New recipe: Healthy Oven-baked Chips (with video)

August 21, 2016May 8, 2017
by Jacqueline Whitehart

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180 calories

These chips are so healthy and easy. Anyone can make them and they have a great rustic chip taste and texture. Oven-baked Chips has to be one of my go to recipes for an easy accompaniment to chicken or fish. Add a light salad and you’ve got a simple meal for one, two or the whole family.

I’m proud to say that the oven chips no longer reside in the freezer. The kids prefer these and they are almost as simple to make. I cooked them on holiday for friends over the summer and they thought they were amazing. It’s a win-win!

No nasties – just TWO simple ingredients – new potatoes and olive oil. You can’t get healthier chips than that. Keeping the skin on the potatoes preserves more of the vitamins too.

This recipe serves 4 and comes in at just under 180 calories per serving. And there are just 3 incredibly simple steps

1 – chop

2 – boil

3 – bake

Ingredients

800g new potatoes

salt and pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

• Cut each potato into 4 quarters lengthways.

• Take a large saucepan and half fill with cold water. Add a generous pinch of salt. Add the potatoes to the pan, cover and boil for 15 minutes from cold. Remove the lid if the pan threatens to boil over.

• Drain the potatoes and leave to cool for 10-20 minutes – or until you can comfortably touch them without burning.

• Pre-heat the oven to 220C. Place the potatoes in a wide bowl and season generously with salt and pepper.

• Pour over the olive oil and USE YOUR HANDS to toss the oil through the potatoes until they are fully covered.

• Transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Half-way through cooking take out the tray and give it a light shake, turning over any stuck chips with a fish slice or similar.

• After 30 minutes the chips should be crunchy and browned. Serve immediately.

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