It started with a mad craving for something crunchy and semi guilt free. I had a few sweet potatoes sitting around and thought I’d bust out a little recipe for baked sweet potato chips from one of those Martha Stewart Magazine cards I saved. Wait. Stop for a second. You don’t see sweet potatoes in this post do you? NOPE. That’s because I burned almost an entire batch of them on my first try. That’s what happens when you try to do too much and don’t pay attention to your kitchen timer. Story of my life. The select few that made it out of the fire were incredible. Sweet, crispy, crunchy with a little bit of tasty oil. I shared one with Cooper and he loved it. In hindsight it’s a good thing that I didn’t have two trays full of sweet potato chips. As you may know, I can’t be trusted.
I needed to rectify my kitchen disaster QUICKLY. Unfortunately there were no sweet potatoes left in my pantry to try the recipe again but I did have 2 russet potatoes! I soaked them in a bowl of water for 10 minutes and patted them dry. Then I resumed the same recipe fore the sweet potatoes. I’ve seen this water/potato technique a few times on TV. It helps the potatoes get crispy because it washes some of the starch off. It totally worked. And I still ate more of these potato chips than I should have.
Fab. Easy. Salty. Crispy. Light. Sinful. Delicious.
You should make them! They are great on their own but of course the experimenter in me wants to tinker with the recipe. Next time I am going to make a rosemary salt to sprinkle on top. Maybe I’ll serve them with a tasty chive dip? Or perhaps sprinkle some Parmesan on top? I wonder if I could make some vinegar chips? What do you think?
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