31/10/2020, 04:33 PM
Besides grilling meat, I often use the George Foreman for cooking various other food, such as making paninis, toasties and ready made foods such as chicken goujons, onion rings and battered sausages.
So I thought, what about making chips?
I already have an air fryer (the original Actifry 1kg) which does a great job of making chips. However, I find it takes around 30 minutes to even get a single serving to my desired taste, particularly when made using fresh potatoes.
With the 5 portion size George Foreman, it takes around 20 minutes to cook frozen chips until they are to my liking as shown below:
Besides cooking quicker, the George Foreman is a lot quieter than most air fryers. I can still make a panini, breaded fish or a few sausages at the same time and just spread the chips out afterwards to finish cooking.
The main disadvantage is that it holds a lot less chips than an air fryer, i.e. one layer thick, enough for a large portion or 2 smaller portions with the above grill.
Preparation:
From trying different George Foreman sizes, the 5 portion size works the best as it has a much more powerful heating element than the 2 or 3 portion sizes. The 3 portion size takes around 25 minutes and doesn't brown them as much.
So I thought, what about making chips?
I already have an air fryer (the original Actifry 1kg) which does a great job of making chips. However, I find it takes around 30 minutes to even get a single serving to my desired taste, particularly when made using fresh potatoes.
With the 5 portion size George Foreman, it takes around 20 minutes to cook frozen chips until they are to my liking as shown below:
Besides cooking quicker, the George Foreman is a lot quieter than most air fryers. I can still make a panini, breaded fish or a few sausages at the same time and just spread the chips out afterwards to finish cooking.
The main disadvantage is that it holds a lot less chips than an air fryer, i.e. one layer thick, enough for a large portion or 2 smaller portions with the above grill.
Preparation:
- Do not preheat the grill - It makes it a lot easier to spread out the chips. If the George Foreman has a tilt option, leave it flat.
- To get a deep fry like taste with frozen frying chips or freshly cut chips, apply about a tablespoon of sunflower oil evenly across the base plate.
- Alternatively for low calorie cooking, spray the bottom plate using a 1-Cal or Frylight spray.
- For oven chips, don't apply any oil.
- Spread the chips out, one layer only, preferably parallel along the ridges as shown above for a single portion. Try to leave a small gap between the chips.
- For frozen or freshly cut chips, spray the top of the chips with cooking oil or a frylight spray. Alternatively lightly coat the top plate.
- Plug in the George Foreman and leave it to cook for about 15 minutes.
- Lift the lid and flip over any chips that have not started browning on top.
- If only using a cooking oil spray from the start, spray the top of the chips again.
- Cook for another 5 minutes or until they appear brown enough.
- Avoid cooking longer than 25 minutes, otherwise they may end up tasting dried out or chewy.
From trying different George Foreman sizes, the 5 portion size works the best as it has a much more powerful heating element than the 2 or 3 portion sizes. The 3 portion size takes around 25 minutes and doesn't brown them as much.
