What are some delicious savory recipes that call for potato chips?
June 19, 2013 7:01 PM Subscribe
Seeking unsweet recipes involving plain-flavored potato chips. Healthiness is no object.
I overbought on potato chips for a party last weekend and now have 2 giant (I mean Costco-giant) bags of plain Ruffles resting atop the fridge.
I love chips and dip as much as the next girl, but this quantity of potato chips requires a new level of creativity. I am not a fan of sweets, even salty sweets like potato chip brownies. I have seen this article, which was helpful, but too heavily weighted towards desserts.
Please submit your best recipes involving potato chips. No bias against White Trash Cooking-style recipes. However, I do not have a deep fryer, so any recipes involving one will not be attempted in the Slenderloris Test Kitchen.
I overbought on potato chips for a party last weekend and now have 2 giant (I mean Costco-giant) bags of plain Ruffles resting atop the fridge.
I love chips and dip as much as the next girl, but this quantity of potato chips requires a new level of creativity. I am not a fan of sweets, even salty sweets like potato chip brownies. I have seen this article, which was helpful, but too heavily weighted towards desserts.
Please submit your best recipes involving potato chips. No bias against White Trash Cooking-style recipes. However, I do not have a deep fryer, so any recipes involving one will not be attempted in the Slenderloris Test Kitchen.
Spanish tortilla! That's with salt & vinegar chips, but I bet it would be good with plain (and seasoning kicked up a bit).
posted by supercres at 7:06 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by supercres at 7:06 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Potato chip sandwiches!
posted by fshgrl at 7:08 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by fshgrl at 7:08 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
this Indian thing (apparently Parsi) is crazy good!
posted by genmonster at 7:17 PM on June 19, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by genmonster at 7:17 PM on June 19, 2013 [3 favorites]
I think of them as being good for encustenating other things you want to eat. The HuffPo article had some good suggestions like being the top layer of Mac and Cheese. When I was a kid we'd have a potato chip layer on top of tuna noodle casserole that was good contrast to the mush beneath. I think if I had this challenge I'd try to work a potato chip crust into other savory meat pie types of things like a chicken pot pie or a shepherd's pie. It won't really hold together like a pastry crust would but I bet it would be delicious.
posted by jessamyn at 7:18 PM on June 19, 2013 [4 favorites]
posted by jessamyn at 7:18 PM on June 19, 2013 [4 favorites]
You can grind them up, freeze them, and use them as needed instead of breadcrumbs.
posted by kinetic at 7:18 PM on June 19, 2013 [6 favorites]
posted by kinetic at 7:18 PM on June 19, 2013 [6 favorites]
My grandma makes pasta salad (shells, tuna, celery, onion, mayo, salt/pepper) and then puts crushed potato chips on top of each serving. It's basically the best ever.
posted by easy, lucky, free at 7:19 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by easy, lucky, free at 7:19 PM on June 19, 2013
Pretty much like above, except the iconic tuna casserole.
Macaroni, tuna, celery, wee wee bit of onion, peas, mushroom soup, canned mushrooms, and olives, put a smidgeon of cheese and then top with inch thick crushed potato chips.
Bake.
posted by BlueHorse at 7:28 PM on June 19, 2013 [4 favorites]
Macaroni, tuna, celery, wee wee bit of onion, peas, mushroom soup, canned mushrooms, and olives, put a smidgeon of cheese and then top with inch thick crushed potato chips.
Bake.
posted by BlueHorse at 7:28 PM on June 19, 2013 [4 favorites]
One of the suggestions for topping Mac & Cheese we got when we did a video with the people from Homeroom, a mac & cheese resto in San Francisco, was to use potato chips as a topping when doing a baked mac.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:29 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jacquilynne at 7:29 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Sadly, the family copies of the Wise Potato Chip cookbooks are in another state, but there are some clips available on the internet too. Their website has even more recipes and I just kind of feel like they're the go-to source for anyone's potato chip cooking needs.
posted by jetlagaddict at 7:30 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by jetlagaddict at 7:30 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
I don't have an actual recipe, but my mom used to crush up potato chips and use them as a coating on cut-up roasted chicken. Kind of like shake 'n bake. I think she used curry powder in it. It was delicious! And now I want some.
