Potato chips are, as a general rule, fried, greasy and unfortunately addictive, as illustrated by the longtime Lay's slogan "bet you can't eat just one. All these traits make them the bane of many health food activists' existences, but those same activists might go a little easier on the popular snack food if they knew you can easily make a non-fried, fat free version that is just as crispy as the "real" thing at home All you need is a microwave.
This Japanese potato chip maker allows you to make chips in the microwave. All you need to do is slice up a potato into fine rounds and place in the stand, then microwave until crisp.
It sounds implausible, but microwaving chips really does work. I've done it myself with great success thanks to the recipe for Uncle Bill's Microwave Potato Chips, which doesn't require a potato chip stand to work. The chips actually do crisp up well, especially if you take care to slice them thinly and evenly. In the photo above, the chips that I made are on the left, while the chips made with the chip-maker (not made by me) are on the right. I cut my potatoes freehand with a sharp knife, but using a mandoline will produce results even faster and guarantee consistency. Make sure to season your chips with salt and pepper or seasoning salt before microwaving them, as it is difficult to get the salt to adhere to already crisp chips.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-14-2007 @ 12:12PM
K said...
Intriguing ... but how do they *taste* ?
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2-14-2007 @ 6:35PM
LordJezo said...
We tried these out tonight and they came out pretty good, a much bigger hit with the people in the house than expected.
When you make them make sure you really do cut them super thin, those were the only ones that came out crispy, the thicker ones did have a little on the edges but had more of a soft french fry made in the oven sort of texture.
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2-14-2007 @ 7:03PM
Nicole Weston said...
K - They taste like potato chips, just not greasy ones. Like all chips, they're definitely better with salt, though!
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2-14-2007 @ 8:15PM
K said...
I think I'll dust off the cuisinart tonight and give it a whirl! Thanks.
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2-15-2007 @ 4:23PM
Dan Tannenbaum said...
Great article, Nicole, thanks ever so much! But how about carb-free potato chips?
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2-15-2007 @ 4:24PM
Nicole Weston said...
I'll work on it, Dan - but no promises on a timeline!
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2-15-2007 @ 11:46PM
Berkana said...
Ugh! How could that possibly taste good? Is that a typo? Perhaps they mean microwavable "potato sh*ts".
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