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Healthy chips? Yes! These oven baked sweet potato chips are actually good for you! So easy to make just using your oven, these crunchy homemade sweet potato chips will become your favorite healthy snack!
Everyone knows that packaged potato chips are not exactly a “health food”. They have a lot of calories and fat, they are fried and processed, plus they have virtually no nutritional value. But we all crave chips sometimes just because they are so yummy, crunchy and addictive. I have great news for you – you don’t have to eat unhealthy to get your chips fix. These baked sweet potato chips are actually good for you! You can eat as many as you want without steering away from your healthy diet :)
These baked sweet potato chips are very low in calories, since they are baked in the oven instead of fried. Also, sweet potatoes are more nutritious than white potatoes, and also they have a lower glycemic index. If you like sweet potatoes as much as I do, you will also love these other yummy recipes with them: hasselback sweet potatoes, microwave sweet potatoes, sweet potato rice bowl and sweet potato muffins – yum!
Finally, these homemade baked sweet potatoes are all natural and have no preservatives, no chemicals and no artificial ingredients! The only ingredients for these sweet potato chips are sweet potatoes, olive oil and your favorite seasonings. Compare it to packaged chips – if you read the ingredients list on the bag of chips, it’s absolutely scary! No scary ingredients for the homemade stuff – what you see is what you get, and what you put in is what you’ll take out! Also, check out my homemade kale chips – you’ll love them!
How To Make Baked Sweet Potato Chips In Your Oven
Making crispy baked sweet potato chips is very easy! You don’t need any fancy equipment, no special “chip makers” or food dehydrators needed. All you need is your good ol’ oven!
All you need to do is slice the sweet potato into extremely thin slices, toss in a bit of olive oil, layer on a baking sheet and bake at 200F for 2 hours. If you own a mandoline slicer, slicing the sweet potatoes will be very quick. If you don’t have a mandoline, you can just use a regular knife, just take care to make the slices very thin and uniform.
Many recipes for baked sweet potato chips call for baking the sweet potato slices at a high oven temperature for 20 minutes. That doesn’t work quite well as it’s not enough time to fully dehydrate the sweet potatoes, so the sweet potato slices don’t become as crispy – they start burning before getting crunchy. When you use a low oven temperature for 2 hours, it dehydrates the sweet potatoes without burning them, resulting in amazing crispy and delicious sweet potato chips! I also use the same process to make baked zucchini chips– they are also super healthy, crunchy and tasty!
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Baked Sweet Potato Chips Recipe
These homemade sweet potato chips are so crispy and delicious! These baked sweet potato chips are so crunchy, it's hard to believe they are actually healthy and good for you! With this easy recipe, you can make perfect baked sweet potato chips using your oven!
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time2 hours hrs
Total Time2 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8 servings
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 200F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Peel the sweet potatoes and slice them in uniformly thin 1/8-inch slices (the thinner you can slice them, the crispier they'll be).
Put the sweet potato slices in a bowl and toss with the olive oil.
Put the sweet potato slices on the baking sheets in a single layer, making sure they are not touching.
Put the baking sheets in the oven and bake the sweet potato chips for 2 hours.
Take the sweet potato chips out of the oven and sprinkle with salt, pepper and cinnamon to taste.
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FAQs
-- Slices should be just under 1/8-inch thick for the best results. If they're thicker they'll need to bake longer and will result in a not fully crisped chip with a leathery texture. If they're too thin they'll burn easily. -- If slices are uneven you may end up with partially crisp chips.
Why are my sweet potato chips always soggy? ›
Don't Overcrowd Your Baking Sheet
This is especially important if you're making a big batch of fries. Instead of just piling more onto one baking pan, spread them out over two baking pans or cook them in batches. If they're all crammed into one pan, they'll steam instead of bake, and you'll end up with soggy fries.
Why are my homemade potato chips not crispy? ›
The difference lies in their starch content and structure. Waxy potatoes are amazing for boiling as they keep their shape, but floury potatoes fry up crisper. Use a floury (also called mealy) potato such as Russet or Shepody for your chips and you'll have better success.
Are sweet potato chips actually healthier? ›
Sweet potato chips are a variant of potato chips produced using sweet potatoes instead of white potatoes. Sweet potato chips are not as easily available or popular as regular ones. However, these chips are healthier than French fries or white potato chips. Sweet potatoes have high fibre, vitamin, and mineral content.
What is the secret to crispy chips? ›
The Double-Fry Method
When it comes to the actual cooking, you want to fry the french fries twice. The first round is at a lower temperature to cook the inside of the potato and the second time you'll use a higher temperature to make the fries golden brown and crispy.
Why do sweet potatoes not get crispy? ›
I've found that sweet potatoes really need space for a truly roasted, crisped-edge result. Aim for about one inch of space between pieces. This leads to good, dry, hot airflow that will let the potato pieces' moisture evaporate while letting them dry and crisp up more.
How do you make homemade chips not soggy? ›
Soak them for 2-3 minutes and then drain before putting into fresh water to boil. This will prevent them browning too quickly and ensure you don't end up with soggy chips.
Why are my baked sweet potatoes mushy? ›
Typically when you roast sweet potatoes, they end up mushy, not crispy. That's because the high sugar content and moisture in the potato creates a softer result.
How do you fix soggy potato chips? ›
- I have bought my favourite chips from a shop. ...
- Chips get soggy when they are left open and come in contact with moisture in the air. ...
- Here are three ideas:
- Microwave chips for about one or two minutes.
- Bake them in an electric oven for two minutes.
- Heat them in a pan over the gas stove until they become crunchy.
Steam is the worst enemy of crispy oven chips – they stand no chance if the tray is jammed and there are two trays in the oven. Further than that, overcrowding reduces the temperature of the oil that the chips are a bathin' in, giving them even less chance to crisp up.
3 tips to get the crispiest oven-baked chips
Give your chips an ice bath, and leave for 15-20 minutes if you have the time. This will wash off some of the starch – you'll see as the water goes cloudy. Starch on the surface of the chips locks in moisture and causes them to go soggy.
How do you keep homemade chips crunchy? ›
How Do You Keep Homemade Chips Crispy? The key to keeping homemade potato chips crisp is to store them in an airtight container, which protects your chips from outside moisture. Just make sure the chips have thoroughly cooled off for at least 30 minutes at room temperature before sealing them.
Do sweet potato chips spike blood sugar? ›
Since sweet potatoes are high in carbohydrates, they can spike blood sugar levels. Their fiber content helps to slow down this process.
Are Jackson's sweet potato chips fried or baked? ›
Jackson's Sweet Potato Chips. Kettle-cooked and Perfectly Seasoned.
Why are my chips soft and soggy? ›
If the oil isn't hot enough, this sealing process takes longer. Meanwhile, the moisture that's meant to stay in the body of the chip is excreted, making what is supposed to be a crispy outer layer, damp and steeped.
Why are my oven chips not crispy? ›
If the oven isn't hot enough to brown the chips on the 'air-side', or if there's not space for the heat to circulate around each chip, they'll be unevenly crisp. Deep-frying also means the oil can penetrate the craggy, broken edges on all sides to make an extra crisp surface.
Why do chips become less crispy? ›
As the chips are exposed to air, however, the water in the air binds to the starch in the chips, making the chips pliable again. The solution for this one is simple: invest in some chip clips to keep air away from your chips to keep them crunchy.
