Homemade microwave crisps

hannamint

i know this defeats the object of making your own, but I know aldi sell packs of vegetable crisps. they're quite nice and as far as i remember they're less than £2 for a big bag... well.. not that big.. but .. yeah... big

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT wrote: »

Do you think this would work with other vegetables to make root vegetable crisps? Only one way to find out! I reckon cooking times might need to be adjusted slightly for other vegetables.

I love M&S beetroot crisps but at £3 a packet I had to give them up, and thankfully the M&S in the city centre doesn't stock them anymore. I've got some beetroot at home so I'm going to attempt to make my own!

Just an update, tried this tonight and they didn't turn out too well, maybe beetroot has a higher water content!?

debralee_2

I've never tried vegetable crisps in the microwave. I normally use the deep fat fryer (unhealthy I know:o) to make parsnip crisps. I use a veg peeler to slice the parship into long thin bits and then chuck in the fryer for a few minutes until they are nice and crispy. Yum!

Jammygal

Anyone attempted crisps in the actifry???

JDPower

Shame about the Americanism in the email - crisps not chips.

May give these a try though

*moggins*

I have one of those betterware crisp jobbies too, it does work well but I managed to find mine at a car boot sale and it cost me all of 20p

Blahah

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT wrote: »

Just an update, tried this tonight and they didn't turn out too well, maybe beetroot has a higher water content!?

You need to sprinkle the slices with salt and leave them for about half an hour before microwaving them. This removes excess moisture. Same for all vegetables, but beetroots are particularly moist so might need quite a long salting.

silkcutblue

Sorry to bump this old thread back up but I had to say I found it randomly, tried it (with potatoes and beetroot) and WOW. Much cheaper than the bags of vege crisps (and it saves me a journey to the supermarket)

Thanks...for not deleting threads

forgottendreams

Just came across this old thread and looking forward to giving the HM crisps a go over the festive season.

I don't have a fancy crisp stand tho will just need to make do with kitchen roll

What vegetable crisps have you have most success with? And would it be better making them in the oven rather than a microwave?

pixie__girlie

not tried baking them in the microwave yet but have had successful experiments with potato and parsnip (+olive oil and garlic) in the oven, on high for 5 minutes