Potato Chips

Yes, homemade potato chips.  Not that hard, actually.  Thanks to daxphillips, over at simple comfort food for this recipe.  I of course, found daxphillips, and simplecomfortfood via tasty kitchen.  So much yummy food!

I went to a food give away (fresh produce) and they gave me 2 bags of potatos, 5 lbs of carrots (and not baby either!), bananas, and a bag of onions.  YUM!  So I decided to make good use of the potatoes, and start making yummy potato food!  Hence daxphillips' potato chips.

Start out washing and drying potatos.  I didnt have 3 good sized russet potatoes, so I used many smaller ones.  I sliced them thinly, like I was told. I got some cute stacks of potatoes.











Let sit in a bowl (stock pot, in my case) of cold water for 20-30 minutes.

Lay them out on a paper towel, pat dry.

Put in a bowl








Add Herbes de Provence

You're supposed to cook garlic in the oil, but I don't have "real" garlic, I have jarred garlic.  So I put 1/4 tsp of the garlic liquid in with the potatoes.

Put lid on bowl and shake to evenly coat.

Start laying the potato slices on cookie sheets sprayed with PAM.  Next time I will use aluminum foil on the cookie sheets first.  And yes there will be a next time :)

Both trays are full.  :)  I then licked my hands, they tasted good!

After 18 minutes in a 400*F oven they were whistling and they were done.  they were hot (duh) but they were GOOD!

They lasted ABOUT 15-20 minutes...and now they're gone.  I want more, but even tho it didn't take long to make, the cutting and cleaning of the chips took longer than the actual seasoning and the cooking in the oven.  Sad. :(



2 tbsp olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, smashed
Potatos, skin on, thinly sliced
Large Bowl of cold water
1 1/2 tbsp Herbs de Provence
1 tsp salt
Cooking Spray
Make sure you thinly slice your potatoes. Once all of your potatoes are sliced, add them to the cold water, making sure they are all submerged. Let them sit in the water for about 20 minutes. Drain, and place them on a large towel, making sure you pat them dry.
Add the potatoes to a large bowl, adding in the oil, garlic, salt, and herbes de provence. Toss the potatoes making sure you evenly coat them with the seasonings.
Spray a large sheet tray with cooking oil. Add the sliced potatoes to the sheet making sure not to overlap or crowd. Place in the preheated oven and cook until a nice golden brown, being careful not to overcook them as they will get bitter. cook 15-25minutes.

We had this along with BBQ chicken with pineapple.  It was in the crock pot all day.  Smelled AMAZING!  It was a big spicy, thanks to using spicy BBQ sauce, but its not something I'll be using in the future.  TJ enjoyed it tho, he also added Spicy Ranch, and two types of hot sauce.  Guess it wasn't spicy enough :/

Hawai'ian BBQ Chicken

This is for dinner tonight :)

it smells amazing. the pineapple is amazing...the BBQ sauce is amazing...and chicken is always good...

ingredients:

• 3 pounds Boneless Chicken Breast, Thighs Or A Combo Of The Two
• 1 whole Onion (large), Sliced Into Chunks
• 1 can (20 Oz. Size) Pineapple, I Recommend Nibblits Or Crushed, Drained But Reserve The Juice If Using (See Note Below)
• 1 bottle (18 To 20 Oz. Size) BBQ Sauce Of Your Choice (Our Favorites Are Sweet Baby Ray's Or Open Pit If We Want To Give It A Little More Of A Kick)
• Hamburger Buns Or Kaiser Rolls

(i used chunk pineapple...i didn't have the other stuff available. i also used a small onion, cuz its either that or EXTRA large...and my housemates are fond of onion)

prep:

If you use frozen chicken, make sure it is completely defrosted. If you cook it frozen, it will indeed cook but it will make a very “wet” sauce. Place your chicken in the bottom of the crock pot. Top with onions, then pineapple. Pour the entire bottle of BBQ sauce over the whole thing.

Note: If you want a sweeter BBQ, add up to half a cup of the pineapple juice you drained, depending on how sweet you want it. This is optional.

Turn your crock pot on LOW and cook for 8–10 hours (or on HIGH for 4–6).

An hour or two before it is finished cooking, carefully remove the chicken from the crock pot and shred it using two forks. Watch out, it will be hot! Place chicken back in the crock pot and stir well to combine. Finish cooking an additional hour or two so the chicken can absorb most of the sauce. Serve on hamburger buns and top with coleslaw if desired.

my chicken was slightly frozen still...but it was VERY tender, pulled apart VERY easily :)