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 7:39 PM on June 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by under_petticoat_rule at 7:39 PM on June 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
My local Vietnamese restaurant serves a dish with [protein of choice] and potato chips in a brown sauce. It's delicious. This looks close to what their recipe might be.
posted by peanut_mcgillicuty at 7:40 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by peanut_mcgillicuty at 7:40 PM on June 19, 2013
I'm sure people will think this is crazy but potato chips work pretty well as an ingredient in sushi rolls. They are also a good ingredient in chocolate chip cookies.
This however will not make a significant dent in your supply.
posted by srboisvert at 7:40 PM on June 19, 2013
This however will not make a significant dent in your supply.
posted by srboisvert at 7:40 PM on June 19, 2013
Put them on your hamburger in place of the lettuce. So bad, but soooo good.
posted by 1066 at 8:19 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by 1066 at 8:19 PM on June 19, 2013
I have an ahhhhhh-mayzing potato chip cookie recipe that is not too sweet. I'll see if I can find it.
posted by ApathyGirl at 9:26 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by ApathyGirl at 9:26 PM on June 19, 2013
In a fit of culinary inspiration, my sweetie and our friend made what has been dubbed the "frat boy" pizza. A pizza pie with a spinach dip as the "sauce", a little bit of mozzarella, pickled jalapenos, pickled roasted red peppers baked together and then topped with crumbled potato chips. Sounds disgusting, but tasted so good. Won't use a lot of chips, unless you make a couple of pizzas.
posted by Hopeful and Cynical at 9:33 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by Hopeful and Cynical at 9:33 PM on June 19, 2013
Childhood delight in the UK - adding potato chips (crisps) to your existing sandwich. NOT a potato chip sandwich, but a normal sandwich with chips added. Works with pretty much any sandwich, but I recommend cheese sandwich, or ham-mayo-cheese sandwich. Oh, the bread must be a soft-crusted one though, hard crusts like french bread would be too much crunchiness.
posted by Joh at 10:27 PM on June 19, 2013 [3 favorites]
posted by Joh at 10:27 PM on June 19, 2013 [3 favorites]
Also, potato chips in your pb&j is magic.
posted by ApathyGirl at 10:28 PM on June 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
posted by ApathyGirl at 10:28 PM on June 19, 2013 [2 favorites]
These crunchy tuna turnovers used to be a staple in our house.
posted by jaksemas at 10:49 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by jaksemas at 10:49 PM on June 19, 2013
Here we go. I looked for this recipe online, but it's behind a paywall.
0.75c all-purpose flour (3.75oz)
0.5c crushed potato chips (1.5oz)
0.25c pecans, toasted and chopped fine
0.25tsp salt
8tb unsalted butter, in 8 pieces, soft but cool.
0.25c regular white sugar (1.75oz)
0.25c powdered/confectioner's sugar (1oz)
1 large egg yolk
0.5tsp vanilla extract
(please note the weight measure parentheticals for more precise amounts)
-Heat oven to 350, middle rack. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment.
-Combine flour, chips, pecans and salt in a bowl.
-Beat butter and sugars on medium high speed (use paddle attachment if you have a stand mixer) until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
-Add egg yolk and vanilla, beat til combined.
-Reduce speed to low and slowly add flour mixture in 3 parts.
-Roll dough into 1" balls and space 3" apart on baking sheets.
-Flatten dough balls to 1/4" thickness with bottom of a floured drinking glass. [Or, presumably any other flat surface like your palm or forehead or sledgehammer. -ag]
-Bake, 1 sheet at a time on the middle rack, until cookies are just set and lightly browned on the bottom, about 10-13 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through.
-Let cookies cool completely, about 15m. Serve, or store airtight for up to 4 days.
[AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. These people are so precious. -ag]
posted by ApathyGirl at 11:03 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
0.75c all-purpose flour (3.75oz)
0.5c crushed potato chips (1.5oz)
0.25c pecans, toasted and chopped fine
0.25tsp salt
8tb unsalted butter, in 8 pieces, soft but cool.
