous recipe.
2. Drop in a bowl, add oil, immediately put spices and mix with your hands, try to work out each slice. If you plan to cook several batches, it is better not to salt all the potatoes at once, otherwise a lot of juice will stand out.
3. Now on the microwave tray or large flat dish we lay a silicone mat. You can just grease it with oil, but there is a chance that the slices will stick anyway, as the juice starts to stand out due to the spices.
4. We lay out the plates and send to the microwave.
5. Set the maximum power and fry until cooked. Usually it takes three to five minutes.
6. Take out, transfer the slices into a dry bowl.
7. Grease this plate again. If silicone litter is used, then no need. We lay out new slices and repeat.
Recipe 3: How to Make Chips at Home in the Oven
Cooking in the oven is more convenient than in the microwave, as the size of the pan allows you to immediately decompose a large number of slices. And in ovens with convection, you can immediately place two or three baking sheets, which further simplifies and speeds up the process.
Ingredients
• 5-7 potatoes;
• 30 grams of oil;
• spices.
Cooking
1. We turn the peeled potatoes into thin slices, soak them from starch, and dry them.
2. Cover the baking sheets with foil
3. Add oil to the potato, mix.
4. We lay out in one layer on a baking sheet, send to the oven.
5. Chips are prepared for about 15-20 minutes at 220 degrees, but a lot depends on the thickness of the sliced slices and the characteristics of the stove. Very often, chips are fried unevenly, and some have to be removed ahead of time.
6. You can sprinkle spices with ready-made chips or take out a baking sheet 5 minutes before the end of the process. It’s better not to do it right away, otherwise the slices will not turn out crispy.
Recipe 4: How to make chips at home from pita bread with herbs and garlic
And how much is made of pita bread! Over the past ten years, hundreds of recipes have appeared. And from thin pita bread you can even make chips.
Ingredients
• 2 pita bread;
• a little dill;
• 2/3 tsp dried garlic;
• pepper and salt;
• 3 spoons of butter.
Cooking
1. We make refueling. To do this, dill must be very finely chopped, combined with garlic. If there is no dry, then you can take 2 cloves of fresh and chop. Add salt, pepper and oil, mix and set aside, let it insist.
2. Cut thin pita bread into squares. But you can make triangles, rectangles, the form has no special meaning. It is very important to use a sharp knife.
3. Lay out the pieces on a baking sheet, take a brush, preferably silicone, immerse in a fragrant mixture and grease each piece of pita bread. You can simply apply a little mass with a spoon, and then spread it.
4. Fry at 200 degrees for 4 to 7 minutes. Cool and done!
Recipe 5: How to Make Chips at Home with Pita Cheese
Another option is how to make chips at home from Armenian pita bread. This time with cheese, since garlic may not be to everyone's taste.
Ingredients
• 2 pita bread;
• 70 grams of hard cheese;
• 3 tablespoons of oil;
• black pepper;
• salt.
Cooking
1. As in the previous recipe, cut into pieces of pita bread.
2. The oil is mixed with pepper and salt, you can add a little greens, but dried. And whoever wants to, can also sprinkle some garlic, which goes well with cheese.
3. Lubricate the pieces of pita bread laid out on a baking sheet with a brush.
4. Three finely cheese, sprinkle each slice on top.
5. Fry the chips until they are rosy in color and a beautiful crust of cheese appears. The temperature can be set immediately large, above 200 degrees.
Recipe 6: How to Make Chips at Home from Crab Sticks
Chips from crab sticks came up with losing weight on the Ducane diet. They turn out to be very tasty, made easy, and you can cook both in the microwave and in the oven. The number of crab sticks is arbitrary, as are the spices. It can be done without seasoning at all.
Cooking
1. Defrost sticks and unfold in the reservoir. We cut in the necessary pieces.
2. Put on a laid baking sheet and bake in the oven for 6-7 minutes on one side, then remove and fry on the second side.
3. Or do the same in the microwave. But we select the time individually, taking into account the power of our equipment. Usually enough 2-3 minutes on each side.
Recipe 7: How to Make Chips at Home from Cheese
Hard cheese chips are not the cheapest dish. But it’s so tasty! And sometimes you can treat yourself. We take a good hard cheese with 50% fat, the amount is arbitrary. Spices can be used, but even without them, the chips are quite aromatic, tasty, and salty.
Cooking
1. Three cheese with large chips.
2. Cover the baking sheet with parchment. You can use a silicone mat.
3. Put the heap out of cheese chips, then give them the shape of fritters, up to 5 millimeters thick. If you want to get openwork slices, then the chips do not need to be compacted and put tightly, leave airy.
4. Put in the oven and fry under the included grill until golden brown. Remove from the pan only after cooling completely.
Home chips - tips and tricks
• When washing potato slices from starch, it is not necessary to potter hands in ice water. Just take a spatula or spoon and stir.
• The best chips are obtained from young potatoes, as he did not collect a lot of starch.
• Home-made chips can be made not only from potatoes. You can also use carrots, pumpkin, zucchini. Of the fruits, the most popular are apple chips and banana. They can be found in stores, so why not cook it yourself?
• Sprinkle chips with any spices and seasonings. But if you have already decided to cook a home-made and less harmful product, then look at the composition of the seasoning. EEShki, glutamate and other flavor enhancers can be replaced with simple pepper, Adyghe salt, dried herbs and other not only safe, but even useful seasonings.
• Chips from a microwave or oven do not immediately become crispy. They need to let it cool slightly, preferably on a baking sheet.
