Place in a single layer on the Top Chips Tray, and microwave according to enclosed directions. Season with your favorite topping and voila. You have a healthy, delicious snack that you will feel good about serving to your children and guests. Stack multiple trays to cook more than one serving at a time. A fun way for kids to experiment and try different vegetables and fruits they may not be used to. The Top Chips maker is designed for even the smallest of microwaves, perfect for small microwaves such as those found in RVs, dorm rooms and apartments-you can use your Top Chips everywhere. Hand wash or top-rack dishwasher-safe. Made by Mastrad, the makers of innovative and award-winning kitchen products loved the world-over.
Surprisingly great!
By bluechef
I received this chip maker set as an early Christmas present. We were pretty skeptical before we used it - how could you possibly get crispy potato chips from a microwave, and without any oil? I'm happily surprised to be able to say that you can. This works beautifully - half an hour after receiving the package, I have a bowl full of crisp & delicious sweet potato chips sitting in front of me!
It's true that the product manual is light on instructions, but frankly this is because there are very few instructions needed - slice potatoes, dry (I laid my slices out on paper towels while i got things ready - not more than 10 minutes total), place on trays, microwave. Ta da! The manual is also very clear that cooking time will vary for individual microwaves, so to me, it doesn't seem like a flaw that I need to monitor the cooking time. After my 3rd tray of chips, I had already gotten the timing down. It's also true that - again according to each individual microwave - chips in the middle of the tray may cook faster than the chips on the outer rim on the tray. Again, this isn't a problem for me - it takes about 5 seconds to open the microwave and either remove the finished chips or rotate the middle & outer chips for more even cooking. This is still a much better method than cooking chips in the oven, if only because it works faster (I can have a bowl of chips finished in the time it takes my oven to heat up) and because it means a LOT less clean up afterwards.
Some tips that I've already learned:
- Much easier to add salt/seasoning before the chips have cooked, as salt will stick to the damp surface better.
- When first using your chip trays, start with the manual's suggested cooking time, and add more time in 30 second increments, checking often. There is a place in the manual for making a note of your preferred cooking times for each type of vegetable chip - it's worth taking the time to do this & record your results. Once you have the timing worked out, cooking will be much less fussy & you'll be able to produce chips quickly & efficiently.
- Chips that have started to brown during cooking will be much crispier and will STAY much crispier - non-browned chips will still be delicious, but lose a little of their *snap* over time.- Comments elsewhere have recommended using an olive oil mister to lightly spray the chips before cooking for additional flavor - although the chips are fantastic without the oil, I'm looking forward to trying them this way, too. Am imagining all kinds of seasoning possibilities - garlic oil; fresh rosemary mixed in with the salt; BBQ spices on sweet potato chips; etc.
All in all, I think this is a great product and I'm anticipating using it a LOT. I already have at least 3 people in mind who'll be getting this as a gift from me in the near future, too. Wonderful!
0 comments:
Post a Comment