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Is it possible to get a crispy......

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celaric or sweet potato chip?

as above has anyone mastered a crispy alternative chip? if so let me know how please 🙂 i wonder if carrot would work as a chip?
 
I haven't done them this way, but some say coating them in grated Parmesan can create a crispy outer. Could be worth a while.
 
I bought an air fryer recently & they are a bit crispier that way. Will try the parmasan idea though.
 
Not much use at the moment. It wasn't an expensive one, about £30. Only done chips so far, but will try other things some time.
 
I'm starting to give up on the idea of crispy sweet potatoes. I've tried wedges and they always turn out a bit squishy. I've tried more oil, I've tried less oil, I've tried more salt, I've tried a hotter oven, and there's never any improvement. I've even tried doing ultra-thin slices (pretty much just one step up from crisps) and I've discovered that they still stay squidgy, right up until a magic point when they just turn instantly black...and infuriating, still squidgy.

Possibly deep frying them might make a difference, but I think they must just have too much water in them to go crispy in an oven.
 
Ive not had much luck with sweet potatoes either.
 
I'm wondering if a warm oven for a longer time will dry sweet potatoes out enough to get them crispy without burning them?
 
I haven't tried it, but it's the starch content of the potato that crisps a chip. If you dust your sweet potato in potato starch, it should crisp. I'm not sure which way, oven bake or fry? my guess would be shallow fry
 
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trophywench said:
.... then you might as well eat normal spuds anyway! LOL
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Sweet potato is too high for me anyway. I think we are kidding ourselves 🙂 That's why I've never tried it, but a dusting should work. From my 'just getting diabetes' days. High starch potatoes made the best chips
 
We tried making sweet potato spirals tonight. They burnt & were revolting.
 
I don't like the taste of sweet potato at all, so I don't really care very much what any of you do with it as long as you don't make me eat whatever it is! LOL

However if I couldn't find a palatable and enjoyable way to serve any food - I simply wouldn't buy any more of it.
 
I occasionally do sweet pots in halogen oven Put them in a bowl with a wee bit water in micro first then straight into oven with some butter it low fat spread, a wee grind of sea salt and yum yum
 
Hi I was reading about the new (probably American) fad for sweet potato TOAST. Quarter inch slices put in the toaster (a few times) to crisp and brown - then spread with avocado, cheese, peanut butter, ham slices, tomatoes, bacon - whatever. A new craze I gather, but I haven't tried it yet. Regards, Alison
 
On a cooking program last night, one of the contestants made chips (crisps) from the left-over stalk from Broccoli.... Might give it a try tonight.....
 
I found that soaking sweet potatoes in cold water once chipped for 45 mins, then dried, crisped up better.
 
I have done these a few times now, with different flavourings. http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2016/06/moroccan-roasted-green-beans-low-carb-gluten-free.html

To make things simpler, I put the oil and spices into a sandwich bag, added the green beans and squished it all around to ensure every bean was coated both with oil and spice. Tip out onto a baking sheet, slap into the oven, then give them a decent ignoring for a while.

Firstly I used the flavourings in the recipe, but since have done garlic (I used garlic salt) and Parmesan, a sparky chipotle chilli , Adobo and lemon pepper variants. They seem to carry the various flavourings really well, and provided they're roasted until crisp, hardly taste beany at all. I've never needed to, but as they're cooling, you could add more spices as it would stick to the residual fat on the beans.

I'm not a snacker, but these would work nicely as a carrier for hummus or dips alongside other crudites, or just giving a complementary crispness as a side dish.

Enjoy!
 
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