Author: This easy homemade potato chips recipe will have you crunching on delicious chips in no time. Cooked low and slow to lock in the flavor and nutrients, these are potato chips you can feel good eating! Enjoy them at home or bring them to the next BBQ!
Potato chips are a classic “guilty” pleasure. One friend recently said, “I never buy potato chips, because I know I’ll eat them. Instead, I just stand in the pantry door lamenting the fact that I don’t have any potato chips!”
I thought that was pretty funny since we eat these healthy homemade potato chips all the time!
Cooked low and slow in coconut oil to lock in the flavor and nutrients, you can feel great about serving these chips to your family!
Healthy Homemade Potato Chips
I love a good crunchy potato chip. But over the years, my body has become very sensitive to seed oils. Not everyone is, but our family had to adjust based on my results.
We’ve made our own potato chips for almost 10 years now, and have never looked back! The taste is so much better than the chips that have been sitting in the store!
You can also make these chips in bulk and properly store them for the best taste, even months later!
How to Make Homemade Potato Chips {VIDEO}
If you want a more visual look at the process, here is a video I made a while back showing it from start to finish! It also includes my BBQ chip seasoning recipe!
Ingredients
This list is very straightforward, but I wanted to talk about a few things before we get started!
- Potatoes – We like to use Russet potatoes, but you can use any type of potato you prefer. I have even fried many batches of Yukon Gold potatoes and they all turn out really well! The reason I prefer Russet, however, is due to their size. It is a lot easier to thinly slice a larger potato. Other varieties tend to be smaller than Russet (or an equivalent variety).
- Oil – For this recipe, I recommend using coconut oil. While you can also use tallow or lard, the shelf life of the chips reduces dramatically to only 3-6 months. With coconut oil, you can enjoy delicious homemade potato chips even 2-3 YEARS later (when properly stored)!
- Salt or Seasoning – We like to salt most of our potato chips, but we do turn about 25% of our bags into BBQ chips with our homemade BBQ chip seasoning. You can also use ranch seasoning or any other spice combination you want!
How to Make Homemade Potato Chips
- Prep – Thinly slice organic potatoes. I’ve had this mandoline slicer for 8 years and it’s perfect for this task!
- Heat – While you’re slicing the potatoes, heat your oil in a heavy bottom pan to 275°F.
- Add – Take slices and rapidly drop them in the oil one at a time, only cooking 1 cup at a time.
- Fry – Allow to cook for a few minutes without stirring, then gently stir every few minutes until they are evenly brown. This cook time will vary depending on thickness.
- Drain – Place on draining towels and salt to taste. You can also use my homemade BBQ chip seasoning recipe at this stage for the perfect homemade BBQ chips!
- Store – Allow to cool fully before storing. We store them in ziplock mylar bags with a silica pack for up to 1 year (they never have made it longer than that though ?)
NOTE: Allow the coconut oil to cool to 90°F, then pour through a fine mesh strainer back into the jar it came from (or use a mason jar if you want).
This leftover oil can be used again and again until the oil is gone. If you burn something in the oil, replace it right away, as the next batch will taste burned.
Cost of Homemade Potato Chips
You might think that making your own organic potato chips in organic coconut oil would cost more, but it doesn’t! Even if you don’t factor in the health cost of eating chips fried in seed oils, it is actually much cheaper to make your own.
And you know how much I love saving money on good food… so let me break it down!
- 3 pounds of organic potatoes: $6.21
- 1 large container organic coconut oil (56oz): $14.18 / 10 (I can get about 10 3-pound batches out of one jar of oil) = $1.42
Total cost: $7.63
Since 3 pounds of potatoes turns into the equivalent of 6 regular-sized bags of non-organic chips, which normally cost $3.93 after tax ($23.58 for 6 bags), this recipe saves almost 70% over store-bought!!
And you know that you are getting the BEST quality food for you and your family!
Additional Snacks You Can Make at Home!
Don’t stop with potato chips! Here are a few more recipes for snacks you can make at home next!
Homemade Potato Chips
Ingredients
- 3 pounds russet potatoes
- 6 cups coconut oil
Instructions
- Wash potatoes, removing any green skin or black spots from flesh.
- Thinly slice organic potatoes. I've had this mandoline slicer for 10 years and it's perfect for this task!
- While you’re slicing the potatoes, heat your oil in a heavy bottom pan to 275°F.
- Take slices and rapidly drop them in the oil one at a time, only cooking 1 cup at a time.
- Allow to cook for a few minutes without stirring, then gently stir every few minutes until they are evenly brown. This cook time will vary depending on thickness.
- Place on draining towels and salt to taste. You can also use my homemade BBQ chip seasoning recipe at this stage for the perfect homemade BBQ chips!
- Allow to cool fully before storing. We store them in ziplock mylar bags with a silica pack for up to 2 years.
Video
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Making this tonight! Thanks for the tip. No more unhealthy Veg Oil Crisps for me!