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Sam’s super special old-school life-threatening chips

“No doctor would recommend cooking these”, quips Samuel Johnson, referring to his special recipe for potato chips, cooked in lard, famously high in saturated fats. Despite this, lard adds a rich and savoury flavour to chips, and produces a tender but crisp chip – making them very occasional, but worthy snack to make.

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Credit: Jiown Kim

  • serves

    2-4

  • prep

    5 minutes

  • cook

    15 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

2-4

people

preparation

5

minutes

cooking

15

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • Lard, for deep-frying
  • Flaked salt, to serve
  • 3 Sebago potatoes, roughly peeled (some skin is good)
  • 4 medium Maris piper potatoes



Instructions

  1. Heat enough lard to deep-fry the chips in a large, heavy-based saucepan to 180˚C. Season the hot lard with a generous pinch of salt. Prepare a paper-towel-lined baking tray to place the chips in after they are cooked.
  2. Roughly cut the potatoes into large, uneven chips. When the lard is hot, deep-fry the chips in batches, turning every 45-60 seconds, until crisp and golden. Do not leave the chips alone as they burn easily.
  3. Remove chips from lard and with tongs and gently puncture them with the tongs (keeping the chip whole). Fry a second time and cook until very crisp, then drain and serve. Transfer to the prepared tray and sprinkle with salt to taste.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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Published 26 June 2024 10:27am
By Samuel Johnson
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