Tomato chips are a tasty and healthy dish that everyone can cook. Such a dish is a find for people who control the mass of their body, but who like to crunch something tasty at home in front of the TV, because the calorie content in tomato chips is half that in potato chips.
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You will need
- - tomatoes;
- - salt;
- - garlic;
- - any spices to taste.
Instruction manual
1
First of all, you need to select tomatoes: exclusively dense unripened vegetables are suitable for making chips. Then the fruits should be washed in cold water, wiped dry and cut into rings. The thickness of the rings is not less than 0.5 cm and not more than 1 cm.
2
Then you need to sprinkle the slices on both sides with a small amount of salt and leave for 20-30 minutes so that the tomatoes let the juice flow. After the specified time, the rings should be blotted with a paper towel, thereby removing the released juice.
3
The next step is the processing of tomato rings with spices and garlic. A few cloves of garlic should be passed through a garlic squeezer (the number of cloves depends on the number of tomatoes taken and individual taste preferences), mix the mass with your favorite spices, a spoon or two of any vegetable oil and with a brush, grease the resulting composition of tomato wedges on both sides.
4
Then the tomato rings must be put in the bowl of the dryer and turn on the device, setting the temperature at 45-65 degrees. It is worth remembering that the lower the set temperature, the longer the chips are prepared, but at the same time they retain more vitamins. You can enjoy crispy slices of tomatoes after 10-12 hours.
5
If the house does not have a dryer for fruits and vegetables, then it can be replaced with a conventional “oven”. The only thing to consider is that it should be covered with parchment before laying tomatoes on a baking sheet, and when drying vegetables, the oven door should be opened every 20-30 minutes (so that moisture does not linger in the oven).
note
Tomato chips can be used in the preparation of various dishes, for example, they can be added to stews or cabbage soup. It is very convenient, especially in the winter season, when fresh tomatoes cost a lot of money.