I looked up making microwave chips on youtube and almost all the videos showed putting potato slices on a plate after brushing them with oil. The trouble with that is you can only get a few slices at a time on one plate, and who wants to go to the trouble of making your own chips if you're going to fatten them up with oil.
I just used my mandoline to slice one large russet potato to 1.5 mm slices. I got forty-something slices at 160 calories for the whole potato. I was determined not to add any more calories, so I made up a dry rub BBQ mix to toss the chips in for all the flavor you could want. I put the slices in ice cold water while I mixed up the rub (which removed a lot of starch and firmed them up), then dried them thoroughly and lightly tossed them in the mix.
For the first batch of 36 chips, I microwaved them for 9 minutes on high. The second batch of about 10 I microwaved for far less time. All the chips came out fantastically good. Dry, crisp, flavorful. Even the ones I didn't add the BBQ coating to were delicious. Next time I'll try them plain with some Greek yogurt dip I make with dry taco seasoning or dry ranch seasoning. I'm also going to try cutting them to 1.0 mm. Glad I got this!
UPDATE: 1 mm didn't work well. It was too thin. But I see this item is no longer listed for sale, soooo....
| Brand | Home-X |
|---|---|
| Model Number | SH1265 |
| Color | White |
| Product Dimensions | 22.35 x 22.35 x 4.57 cm; 158.76 Grams |
| Item Weight | 159 g |
