This simple idea was sent in by our friend Mary S, who made these for her grandson as an alternative for shop bought potato crisps. We love the way you think, Mary!
Ingredients
Turnips!
(OK, plus a brushing of olive oil, perhaps, and some light seasoning)
Method
Mary says:
"Peel the turnip as usual and the cut it into quarters then with a potato peeler make lots of slithers of turnip.
Heat up a deep fat fryer as you would for chips and then fry.
They are ready in seconds – just drain them in kitchen paper and sprinkle lightly with salt. Delicious!"
VegBox says:
"And if you’re a bit squeamish about the deep frying, you can heat the oven to around 275C and bake the "slithers" in a layer on a baking tray for about an hour."
Time From Cupboard-To-Table
1 hour 10 minutes max (baking method)
Categories: recipes, seasonal eating, vegetarian
Surely to goodness these are SLIVERS not “slithers” – which is what snakes do, not a noun at all!
Depends how slippery they are when they come out covered in oil I suppose…
Of course Pedant is right, but the recipe was submitted to us as “slithers” and we kind of liked it. And Waveney – you made us chuckle. Thanks for the comments, folks.