Potato Chips

Hey Jude's Note:

Homemade potato chips are one of my favorite comfort foods. I especially love them when they're purple and gold, but regular russets are good too.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ cups clarified butter
• 1 ½ cups canola oil
• 4 potatoes (2 purple Peruvian and 2 Yukon gold, or 4 regular russets)
• kosher salt

Directions:

1. Heat clarified butter and oil in a medium, deep saucepan to 300°.
2. Cut unpeeled potatoes into paper thin slices; deep-fry in batches for 4-5 minutes or until crisp and oil around chips is no longer bubbling.
3. (Moisture in potatoes causes the bubbles; once the bubbles stop, the chips will be crisp) Drain on paper towels; sprinkle with kosher salt.

Reviews

[evelyn/athens]

OK, how can you NOT give a buttery-crisp, home-made potato chip anything BUT 5 stars. Nothing complex as a recipe, no weird ingredients, but honest-to-goodness addictive taste. (I shouldn't have made these - I've eaten nearly all of them!) Yes, I recommend the recipe.

[grunig]

I didn't try the butter method. I used my deep fryer at 300 degrees and followed th directions exactly. A little greasy but YUMMY!