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Crispy, crunchy Homemade Salt & Pepper Chips. This chips are sliced thinly for extra crunch and then baked to perfection—the healthy way to enjoy your favorite salty snack!
FRIYAY!
I think I shall start every Friday post that way from now on, deal? In exchange for my annoying FRIYAYAYAYAY, I made you chips, so hopefully they make up for it. I mean they should—they’re HOMEMADE CRISPY CRUNCHY SALTY POTATO CHIPS for goodness sake.
When it comes to the salty vs. sweet battle, sweets win every time in my book. Chocolate, vanilla, coconut, cinnamon, hazelnut, chocolate….did I say chocolate? I love sweets. My love of sweets stems from my childhood and is entirely my moms fault. She always had homemade cookies in the house, making my brother and I turn our noses up at store bought cookies (as any smart kid should). A lunch wasn’t a lunch without a cookie in it, and dinner without dessert was essentially pointless.
With that said, there are a few salty foods that get me equally as excited as sweets do, one of them being salt and pepper potato chips. Have you tried the store-bought kind? I would never hate on them—they’re amazing—but homemade chips are better AND better for you (kind of like the homemade version of everything…).
On THAT note—meaning on a completely different note—Miguel and I attended a birthday bash last night at our wedding reception venue and it was so much fun. The birthday was for the venue—like, it was the venue’s birthday—complete with food and wine and live music. Of course we had a great time and loved getting a chance to re-envision our special day. We got a feel for where the band could play (ya know..the band that we haven’t booked yet), and where the food could be set up and the cake and the tents and whatnot. It all still seems so surreal, but the closer it gets the more I start to believe it. It’s exciting!
Also side note: the band played “Why Georgia” by John Mayer and I died a little and made Miguel listen intently. Are you familiar with the song? If not GO LISTEN TO IT NOW and if you hate John Mayer then at least look up the lyrics because they are everything. Oh and you better not hate JM, he is my secret lover.
Oh wait, where was I…
CHIPS ON CHIPS ON CHIPS. That’s right. Ok so if I’m being honest, you really should use a mandoline to make these. A lot of people will tell you that you can thinly slice them with a knife—and you can—but it’s a LOT easier with mandoline and a lot more precise as well. Just add that to the list of “kitchen ingredients you didn’t know you needed but clearly do”. I’ll state it again in the directions, but I set my mandoline to ⅛” and found the chips to be juuuuust right. Just a little tip from me to you!
Oh and good luck not eating these all in one sitting..just sayin’!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Scrub both potatoes and then, one by one, run them through your mandoline on the ⅛" setting.
- Place potato slices in a bowl and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Spread slices out on two baking sheets and then place them in the oven. You may need to switch the baking sheets out half way through (top sheet move to the bottom and bottom move to the top).
- Bake for 20-30 minutes, removing chips as they start to turn crispy.
- Sprinkle with extra salt and pepper and enjoy!
Man Wants says
Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Angelica @ Gardening in High Heels says
These look so yummy. I'm going to go potato crazy this weekend thanks to your recipes. I love oven fries/chips and I can't wait to try these.
Georgie says
Sweeeeet... but I do enjoy a salty tortilla chip like the kind you get from Mexican restaurants that are so salty you HAVE to get a margarita and guac... like there's literally no other option
Sarah @ Making Thyme for Health says
Oh man, these look like total salty perfection! Chips are just so much better homemade!
And that's too cool that you got the attend your venue's birthday party, lol! Random but it sounds like so much fun!
It's also funny that you mention for those of us that hate John Mayer to read the lyrics because I can't stand him! haha
The whole "say what you need to say" thing killed any ounce of anything good I had in my body for him. It's the worst! But I'm sure the song you're talking about is beautiful and that it made for a very romantic moment. 😉
Erin says
THAT'S THE WORST SONG AND SO REPETITIVE. Ugh. Ok most songs are good, that one is not.
Shannon says
I love barbecue chips! YUMMM. Recently, I have been loving the Popchips variety, but I will have to try making my own.
Jen @ Chase the Red Grape says
I'm not a massive white potato chip fan but do love sweet potato chips, tortilla chips and veggie chips! Then again whenever I have had potato chips cooked in olive oil they have tasted soooo much better! But I do have a husband who would eat all of these, he hunts out chips done in olive oil!
Amanda @ .running with spoons. says
I tried making homemade chips on a few occasions, but I could never get them sliced thin enough 😡 And then I bought a mandolin and almost sliced off my fingers, which means I'm clearly a #win in the kitchen. I'm definitely a sucker for sour cream 'n' onion chips though!
Shashi at RunninSrilankan says
So...am not a huge John Mayer fan - but I looked up the lyrics...and...are you having a quarter life crisis??...though .."everything happens for a reason"! 🙂
As for "Oh and good luck not eating these all in one sitting" ...there was no serving size - so am gonna go with this is for 1 ...now let's see how many chips I can fit in ma pie hole at 1 time! Have a lovely weekend Erin!
Erin says
Haha! I am NOT having a quarter life crisis, I just think many people can relate at some point in life 🙂
She Rocks Fitness says
I love Salt and Vinegar chips with a big sandwich and having it all on the beach!!! HA! Love this recipe...
Cassie @ Almost Getting it Together says
I couldn't tell you the last time I had a chip... but I loveee all the salty things. I suggested a chocolate covered bacon chip for the Lays contest - I'm going to have to make them for the blog sometime.
Erin says
THOSE SOUND SO GOOD. You must make.
Julia says
Le sigh...le JM...what a loveboat 😉 YES to homemade chips, yes, yes, yes! There's just nothing like them! Will you come be my mandolin slicer operator and make these for me on the daily, pretty please? Have a great weekend, m'dear!
Erin says
JM<3 I'm glad you understand.
Selena @ The Nutritious Kitchen says
Oh my gosh. These chips are everything right now. I practically grew up on those bags of kettle chips and that's exactly what I thought of when I saw these!! Gahh totally making soon!!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine says
Fabulous! I did always love BBQ or salt and vinegar! Probably BBQ more, the little bit of sweet!
Erin says
I forget about BBQ chips! But they are so good.