Bow Hunting Mommy: Homemade Potato Chips

It's been a cool 104 degrees around here this past week, in fact we have been breaking all the temperature records for our area lately. Oh Joy! On the plus side all the fruit in the area is ripening quickly which is great because I can't hardly wait for all the fresh local fruit. On the downside, all my pantry items are spoiling early. Today I noticed that our potatoes were on their last few days and I just recently purchased the bag. Not wanting all those potatoes to go to waste I decided to make potato chips.

A while back I purchased a microwave chip maker from Pampered Chef and I absolutely love it. In just six short minutes I have yummy potato chips all ready to go without any oil. Today I decided to try my hand at sea salt and vinegar potato chips. I started by slicing up three potatoes and letting them soak in a bowl full of vinegar.

I let the potato slices soak for an hour (just a note...I would recommend letting them soak longer if you want really tart chips. This batch didn't quite have enough vinegar taste for me). After the chips have soaked for as long as you would like you'll want to pour them out into a strainer and let all of the vinegar run off of the chips, but don't rinse them. Place the chips on a dry paper towel and gently blot them with another paper towel just to soak up a bit of the moisture. After that place them on your Pampered Chef chip maker and salt to your liking, which is A TON if you are anything like me.

You may be able to get away with using a plate, I haven't tried that before. This chip maker has vents so that the air can go under the chips as they cook. I used two trays and found that even though the instructions said 3-4 minutes it took 6-7 each batch, maybe because of the added vinegar. If you are stacking trays it's best to rotate them every two minutes. In no time at all you have a fresh, warm, homemade, mostly healthy batch of tasty potato chips. Enjoy!!