Sweet Potato Chips (Oven Baked Recipe)
Sweet potato chips baked in the oven are such a great snack. Not only do they satisfy a craving for a crunchy snack, but there’s nothing bad about reaching for these nutritious and healthy chips!
Originally published January 3, 2013.
These oven baked sweet potato chips are great for a healthy snack.
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Isn’t it funny what a difference a week or two makes? During the holidays, everyone is baking cookies, making desserts, having big dinners, and calories just aren’t counted. Then, the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, bringing us into the New Year, and a new mindset. All of a sudden, almost everyone is on a diet, sweets are off the menu, and there are stampedes to the gym!
Too bad we can’t keep everything in moderation throughout the year.
I could buck the trend, and write about big, soft, fluffy, deep-fried doughnuts. However, I know most people just won’t want to see those right now.
Here’s another relatively guilt free snack: homemade trail mix!
So here’s a recipe for a healthy snack made with organic sweet potatoes. They are baked in the oven, and not fried, so that’s a plus, not to mention that sweet potatoes are some of the most nutritious veg on the planet!
Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
by Christina Conte 6 servings
FULL PRINTABLE RECIPE BELOW
Note: I would highly recommend using a food processor.
- 5 or 6 organic sweet potatoes, washed and dried
- olive oil
- sea salt
Preheat oven to 200º F (93º C)
Using a food processor, slice the sweet potatoes very thinly.
Place in a bowl then drizzle with some olive oil, and sprinkle lightly with sea salt.
Mix well by tossing in the bowl and mixing the slices together by hand.
Next, place on parchment lined cookie sheet in a single layer.
Place in preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn over, so they bake/dry evenly.
Continue to bake the sweet potato chips, checking to make sure the potatoes aren’t browning because each oven is different.
Bake for about 50 minutes in total, turning when needed, or removing small slices first.
Take out of the oven and let cool completely before eating or placing in a tin, or Ziploc bag.
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Chips (Crisps)
Ingredients
- 6 sweet potatoes (washed and dried)
- 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sea salt (or more, to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200º F (93º C)
- Using a food processor, slice the sweet potatoes very thinly.
- Place in a bowl then drizzle with some olive oil, and sprinkle lightly with sea salt. Mix well by tossing in the bowl and mixing the slices together by hand.
- Next, place on parchment lined cookie sheet in a single layer. Place in preheated oven for 15 minutes, then turn over, so they bake/dry evenly. Continue to bake the sweet potato chips, checking to make sure the potatoes aren't browning because each oven is different.
- Bake for about 50 minutes in total, turning when needed, or removing small slices first.
- Take out of the oven and let cool completely before eating or placing in a tin, or plastic bag.
Notes
- Please only make this recipe if you have a food processor.
Nutrition
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Waa! don’t have a food processor and love sweet potatoes. I may have to prevail upon a friend with one to cut them for me, or risk hubby’s fingers doing it by hand! We bought spiced sweet potato fries recently , I couldn’t have them cos they were spiced and hubby said they were horrible, so don’t think he’d like these. Could eat them all myself though eh? :) lol
You totally could!
Were your chips hard/stiff when you took them out, or were they still slightly flimsy and hardened as they cooled??
Hi KTcass, they are stiff and dry when they are done, but they will get harder and crispy when they cool. After they have cooled, if they are not crispy, then they were not dried enough. You can still put them back in to finish them properly. Good luck! CC ;)
How do you slice potatoes with a food processor? :/
Hi Reva, my food processor (Kitchenaid) came with lots of blades to use in order to slice, shred, etc. http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-12-Cup-Food-Processor-5-Disc/dp/B000M5QQ6U/ref=pd_sim_k_1 Hope this helps, CC
I am so excited about #2! What about taralle, haven’t found a good recipe for those…
Teresa
Oh, trust me Teresa, I’m dying for a good ciambella as I haven’t been to Italy in over 7 years! I also want to make taralli to go with my Marsala all’Uovo, so stay tuned! :)
Hi Cristina,
I will try to use a mandolin slicer, it usually work pretty well with the golden potato… I love sweet potato!! I like your list, the nutella’s cake is in there too!!! I cant’wait to see your version.
Have a great 2013,
Ilaria
The mandolin slicer scares me! I almost lost a bit of my thumb once! Grazie, Ilaria-best wishes for 2013 to you too!
I have to admit that I still haven’t learned how to thinly slice and properly use the food processor :D
I am waiting for you Croquembouche! :D
The food processor is your friend! Honestly, these were sliced in a few seconds and I can’t imagine how long it would take by hand :(