Nowadays, almost everywhere and quite often you can meet with a discussion of the dangers of chips. They talk and write a lot about this. Therefore, even illiterate people may know that they are made from a mixture of starches and fried in reusable vegetable oil. But this does not stop either children or adults from eating such junk food. What alternative could there be? Undoubtedly, it is necessary to cook chips at home, as it is not only quick and tasty, but also healthy.
Consider some recipes of how chips are cooked at home.
1. Potato chips.
Ingredients: one kilogram of potato (flat), one liter of frying oil, salt and spices.
The potatoes are peeled and washed well, and then finely chopped. Oil is poured into a cauldron and put on fire. When the oil begins to boil, they place raw chips in it (it is recommended to use only fresh oil at home) and fry. However, they should be completely immersed in oil and their quantity should not be large.
A portion is taken out, salted and peppered, favorite spices are added, of which there are a large number on the market today. The second portion is put in the same oil (you can add a little of the last), and so on.
2. Corn chips.
Ingredients: twenty corn tortillas, two tablespoons of salt, one spoon of cayenne pepper, one spoon of black pepper, one lime, two tablespoons of olive oil. Two tablespoons of caraway seeds, two tablespoons of olive oil.
The cakes are cut into triangles, put in a bag, add olive oil, salt, caraway seeds, pepper and lime juice there, shake well.
Chips are laid on a baking sheet and baked for fifteen minutes, stirring several times.
3. Meat chips.
Ingredients: smoked pork.
The meat is very thinly sliced. A plastic film is placed on the table, the meat is on top, covered with the other end of the film and beat off with a kitchen hammer. Then the meat is rolled out with a rolling pin so that its size doubles.
The resulting raw chips (at home they can be seasoned with any spices) are laid out on a wire rack and dried in an oven at a temperature of one hundred degrees for about an hour, turned on the other side after forty thirty minutes.
4. Vegetable chips.
Ingredients: two carrots, two beets, one celery root, juice of one lemon, one glass of vegetable oil, coarse salt.
Celery root is cut into four parts, beets into two, then everything is cut into thin plates, and carrots into wide ribbons. Vegetables are placed in different bowls filled with cold water with lemon juice and left for half an hour in a cold place. Then they are thrown into a colander and dried with napkins, while the slices should become completely dry.
In a bowl, heat the oil and fry in small portions for several minutes, then put it on a napkin so that the glass is full of oil, and only then chips are sprinkled with salt.
Thus, it will be much tastier and healthier if you cook chips at home. A variety of recipes makes it possible to get the dish that is most to your liking. In addition, children will appreciate it, since the taste of home-made chips will not be inferior to store chips .