Home-made potato crisps
Making your own potato crisps (or chips, if you are American) is quite easy. All you need to do is slice potatoes and fry them. That is all well and good in principle, but there are a few tips it is important to know. I'll explain them for you in this recipe.
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Last modified on: March 19th 2014
Keywords for this recipe:ChipsCrispsPotatoesThin slicesFriedSaltedCrunchyFor 200 g, you will need:
300 g 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 min. | 5 min. | 6 min. | 26 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Peel the potatoes and rinse them.
If you want to make "old-fashioned" crisps, do not peel them, just scrub them thoroughly under running water.
If you want to make "old-fashioned" crisps, do not peel them, just scrub them thoroughly under running water.
Stage 2 - 3 min.
Slice the potatoes thinly and evenly. I advise you to use a mandolin, more-or-less essential for producing even slices.
Stage 3
The ideal thickness you should aim for is 1 mm.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Rinse the slices in a bowl of water.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Drain and dry thoroughly on a tea towel.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
When dry, lower into very hot frying oil.
Do not put in too many at a time, as they will create a white foam that can froth up and overflow.
Fry until the froth disappears (around 3 minutes).
Do not put in too many at a time, as they will create a white foam that can froth up and overflow.
Fry until the froth disappears (around 3 minutes).
Stage 7
Remove the crisps from the oil and leave for 5 minutes.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Put the chips back into the oil and fry again until golden brown.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Stage 10
For flavoured crisps, replace the salt with a mixture of a little salt and your choice of spice (curry, paprika, etc.).
Remarks
The variety of potato affects the crisps' quality. I find I get the best results with Bintje.
Keeping
Home-made crisps do not keep.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 255 Kcal or 1,068 Kj | 6 gr | 57 gr | < 1 gr |
| 13 % | 2 % | 5 % | <1 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 85 Kcal or 356 Kj | 2 gr | 19 gr | < 1 gr |
| 4 % | 1 % | 2 % | <1 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chilli langoustines, Baked potatoes with poached egg and tuna sauce , Sorrel soup, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Salt cod brandade, ... All |
 | Oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Winegrowers' sausage casserole, Tartiflette, How to cook red meat properly, Ali Baba bread, Comtoise tart for Seàn, ... All |
 | Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Minestrone, How to cook potato grenaille , Arizona cupcakes, Tandoori-flavoured chicken with leeks, French-style peas, ... All |
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