Homemade chips: tasty and nutritious

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Chips are one of the popular types of fast food and a good way to have a quick bite. They were first prepared in 1853. In the restaurant where the famous chef George Krum worked, the tycoon Vanderbilt dined. He ordered fried potatoes, but then refused the dish, saying that they were cut into thick pieces. He was served a new portion of the same dish. But he again refused it, repeating the same thing. Then Krum, in annoyance, ordered the potatoes to be cut into thin slices, fried and served to this annoying client. To his surprise, this time Vanderbilt not only did not refuse the dish, but also praised him. Then George Krum realized that he had just discovered a new dish that could become popular. Seven years later, he had his own restaurant, where every table had baskets with this dish. He called this dish "Saratoga chips". Since then, they have become increasingly popular - first in the hometown of an outstanding culinary expert, George Krum, soon throughout the United States, and then in other countries. In the USSR, they first appeared in 1963 under the name "crispy Moskovsky potato slices". Today you can buy chips in any supermarket -any manufacturer and any taste.

You don't have to go to the store to enjoy crispy potato wedges. Homemade chips can be just as delicious and nutritious. In addition, they will cost less than store-bought ones, and will not contain preservatives, flavor enhancers, trans-fatty acids and other substances that are not he althy and can even cause serious harm. Making homemade chips is very easy. So, the simplest recipe. To make homemade chips, you will need potatoes that need to be cut into thin slices and vegetable oil. Put the resulting slices into a bowl. Add a spoonful of oil there and mix gently so that the oil envelops it and is partially absorbed. Then cover the bottom of the baking sheet with foil and grease with a small layer of oil. Lay the sliced potatoes on a baking sheet in a single layer. Place in the oven, hold there for 15-20 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. All this time you need to look after them so that they do not overcook and bake until cooked. After that, you can get them, sprinkle with spices, let cool, pour into a vase.

Homemade chips don't have to be made from potatoes.

There are also fruit (apple, pear, etc.) and cereal (for example, corn) and some other types. By the way, such “non-standard” varieties of this product are becoming more and more popular and in demand. Even the so-called "chocolate chips" are sold - a variety of verythin cookies.

So, let's talk about what else can be made from apples, except for jam. This will be a good dessert. To make apple chips, you will need two large apples, 80-100 g of sugar, soda. First, cut the core of the fruit. Slice them as thin as possible. You can slice or slice, if the fruit is already very large. Take 100 g of sugar and dilute it in soda. Pour the chopped apples with this mixture and leave them for fifteen minutes so that they are soaked. Turn on the oven (the temperature in it should reach 110 degrees) and cover the baking sheet with special baking paper so that the slices do not stick to the surface of the baking sheet. If the resulting circles are thin, then they should be baked for exactly an hour. If they are thicker, then they should be left in the oven for 90 minutes. Watch the cooking process. When the slices are light brown on one side, flip them over; sometimes you need to flip twice or more.

Have a nice crunch. Enjoy, but do not forget that this product is high in calories, and therefore contributes to obesity. Especially homemade potato chips. Therefore, they should be consumed in moderation and preferably - not every day.