0.25c regular white sugar (1.75oz)
0.25c powdered/confectioner's sugar (1oz)
1 large egg yolk
0.5tsp vanilla extract
(please note the weight measure parentheticals for more precise amounts)
-Heat oven to 350, middle rack. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment.
-Combine flour, chips, pecans and salt in a bowl.
-Beat butter and sugars on medium high speed (use paddle attachment if you have a stand mixer) until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
-Add egg yolk and vanilla, beat til combined.
-Reduce speed to low and slowly add flour mixture in 3 parts.
-Roll dough into 1" balls and space 3" apart on baking sheets.
-Flatten dough balls to 1/4" thickness with bottom of a floured drinking glass. [Or, presumably any other flat surface like your palm or forehead or sledgehammer. -ag]
-Bake, 1 sheet at a time on the middle rack, until cookies are just set and lightly browned on the bottom, about 10-13 minutes, rotating sheet halfway through.
-Let cookies cool completely, about 15m. Serve, or store airtight for up to 4 days.
[AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. These people are so precious. -ag]
posted by ApathyGirl at 11:03 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]
Oh and, it makes 24 cookies so you're not committed to a giant batch if you don't like them.
posted by ApathyGirl at 11:18 PM on June 19, 2013
posted by ApathyGirl at 11:18 PM on June 19, 2013
My mom's potato chip casserole, which I loved but she thought was cheap and trashy. Bag of chips, 2 cans cream of mushroom soup, two cans peas, 2 cans of tuna. Mush together and top with some crunched up chips. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes.
posted by saffry at 4:04 AM on June 20, 2013
posted by saffry at 4:04 AM on June 20, 2013
My family always put Cheez-its and potato chips on top of tuna fish (tuna salad the way you like it) sandwiches.
posted by kuanes at 4:58 AM on June 20, 2013
posted by kuanes at 4:58 AM on June 20, 2013
Bread chicken in them and oven roast it.
Or donate them to a food pantry. Or bring them to work for folks there.
But yeah, a crunchy crust on cassaroles is pretty much the classic use.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 6:21 AM on June 20, 2013
Or donate them to a food pantry. Or bring them to work for folks there.
But yeah, a crunchy crust on cassaroles is pretty much the classic use.
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 6:21 AM on June 20, 2013
Wow, no idea there were so many great potato chip ideas.
For my part, I like to take advantage of their salty crunch to contrast with other foods -- not as a crust but as a... spoon, I guess. For example, salty chips with cottage cheese is a heavenly combination. (I guess you could crumble them over, but I always used them to scoop. Either way.) The same with chicken salad (especially when it falls out of my overstuffed deli sandwiches). Anything cool and moist...
posted by acm at 6:22 AM on June 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
For my part, I like to take advantage of their salty crunch to contrast with other foods -- not as a crust but as a... spoon, I guess. For example, salty chips with cottage cheese is a heavenly combination. (I guess you could crumble them over, but I always used them to scoop. Either way.) The same with chicken salad (especially when it falls out of my overstuffed deli sandwiches). Anything cool and moist...
posted by acm at 6:22 AM on June 20, 2013 [1 favorite]
If you eliminate the seafood seasoning here, the recipe linked is the exact recipe for Cooks Country Oven-fried Shrimp. It will use up 2 cups of your chips and it is awesome! The original recipe is behind a paywall, but this one is exactly the same-- just take out the seafood seasoning.
posted by TrarNoir at 6:53 AM on June 20, 2013
posted by TrarNoir at 6:53 AM on June 20, 2013
I have this Saveur recipe for Ohio Nachos clipped and am looking forward to making it. It's basically potato chips covered with a creamy white sauce and blue cheese. Not exactly a major transformation of potato chips into something else, but definitely different than your standard chips-n-dip or burger-with-side-of-chips.
posted by rhiannonstone at 12:50 PM on June 20, 2013
posted by rhiannonstone at 12:50 PM on June 20, 2013
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posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:05 PM on June 19, 2013 [1 favorite]