Home Made Oven Chips

Horasio

I cut my unpeeled spud into whatever shape I fancy. Put on a plate in the microwave to par cook, the larger the pieces, the longer I microwave. A whole medium sized potato takes 5 minutes to par cook, so cook in proportion to that.

Season, use a small amount of olive oil to grease a foiled baking tray - cook in oven for 20-25 mins. I also BBQ my whole potatoes too.

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OP I have the actifry and use it a LOT. No smell in the house and that bit of crunch and taste that we all crave from time to time. I really fancied fish and chips the other night after a full, shattering, day spent on grandchild-minding and then de-cluttering a cupboard. It would have taken 30 minutes to drive out to get fish and chips and in that time I had cooked chips in the actifry and sliced up a tin of lean corned beef and a couple of dark red, juicy tomatoes. I reckon to have saved at least £6 not counting petrol. All in all it would take 24 cooking sessions with the actifry and I have paid for it.

To do oven wedges etc, I would have to put the oven on at a far higher energy cost. I LOVE it and it really showed its worth over christmas and guilt-free only using a teaspoon or two of any oil

Skint_Catt

vanoonoo wrote: »

yes you can make fake doritos/tortilla chips like that - fiddly but good for green days!

Ooh do tell! :T

babychick

Kittie - don't please!!! I was at Lakeland yesterday and spent £130 - and had to tear myself away from the actifry... I can justify these things myself without you adding to the list of reasons for me to get one!!

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ooohhh sorry babychick

Seakay

couldn't find anything about chips made with lasagne, but found this WW recipe online:

"If you're cooking Mexican food at home, there are loads of ways you can cut the fat. You can make your own tortilla chips by scissoring uncooked tortilla pancakes or flour wraps (which you'll find in most supermarkets) into wedges, sprinkling with seasoning such as garlic salt or chilli and baking in a medium oven for 10 minutes until crisp. You can use low-fat yogurt instead of sour cream and just add a sprinkling of cheese to your tacos and enchiladas to add flavour, rather than fat."

purpleivy

I gave up buying frozen chips when the kids discovered that I can make HM spicy wedges. Probably doesn't save them much in fat content as they smother mayo (lightest though!) on them, I don't so is better for me! So much cheaper even with HM spice mix

macaroni

I chip my potatoes,usually into wedges, toss in a bit of flour (seasoned if required) and bake for about 30 mins. I found they get crispier and cook quicker this way rather than adding any oil

taplady

Skint_Catt wrote: »

Slimming world chips - cut potatos into chip shapes. Par boil them, shake them around a bit, spray them with fry light and then bake for 40mins or so.

this is how I do mine!:T they are nice with the skin on too!;)

beetrootjuicer

This is another one for those wanting to limit their fat intake - saw it on a TV cookery programme, can't remember which one, thought it wouldn't work but tried it and was impressed and always do HM oven wedges this way now.

Very lightly oil a baking sheet. Whip up an egg white til lightly frothy. Give chips/wedges a very light coat of egg white and put in oven as normal.