Air Fried Pepperoni Chips Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is the best temperature for chips in an air fryer? ›

Preheat or set the air fryer to 200ºC, according to manufacturer instructions. Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl and use your hands to gently but thoroughly coat with the oil. Cook for 20 minutes in the air fryer, tossing occasionally, until the chips are crisp and cooked through.

So I'm sharing how I made my soggy chips crispy again! Why did chips not brown in the air oven fryer? The most common reasons would be moisture or wrong temperature. Potatoes contain a lot of moisture so you should dry the chips with paper towel before cooking.

They're literally just slices of pepperoni, tossed in a deep fryer, and served with a few different dips. Imagine - getting tasty low carb snacks in a bar setting! Love it.

Rinse the chips and pat dry with a clean tea towel. Tip the chips into the bottom of an air-fryer (the part with the paddle), add the oil, and toss the chips in the oil so they are evenly coated. Program the fryer to cook for 30 mins using the paddle. After this time, check that the chips are tender and cooked through.

You can avoid this by thoroughly patting dry your potatoes before you place them in the air fryer. Secondly, you might be putting in too many potato chips so they aren't cooking evenly. You can have layers of potatoes, just make sure you give them a regular shake to toss them.

Olive Oil.

Olive oil helps the air-fryer chips become crispy and keeps them from burning.

Hairy Bikers Air Fryer Chips Recipe

To get that added crispiness, in this recipe Dave soaks the potato in salted water before drying and frying. This helps to remove the starch from the potato which will add to the crispiness once cooked.

What's more: the “frying” is faster! Caution! Forget about butter or delicate cold-pressed oils, which are very likely to burn and smoke the whole kitchen. Everyone knows someone who has already had this misfortune!

One of the biggest benefits of the air fryer is that you can cook foods without using oil, making your meals healthier. Some recipes may call for a spray of or a toss in oil, but when cooking in the air fryer, using the slippery stuff is deffo unnecessary.

Should I parboil chips before air frying? ›

Golden crispy chips, cooked in the air fryer so they've got a nice bit of crunch, but they're soft in the middle. No need to soak the potatoes or par-boil. Just toss the potatoes in a little cornflour, oil and seasoning and they can go right in the air fryer.

Cup and Crisp Bold Pepperoni - HORMEL® Pepperoni.

The extra fat is necessary during the production of pepperoni. The excess fat helps the meat become soft and tender, making pepperoni pizza greasy. To avoid this, precooking the pepperoni before adding it to your pizza is a good idea.

For best results, you want to get as much oil out as possible - both in rendering, and blotting every little bit of oil you can. Transfer blotted pepperoni slices to a food dehydrator, arranging them in a single layer on the dehydrating trays. Dehydrate for about 4 hours, or until dried out to a good texture.

Once it's floating and golden the temperature should be about 180°C, which is perfect for frying and will give you chips with those all-important crispy outsides and fluffy middles.

The first step is to blanch them, this is done by frying them at around 160°C. The time just depends on the batch size but is usually 7 and a half mins. Afterwards, the chips need to rest for a brief period, about five mins before they are fried again in hot oil (185 °C) for around 1.5 to 2 mins.

Cooking at a farily constant and high oil temperature, around 350°F/[177°C], heats the slices so rapidly that the starch granules and cell walls have little chance to absorb any mositure before they're dessicated and done, in 3–4 minutes. The texture is therefore delicately crisp and fine-grained.