How To Cook Healthy Chips

Healthy chips are certainly possible, and are as good as, if not tastier than the deep fried chips you may be more used to. And, what is even better is, they are really easy to make! Read on for our version of the healthiest chips you will ever eat.

Chips, the thought of them makes you salivate, and the smell of them as you pass by the local chippie can be almost unbearable! To many dieters they are strictly off limits, taboo, banished forever....unless you know how to make them the healthy way!

Lay chips on tray add fry light and salt (pepper)

Ingredients:

Potatoes, peeled and cut into ships or wedges,
Salt
Pepper (optional)
Fry light.

Method:

• Peel potatoes and cut into chips or wedges.
• Rinse and leave in cold water until needed.
• Preheat oven to around Gas Mark 6 / 200 degree Electric
• Spray a baking tray with fry light, place potato chips / wedges onto the tray, spray them also with fry light, season with salt (pepper optional) and pop into oven, top shelf
• Check after about 10 to 15 minutes, turn chips over and spray more fry light
• Repeat this as required until chips are golden brown and slightly crispy

Golden brown, ready to eat!

Now, this does take a little time to get right, and some people do struggle. Many people we know have invested in one of the latest 'health fryers'.

Now, from our perspective, the above is worth getting right because we all probably have an oven, and a baking tray costs very little! If you wanted to make the above slightly easier, you can buy a potato chipper.

If you really cannot master the above, then that is where the Actifryers and Halogen Ovens come into their own.

These sort of Kitchen gadgets from around £40 to over £200, which means pretty expensive chips. Remember, though, these are designed to do everything your old deep fat fryer did, only much healthier!

So, what types do we have to choose from?

1. Actifryers and Health Fryers - These are primarily designed to replace your old deep fat fryers, so great for chips and other things you would normally deep fry. You do need to let them warm up first before using.

2. Halogen Ovens - These are designed to replace your standard oven. Ideal for smaller kitchens, they are fast gaining a reputation for cooking food almost as good as a conventional oven. You can also buy a range of adapters to allow things like airfrying. Halogen ovens also heat up almost instantly, so you are cooking quicker and not wasting money wariming it up first.

3. Halo Wave Halogen Ovens - These are next generation Halogen Ovens, with a fan assisted convection, meaning the heat distributes a lot more evenly and cooking times are vastly improved. What you can do in either of the above you can also do in a Halo Wave Halogen Ovens, and, like the standard Halogen version, these heat up almost instantaneously.

Actifryers and health fryers are simply that, replacements for your old deep fat fryer, although they can do many other things, and, generally, give more than acceptable results.

Halogen ovens and halo wave ovens are similar but are primarily designed as a replacement for your actual oven. They offer a compact form of cooking, meaning you can have more kitchen space, which is probably a big advantage in smaller properties, flats and bedsits etc.

Using halogen light, they reach temperature extremely quickly, and will easily roast a whole joint to perfection. The Halo Wave version is basically a next generation halogen oven, using fan assisted convection to give a more even and quicker cooking time.

With all these models, you can also stand and watch the cooking process, which, at first, is a nice novelty! But, what you soon realise is the versatility of these devices, especially if you are a busy parent, as you can literally cook a whole meal in the larger models, meat, vegetables and the potatoes, so not only extremely convenient, but they save a fair amount on your energy bills and washing up!

So, don't just by an Actifry machine for chips, that would be expensive to say the least. No, our advice is to look at the broader advantages of these gadgets, and learn to use the full range of functions they offer to let you really explore their capabilities fully and save real time and money.