Homemade Kettle Chips rock! Learn how to make your own potato chips at home. It is actually quite easy.
Homemade Kettle Cooked Chips
It is actually sort of funny to be making a copycat of Kettle Chips, since they are copying homemade chips. The name has sort of connected with this style of potato chip though. No matter what you call them, these homemade potato chips are sure to please your family. While these are simply seasoned with a sprinkle of salt and pepper, this copycat kettle chip recipe is the perfect opportunity to make some special chips featuring your favorite seasonings.
While these are called Kettle Chips, if you make homemade potato chips frequently I suggest investing in a deep fryer. They are reasonably priced and you can easily reuse the oil several times.
Kettle Cooked Chips vs Regular
As the name would indicate these are cooked in a kettle, Dutch oven or deep fryer, rather than with an industrial conveyor belt type of cooking, baking or air frying.
The kettle cooked potato chips are often sliced a little thicker also.
How to Make Kettle Chips
Here is a quick visual guide to making homemade potato chips. Full printable recipe card below.
The first step is to slicing potatoes. Slice potatoes on a mandolin to get nice even thin slices. Sure, if you have well honed knives and good knife skills, you could slice the chips, but using a mandolin slicer makes much more practical sense.
Soak the chip slices in cold water to remove the starch and any residual grit. Remove the kettle chips to towel to dry. Make sure to dry them well to avoid oil spatter.
Heat oil in kettle (Dutch oven)until it comes to temperature of 400 degrees F. Starting cooking the chips in small batches until they are fried golden brown. Then drain on paper towels and allow to cool.
Test the temperature of the frying oil between batches. Increasing temperature temporarily if needed. It is essential to keep oil hot for great results.
Season the kettle cooked chips while hot. Enjoy your crisp crunchy delicious results.
Kettle Chips Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb Potatoes Yukon Gold preferred
- Vegetable Oil for Frying
- Sea Salt & Fresh Ground Black Pepper or seasoning of choice
Instructions
- Wash the potatoes well.
- Thinly slice potatoes into chips using a mandolin, then soak them in cold water bath.
- Heat a few inches of oil in dutch oven or similar heavy pan to temperature of 400 degrees.
- Dry potatoes one batch at a time on paper towels.
- Prepare another plate lined with paper towels for the chips as they come out of the oil.
- Cook in small batches in the oil, stirring and turning often.
- Remove when brown and crispy and place on towels to cool..
- Salt and pepper (or other seasoning) should be applied immediately (while hot) to adhere.
- Repeat with remaining potatoes.
Notes
Nutrition
Alt spellings: kettles chip, kettel chips
Daisy says
I've never tried making my own Kettle Chips. What a fun idea!
aimee fauci says
I want that kitchen gadget! I have a spinner cutter and it does not work that well but that is how I made my potato chips. Yours came out so much better.
Jeanette says
I always wondered how to make kettle chips. Looks easy! We have company coming over this weekend, This would work well! 🙂
Mistee Dawn says
Yum. I love these Kettle Chips. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe. I'll make more this weekend.
Aimee Shugarman says
These are so good, came out perfect!!
Tara says
Love me some Kettle Chips -- I love to make my own even more!
Alison says
These look amazing!
Kim C says
These were easy enough. I love fresh kettle chips so much better than store bought. I can't stop eating them!!!
Wanheda says
How long do you soak the potatoes for?
Robin Gagnon says
If you can soak for at least 20 minutes that is ideal.
Nicole says
Can these be preserved and stored somehow? I would love to make these and stock up on them when my potatoes come in and have them all year long. I mean I guess if I store my potatoes I could just use them over the year and make them, But I would love to just do a big batch and then somehow store them.
Robin Gagnon says
Sealed in an airtight container with a couple silica packets is about the best you can do.