Sweet potato

Imagine a normal evening. You’re a bit tired and a bit peckish and you do not want a proper meal just yet. Actually, you’re craving some nice crisps (or chips for you USA folk), but hey – the new diet your doctor gave you has a strict “No crisps!” rule. Alright, that goes for store-bought things. But what about some lovely homemade crisps? That way you know exactly what goes in them and how are they made!

So I looked up a nice recipe from My Whole Food Life and made my own damn crisps out of the sweet potato I had chilling in out my fridge. Take that, diet! For the original recipe, click on the link. To see how it worked for me, read on.

1 sweet potato
1 tbsp coconut oil
sea salt (I used Himalayan salt instead)

Slice up the sweet potato. This first step took me 45 minutes since I was cutting it with a small sharp knife and tried to get as thin slices as possible. The smaller the slices, the crispier the result! Place the slices on a baking pan that is covered with baking paper. Put the slices as close to each other as possible! They will shrink a lot during baking and you’ll just waste space by placing them far apart.

Then warm up your coconut oil – I just put it in a small ramekin and placed that in a bigger bowl with near-boiling water. Take care not to let any water in your ramekin! Coconut oil should melt really fast and then you can take a brush to quickly apply a bit of oil to every crisp. Then sprinkle some salt on top and the crisps are ready for the oven! You may have to take breaks from applying oil and put salt on inbetween – since the crisps are at room temperature, coconut oil will solidify again unless your kitchen is really warm.

All brushing done, warm your oven to 100°C (around 215°F) and put the crisps in for around 2h. Check the oven frequently! Once some crisps are already nicely dried and crispy, remove them. It will take some more time than removing everything at the same time, but at least all your crisps will be equally baked and lovely. Especially if you sliced the sweet potato by hand, the crisps will be a bit uneven and get ready at different times.

Enjoy!