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Potato Chips

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Potato Chips

Potato Chips

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Slice potatoes very thinly using a slicer or sharp knife.

  2. Soak the slices in cold water for 10 to 24 hours to remove starch.

  3. Heat hot fat in a frying pan.

  4. Fry the potato slices in batches until brown, ensuring the basket is no more than one-third full.

  5. Drain on brown paper and sprinkle with coarse sea salt while still warm.

  6. If desired, fry the potatoes a day in advance and recrisp in the oven before serving.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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