#37 Potato Chips

So have you ever wondered if I tried one of the Homemade Pantry recipes that absolutely failed???.....well keep reading cause you are about to find out:)

Potato Chips

3 Tbsp. olive oil, plus more for baking sheets
1 rsp. salt, plus additional for sprinkling
1 1/2 lb. potatoes (any variety), scrubbed, peels on

 

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets with olive oil. Fill a large mixing bowl with water and add 1/2 tsp salt. Stir to dissolve.

2. Using a mandoline or food processor with the slicing blade attached, cut potatoes into 1/16 inch slices. As you slice the potatoes, submerge them in the salted water and let sit for 5 minutes.

This is my first time using my new food processors' adjustable slicing blade. I wasn't sure which setting would give me the right thickness, which ended up being my #1 mistake.

3. Remove the potatoes from the water and press in a clean dish towel to dry. Pour water out of bowl, dry it, and return potatoes to the bowl. Toss them with the olive oil and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt.

 

 

4. Spread the potatoes on the prepared baking sheets in as close to a single layer as you can achieve. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 300 degrees. Rotate the sheets and bake for another 15 minutes. Switch baking sheets and bake again for another 15 mniutes for a total of 45 minutes.The chips are done when they are golden and dry and start to peel off the sheet. Remove the potatoes from the oven to take the chips that are already finished off the sheet. Continue baking until the rest of the chips are done.

 



 

5. When all the chips are done, spread them on paper towels and sprinkle with salt, if desired.

Here are the chips and they were pretty good........but this is only the very few that worked....here are the rest....

Black, gross, nasty, burned chips. I think a couple of things went wrong here.

1. They were not uniform thickness, because of my experimentation with the slicing blade.

2. My oven is not convection. So placing two baking sheets in my oven is always a disaster. I know because I have burned cupcakes trying to do the same thing. I can only put one baking sheet in at a time. I have a gas oven, so I'm not sure if this would be the case with electric.

3. So the end result is that I will never make chips homemade again. We try not to eat chips very often in our house anyway, so when we do, it is totally worth the price and convienence to buy them....especially salt and pepper kettle chips, which are my fave!