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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Homemade Dill Pickle Potato Chips


I should be working on our book right this second. I should be going through the over 500 recipes right now making sure that I have the right gadgets for each recipe listed. That was the first thing on my list for today. Actually I should be doing a lot of things right now. 

But instead I got sucked into Wil Wheaton's clever blog that goes so well with coffee. Then I figured since I already was enjoying a little online browsing, why not get around to reading about Joss Whedon's new project? Spoiler: There's still not much out there about it. At least not enough for me.

That brings us to now. I'm watching Tron and sharing with you a recipe for one of my favorite little savory treats. I first had them in Canada back when I was in college. I couldn't believe all the different types of potato chips they had up there like Gravy and Ketchup. I wasn't in love with those but the Dill Pickle flavored ones won over my heart. Now you can find these random flavors pretty much everywhere but at the time it was one of those things that made Canada somewhat exotic. I also love making homemade potato chips. So really this recipe is a perfect storm of awesome. Here are a few fun facts about these and other chips before we start: 


 Shall we begin?



Homemade Dill Pickle Potato Chips
  • 6 Medium to Large Russet Potatoes
  • 4 Cups Dill Pickle Brine (this is the juice Dill Pickles come in) 
  • 2 teaspoons Fresh Dill Weed (diced)
  • 1 Clove Garlic (minced) 
  • 1 teaspoon Pickling Spices
  • 3 teaspoons Dried Dill Weed
  • 1 teaspoon Crushed Ground Black Pepper Corn
  • 3 teaspoon Crushed Sea Salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • Olive Oil Cooking Spray 

Fill a large glass lasagna dish with Dill Pickle Brine, Fresh Dill Weed, Garlic and Pickling Spices. Gently stir until blended.

Thinly slice your Potatoes diagonally to get the largest chips possible with a very sharp knife or mandolin. You want them to be around 1/8 of an inch thick. Place each slice immediately into the Pickle Brine. Once all your Potato slices are in the Brine, cover your dish with tin foil and refrigerated for an hour and half. Then pull out the dish and rotate your Potato slices so that the ones that were at the bottom of the dish are now at the top.  Put the dish back in the fridge for another hour and half. You'll notice that some of them have started to curl and that's OK. If you want your chips to have a somewhat strong Dill Pickle Flavor, repeat the process twice.

Heat oven to 425.

Line a cookie sheet with foil and spray an even layer of Cooking Spray. Arrange your marinaded Potato slices on the cookie sheet so none of them are touching in an even layer. Spray another even layer of Cooking Spray over the top.

We had to make ours in 3 batches. If you have to do that, don't worry. They actually bake quickly and the ones that have to wait in the brine longer are only slightly more flavorful.

Bake your chips for 5 to 8 minutes and then flip them. Put them back in the oven to bake for another 8 to 10 minutes. Pull them out of the oven when the chips are a light golden brown and they are crispy. Keep in mind the thinner your chips are sliced the quicker they will brown.

In a bowl, mix Dried Dill Weed, Black Pepper, Sea Salt and Garlic Powder. When you pull the chips from oven they are really hot but they are also kinda fragile like store bought potato chips - so very gently move them to a wire rack to cool. Then take a slotted spoon and sprinkle the Herb mix over the top of the warm chips before the oil cools to help attach the herbs to the chip.

Let them cool to room temperature before gobbling them up by the handful! 



* Not this kind of mandolin. The kind that slices vegetables.


8 comments:

  1. After the line "heat oven to 425" what is the olive oil in the dish for?

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  2. I'm sold. Now I want to run out and get some pickles and start eating so I can make these. These look beautiful and sound great.

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  3. Oh my. Those are all the words I can gather. <3

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  4. Sorry. I was typing this up from my notes... that are little old and should have been typed up a long time ago.

    The oil was from the first batch I made using Olive Oil instead of the Cooking Spray. It supposedly a more traditional Irish way to make "crisps" but I thought that batch was a little too oily for me. :)

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  5. Those look phenomenal, and worth eating a jar and a half of pickles (not really a challenge in my world anyway, ha ha) for! Thanks for sharing your amazing pictures and your recipe too, definitely marked for future use.

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  6. Just when I thought I'd heard of every delicious thing. Must try these!!

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  7. Wow, this looks great. Next time I know someone pregnant, I know what I'm making for her :)

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  8. I love dill pickle chips and used to eat them all the time. However now that I am in Europe they don't have that flavor and I find myself longing for them all the time. I will definitely try these. Thanks for the great post!

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