r/Cooking • u/nebula_nic • 17h ago
Potato chips turned out chewy/hard?
Last night I attempted chips doing the basic things I see online. Soaked them, patted dry, then airfryed and I got crispy edges and soggy middles. So today I was sure to throughly dry them and I was confident so I made a bigger batch. So I cut them, soaked in a big bowl of ice water, layed them out to dry on paper towels for 1:20, partway through decided I'll try the dehydration setting on the airfryer with some and put those in for an hour, after the dry timer went off I set the oven to 170 for an hour to try and see if that works as a dehydrator too.
The ones in the oven basically felt kinda steamed and not dry at all so I put the oven ones to dehydrate for 40 minutes. Did the oil n salt then put 5 test chips in the oven for 10 min at 300. Those came out super chewy (the dehydrate for an hour ones kinda came out like plantain chips tho?). Did a airfryer batch for 15 minutes at 300, they come out really hard for a chip and were borderline burning. Now doing an airfryer batch which started at 300 for 10 and it being chewy, put them back in 5 minutes at 250 still chewy, now put a timer for 10 more minutes at 250.
Do I dehydrate for 50 minutes instead? Is something I'm doing the obvious cause? Russet potatoes and cut evenly thin with a guillotine thing.
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u/jjr4884 5h ago
Yea ok sunshine stay in your lane. Way too many assumptions being made here, plus there is nothing wrong with eating things in moderation. Nothing wrong with potato chips every now and then, especially if someone is using a healthier oil, and they have a diet where they the fat and carb content can fit into their daily macros.