Chips are harmful?
This is not entirely true!
If you cook them at home, use only natural seasonings and not rancid butter, they will be no more harmful than fried potatoes.
And homemade chips are much cheaper than purchased ones.
They can be cooked not only from potatoes, but also from many other interesting products.
So how to make chips at home?
Chips at Home - General Cooking Principles
Classic chips are fried in butter, 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 prepare a good snack, and it is very easy and simple.
What else are chips made from except potatoes:
• Armenian lavash;
• other vegetables and fruits;
• cheese;
• crab sticks.
You can also find meat or fish chips, but at home they are quite difficult to prepare. The product requires pickling, an individual selection of temperature, otherwise it will turn out too hard and dry.
How to cut potatoes
It is very important to chop the potatoes fine, otherwise the ready-made chips will not be crispy. Optimum thickness up to 1.5 mm. All favorite purchased potato chips are made from 1 millimeter thick slices.
Than you can cut potatoes:
1. special grater;
2. simple knife;
3. vegetable peeler.
Just cut with a knife for a long time and requires a lot of time. In addition, the slices can be of different thickness, which is not suitable for chips. It is better to find a suitable grater. Peeler turns out to do
Recipe 1: How to make real chips at home
The classic recipe for making real chips, fried in oil. Of course, but the most healthy way. But very tasty! Before you make chips at home, you need to prepare a large frying pan or saucepan, as well as a skimmer.
Ingredients • 5-6 potatoes;
• 300 grams of oil;
• salt, spices.
Cooking
1. Clean the potatoes, cut into thin slices. How and what to do, see above.
2. Fold 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 become cloudy. We need to wash the starch as best we can.
3. Spread a towel on the table and lay out the washed slices. They should dry out so that there are no water droplets on the surface. You can first go over them with napkins to speed up the process.
4. Pour the oil into the pan, immediately and all the heat.
5. Dip a handful of potato slices, fry and remove with a skimmer. Fold on the paper. So you need to overcook the whole potato.
6. Sprinkle ready chips sprinkled with salt, spices, you can use dried greens. Beautiful chips are obtained with ground paprika, turmeric. After cooling, you can shift the slices into a bag of paper bag and there they will remain fine for several days. But it is still better to use immediately, until they are fresh and not accidentally damp.
Recipe 2: How to make chips at home in the microwave
These chips are low in calories, as they are cooked with almost no oil. The technology is simple, but it has one drawback - many chips are not cooked in a microwave oven, since its size is limited. Have to lay the potato several times.
Ingredients
• 3 potatoes;
• spices;
• 1 tsp. oils.
Cooking
1. Chop potatoes with thin slices, also wash and dry them, as in the previous recipe.
2. We throw in the bowl, add the oil, immediately put the spices and mix with our hands, try to work 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 tray of the microwave oven or a big flat dish we lay a silicone rug. You can just grease, but there is a possibility that the slices will still stick, because the juice will start to stand out because of the spices. 4. Lay out the plates and send in the microwave.
5. We put the maximum power and fry until done. It usually takes from three to five minutes.
6. We take out, we shift slices in a dry bowl.
7. Lubricate this plate again. If silicone pad is used, it is not necessary. Spread new slices and repeat.
Recipe 3: How to make chips at home in the oven
It is more convenient to cook in the oven than in a microwave oven, since 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. Turned peeled potatoes into thin slices, soak them from starch, dry them.
2. cover the baking sheet with foil
3. Add oil to the potatoes, mix.
4. We spread out one layer on a baking sheet, we send in an oven.
5. Chips are prepared for about 15-20 minutes at 220 degrees, but a lot depends on the thickness of slicing slices and features of the oven. Very often chips are fried unevenly, and some have to be shot ahead of time.
6. Spices can be sprinkled with ready-made chips or take out a baking sheet 5 minutes before the end of the process. It is better not to do this at once, otherwise the slices will not turn out crispy.
Recipe 4: How to make chips at home from pita with greens and garlic
And how much is made of pita! Over the past ten years, hundreds of recipes have appeared. And even thin chips can be made from thin pita bread.
Ingredients
• 2 pita bread;
• a little dill;
• 2/3 tsp. dried garlic;
• pepper and salt;
• 3 spoons of butter.
Cooking
1. We do refueling. To do this, dill should be very finely chopped, combined with garlic. If not dry, you can take 2 cloves fresh and chopped. Add salt, pepper and butter, mix and set aside, let it infuse.
2. Cut into small squares thin pita. But you can make triangles, rectangles, the shape does not matter. It is very important to use a sharp knife. 3. Spread the pieces on a baking sheet, take a brush, better silicone, immerse in a fragrant mixture and lubricate each piece of pita. You can just put a little mass of a spoon, and then smear.
4. Fry at 200 degrees for 4 to 7 minutes. Cool and ready!
Recipe 5: How to make chips at home from pita with cheese
Another option is how to make chips at home from Armenian lavash. This time with cheese, as garlic may not be to everyone's taste.
Ingredients
• 2 pita bread;
• 70 grams of hard cheese;
• 3 spoons of butter;
• black pepper;
• salt.
Cooking
1. As in the previous recipe, cut into pieces of pita.
2. Mix oil with pepper and salt, you can add a little greenery, but dried. And whoever wants can also sprinkle some garlic, which goes well with cheese.
3. Grease the pieces of pita on the baking sheet with a brush.
4. Three finely choked cheese, sprinkle each slice on top.
5. Fry the chips to a ruddy color and the appearance of a beautiful crust of cheese. The temperature can be set immediately large, above 200 degrees.
Recipe 6: How to make chips at home from crab sticks
Crab sticks chips come up losing weight on the Dukan diet. They are very tasty, made easy, and you can cook both in the microwave and in the oven. The number of crab sticks is arbitrary, as is the spice. You can do without any seasonings.
Cooking
1. We defrost sticks and unfold into the reservoir. Cut into slices.
2. We put on a laid baking sheet and bake in the oven for 6-7 minutes on one side, then remove and fry from the second side.
3. Or do the same thing in the microwave. But the time is chosen individually, taking into account the power of its technology. 2-3 minutes on each side is usually sufficient.
Recipe 7: How to make chips at home from cheese
Hard cheese chips are not the cheapest dish. But it is so tasty! And sometimes you can pamper yourself. We take a good hard cheese with 50% fat, the amount is arbitrary. Spices can be used, but without them, the chips are quite fragrant, tasty, salty. Cooking
1. Three cheese coarse chips.
2. Cover the baking sheet with parchment. You can also use a silicone mat.
3. Spread piles of cheese chips, then give them the shape of fritters, up to 5 millimeters thick. If you want to get fishnet slices, then the chips do not need to be tamped and put tightly, leave the air.
4. We put in the oven and fry under the grill until golden. Remove from the pan only after complete cooling.
Chips at Home - Tips and Tricks
• When rinsing potato slices from starch, it is not necessary to mess around in icy water with your hands. Just take a spatula or spoon and stir.
• The best chips come from new potatoes, as they do not contain a lot of starch.
• Homemade chips can be cooked not only from potatoes. You can also use carrots, pumpkin, zucchini. Of the fruits, apple and banana chips are most popular. They can be found in stores, so why not cook yourself?
• Sprinkle chips can be any spices and seasonings. But if you already decided to make a homely 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. Let them cool slightly, preferably on a baking sheet.
