Stop throwing away the potato peels, eat them instead!
So we’re always talking about zero-wastage cooking and still throwing away the potato peels, thinking it might be a waste. Before you think and give yourself an ‘ewww’, I would like to show you something.
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This plate is stacked with some crispy and tasty potato peels snack. Yes, you heard me right. These are merely roasted potato peels! These tasty snacks fall somewhere between the loaded French fries and the potato chips. All we did is, didn’t throw the potato peels and made a delicious snack out of them. Now that you know that these peels are not really waste, don’t toss them every again in the bin. Let’s learn how to make these lip-smacking munchies out of potato peels.
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So I welcome you to this grand potato peeling season!
Before telling you how to make these snacks, I’m going to tell you why you should do that in the first place.
3 Reasons why potato peels are good to eat!
1. Because they’re tasty! Yet plain and simple.
2. No Waste. Nothing can bring such delight that using the waste product into something useful like this.
3. Perfect Evening Snack. So if you’re peeling potatoes, it simply means you’re making preparations for dinner. But can’t wait till for the dinner to be ready because you’re too famished. Potato peels are the ultimate saviours here. These roasted peels are light and won’t fill you up. So the dinner won’t go waste!
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How to Roast Potato Peels?
Now enough of jabbering. You’ve reached till here, means you desperately want to know how to turn these pieces of waste into something tasty. Isn’t it?
1. You’ll be needing an oven for preparing this snack. Peel the potatoes and put the peels immediately into the oven as you know that the peels turn pink quickly. Do not use the green peels for this dish.
2. Heat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the baking plate with some olive oil or refined oil using a brush or a piece of cloth.
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3. Toss the peels on the plate and some seasoning like chilli flakes and oregano on them. Make sure that the peels are thoroughly coated.
4. Roast for around 15 minutes. Flip them once done halfway.
5. Sprinkle some grated cheese on them. Sprinkles salt to taste. Serve them in a platter or you can eat them directly from the plate.
6. Serve them hot with ketchup or some other delicious dip.
