Homemade potato crisps / chips
We made homemade potato crisps which were very nice and tasty - they tasted almost exactly the same as a shop bough packet of kettle chips. We flavoured them with salt and pepper. It was quite a lot of effort for a smallish plate which was devoured in seconds but at least the kids now know how the things are made.
We thinly sliced unpeeled potatoes by using the vegetable peeler *around* the cirumference of the potato to give us a nice round shape crisp rather than peeling shaped, fried them in a deep pan in olive oil in batches (to prevent the whole lot from sticking together) and removed them with a slotted spoon before they became too golden, left each batch to drain on kitchen roll and then seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper.
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:40 pm
They look great and I bet everyone enjoyed them! Have you tried doing the same with vegetables, parsnips and things like that.
August 30th, 2007 at 9:09 pm
What a great idea Jake. I *LOVE* parsnip crisps but never ever buy them due to the ridiculous price tag. Thanks!