Are these the best homemade chips ever?

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For perfect homemade chips, start with uniform baking potatoes to avoid waste during peeling. Cut the potatoes into 1/4 inch thick chips, boil them for about five minutes, then drain and cool while heating oil in a roasting pan at 200 degrees. Roast the chips in the hot oil for 30 minutes, turning halfway through, and season with smoked paprika, sea salt, and vinegar for flavor. The use of lard is recommended for the best results, emphasizing that the choice of potato is crucial. There is a lighthearted debate about sea salt, with some expressing concerns over its purity, humorously mentioning contaminants like fish and worms. The method discussed is claimed to produce chips that are crisp on the outside and soft on the inside, potentially better than traditional deep-frying techniques.
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First try to find some uniform baking potatoes, knobly ones are a pain to peel and get uniform chips out of without wasting a lot.
Cut the chips about a 1/4 inch thick, boil for about 5 mins, drain, refresh, leave to cool while
heating oil in roasting pan in 200 degree oven, put chips in heated oil and roast for half hour turning once half way through cooking.
When cooked sprinkle with smoked paprika sea salt and vingar.
These chips are the best ever, crisp on the outside and soft in the middle.
 
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Sounds yummy. I love potatoes, I'll give it a try this weekend.
 
Lard - you need lard.
smoked paprika sea salt ! (southerner)
 
lol...Brit FIGHT!
 
Sea salt has dead fish and fish poop in it. Not to mention pollutants.

I'll pay less for cleaner salt. :-p
 
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Evo said:
Sea salt has dead fish and fish poop in it. Not to mention pollutants.

I'll pay less for cleaner salt. :-p

ewww, are you sure?

are there worms there too? :-p
 
~christina~ said:
ewww, are you sure?

are there worms there too? :-p
Yes, most of the commercial sea salt comes from sea water that has been evaporated. While it's not harmful, it is full of crap. And yes, there are worms in there too. As soon as I saw that you had posted, I thought FISH WORMS!
 
mgb_phys said:
Lard - you need lard.
smoked paprika sea salt ! (southerner)


The fat used is important and (if) you can get the right spuds lard is best, the key is the right spud, one has little choice these days, this is why i started experimenting.
I promise my method will be ten fold better than deep fried.


As for the sea salt Evo, a few bits of worm are a bonus, i will eat some strange things, even cow cake (the pellets) are quite tasty if one is hungry.
 
Evo said:
Sea salt has dead fish and fish poop in it. Not to mention pollutants.

Yum, added flavor! :approve:

I'm not sure what smoked paprika sea salt is though. Can you just mix smoked paprika AND sea salt?
 
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wolram said:
The fat used is important and (if) you can get the right spuds lard is best, the key is the right spud, one has little choice these days, this is why i started experimenting.
I promise my method will be ten fold better than deep fried.
That method is how they showed the kettle fried commercial chips are made here. So you hit it right Wolram!

As for the sea salt Evo, a few bits of worm are a bonus, i will eat some strange things, even cow cake (the pellets) are quite tasty if one is hungry.
:rolleyes:
 

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