Potato chips are not considered to be the most useful snack, because the amount of oil and spices that are used for their preparation, detrimental to human health. So now it's worth to forget about chips forever? Everything is not as sad as it seems, because fried vegetable chips can easily be replaced by a less caloric product based on dried fruit, for example, bananas. Banana chips have a low calorie content and at the same time perfectly replace a carcinogenic snack. Thanks to a large amount of fructose, dried banana chips are very sweet and tasty, which uniquely will win the love of not only adults but also children.
In industrial conditions, fresh bananas are dried literally in 10-15 minutes in powerful ovens. Home cabinets production capacity can not boast, so let's understand how to cook banana chips in the home.
The recipe for banana chips
If it's sunny and hot outside, why not take advantage of the wonderful weather for making delicacies, after all, under bright beams, you can dry not only the home-made pastille , but also the banana chips.
Ingredients:
- bananas - 3-4 pieces.
Preparation
Bananas are peeled and cut into thin rings across, or along - strips. Spread pieces of fruit on a baking tray and cover over gauze. We leave the future chips in the sun until completely dry. The readiness of the slices can be determined from the sugar content on the cut.
Such chips can be eaten separately, or added to desserts, pastries and muesli.
Recipe for banana chips in the oven
Despite the fact that homemade ovens are not particularly powerful, it is perfectly acceptable to use them for drying fruit, be sure of it yourself.
Ingredients:
- bananas - 3-4 pieces;
- lemon - 1 pc.
Preparation
Before making banana chips, squeeze juice out of the lemon, and cut the bananas into thin slices. Lubricate the cut of each piece of juice, so it does not darken, and put everything on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. We put a pan with bananas in the oven and dry at a temperature of 80-95 degrees, until the moisture evaporates completely.
Banana chips in the microwave
Chips from a banana can be dried with an even more modern kitchen unit - a microwave oven.
Ingredients:
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- bananas - 2 pieces;
- cinnamon - 1/2 tsp;
- powdered sugar - 2 tsp.
Preparation
Banana with a peel fill in with water and put on fire. Cook the fruit for 10 minutes with constant boiling, and then leave to cool. The cooled fruit is peeled and cut into thin slices. We put the slices in the dishes for a microwave oven, pour oil, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar.
We set the microwave at maximum power and cook the chips for 8 minutes, turning the pieces every 2 minutes to evenly dry. That's all the chips in the microwave are ready!
Fried banana chips
If you do not shift the deep fryer at all, then use it to make banana chips.
Ingredients:
- bananas - 2-3 pieces;
- Ground turmeric - 1/4 tsp.
- vegetable oil - for frying.
Preparation
Bananas are cleaned and immersed in ice water for 10 minutes. We take the fruit, thinly sliced and return it to the water. Add the ground turmeric to the water and wait another 10 minutes. Take the pieces of bananas and dry them with a paper towel.
In the deep-frying machine, we heat the oil and immerse in it banana slices. Fry the chips to a golden color, make sure that all the pieces are fried evenly and deep-fried there are not too many chips at the same time. We take the chips, spread on a paper towel and let the excess fat drain.