Nowadays it is difficult to find healthy snack options in the market. Ultra-processed food products are everywhere, with eye-catching packaging as well as relatively low prices.
To avoid the consumption of nutritionally poor foods that are potentially harmful to health, therefore, easy and practical recipes are welcome. However, have you thought about snack options using sweet potatoes? That's what you're going to know right now.
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Sweet potato is a vegetable classified as a tuber. Its composition is rich in fiber and nutrients such as B complex vitamins and minerals. Therefore, it helps prevent diseases, improves the functioning of the intestine and the immune system.
The recipe is simpler than you might imagine, in addition to being a healthy and tasty snack option for everyday life, which appeals to all ages, but especially children. So read on and learn how to make sweet potato chips right away!
How to make sweet potato chips
This recipe takes less than an hour to prepare and, in addition, it can be made in the air fryer or in the oven. For the amount of potatoes given here, the yield is 4 servings. You can adapt the amount of the recipe according to your preference.
Separate the ingredients:
- 2 white or purple sweet potatoes
- salt to taste
- 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
Utensils:
- Do
- food slicer
- kitchen brush
- To harvest
- Spatula
- Bowl
- air fryer or oven
Method of preparation:
- Peel the potatoes and make them very thin with the help of a slicer (if you decide to use a knife, be careful that the slices do not get thick);
- Place the slices in a container and brush them with olive oil, then add the salt and mix well;
- Place the air fryer (or oven) to preheat to 160°C for 5 minutes;
- Arrange the potatoes without placing them on top of each other and leave for about 5 minutes. Then check if they are already well golden, this is the ideal point.
Some tips:
Do not add all the potatoes at once, as this could compromise the crispiness of the chips. So do the process step by step.
Use spices to improve the flavor even more: to spice up your chips, add smoked paprika, oregano, nutmeg, black pepper or any other ingredient of your choice.
Chips go well with spreads and pâtés, so they can be eaten with chickpea paste, vegetables like carrots and eggplant, ricotta pâté and olives.
