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Chapter 394 Potato Chips

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

The next day, everyone was busy as usual. Grandpa Zhao was at home tutoring the children, while Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest couldn't sit still, so they went to the mountains to hunt again.

Seeing that she had nothing to do for the time being, Xu Han started to study potato chips.

The recipe for potato chips is simple, crispness and flavor are key.

If you want to make potato chips crispier, it will test the knife skills of the potato chip maker.

The family planted a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes this year. Xu Han took some potatoes and sweet potatoes out of the cellar and planned to try to make some potato chips and dried sweet potatoes later.

In her previous life, Xu Han had made this many times at home. It was simple and delicious.

The potatoes should be cut very thinly so that the fried potato chips will taste good and be fried thoroughly and crispy.

Xu Han felt that she didn't have the tools to cut well, so she chose to use a slicer to cut potato slices. The slices were much thinner than those cut by herself, and they were also very even.

Since we have the tools, we certainly cannot choose to make things difficult for ourselves.

Xu Han first washed the potatoes, peeled them, and then carried the washed potatoes and sweet potatoes into the kitchen.

Use a slicer to separate the cut potato and sweet potato slices and place them in a wooden basin filled with water, soaking them in water to prevent oxidation.

After all the potatoes and sweet potatoes are cut into slices, rinse them several times with clean water to wash away the starch in the potatoes. This way, the fried potato chips will not get mushy easily and will not stick to the pan during frying.

After cleaning, drain the water and pour most of the cooking oil into the pot.

After preparing everything, Xu Han started calling Grandpa Zhao to help light the fire.

When frying potato chips, you need someone to help light the fire and control the oil temperature. If you do it alone, you will be in a mess. You have to consider the size of the fire and keep turning the potato chips in the fryer. If you are not careful, the chips will be burnt.

Grandpa Zhao walked in from the backyard, holding Ze'er in his arms, smiling, and kept saying to Ze'er, "Let's go see what delicious food your mother has made for us."

Xu Han smiled and said, "Today I will make you some delicious potato chips and dried sweet potatoes. They are sweet, salty, and spicy. They are crispy and crunchy. I'm sure you will like them."

"Hahaha, that's great. I'll light the fire."

After Grandpa Zhao finished speaking, he held Ze'er and started to make a fire.

After the oil becomes hot, pour the dry potato slices into the pot, and the oil in the pot will boil instantly.

While Xu Han was frying the potato chips in the frying pan, she said to Grandpa Zhao, "Get away from here quickly. It will be dangerous if the oil splashes on you."

Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhao quickly picked up Ze'er and hid away. Ze'er, unaware of the danger, listened to the sound in the pot, clapped his hands and laughed.

Xu Han said helplessly, "I don't know who you inherited this fearless personality from."

"Hahaha, you're still young now. When you grow up and suffer some losses, you'll remember it."

After the moisture in the potato chips slowly evaporated, the oil pan gradually calmed down. Xu Han took out the potato chips that were fried to half done, drained the oil, and placed them in a winnowing basket beside her.

Fry the chips for the first time first, then fry them a second time after the oil temperature rises. The chips will be crispier after the second frying, as the chips fried the first time are still soft.

Grandpa Zhao pinched a potato chip, tasted it and said, "Can we eat it now? It's not crispy at all!"

"We need to fry it again later. It will taste better if we sprinkle some seasoning on it after frying."

"Hahaha, I thought it's ready to eat right now. It turns out you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. I'm going to eat more when it's done. It smells good now."

"Of course, the original potato chips are also delicious, retaining the most original taste of potatoes."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she started frying the second pot of potato chips. Because there were many people at home, Xu Han made a lot of potato chips at once. No matter what she made, she always made a lot.

The food you can't finish can be stored in the space and won't go bad. This also saves you from making it often, and you can eat it for a long time after making it once.

After frying the potato chips completely, Xu Han started frying the sweet potato chips. Sweet potatoes are sweet, and if the sweet potatoes are fried first, the potato chips will also become sweet. So Xu Han fried the potato chips first and then started frying the sweet potato chips.

The sweet potato chips are also fried twice, so they can be eaten directly after being fried.

Since sweet potatoes are sweet in nature, there is no need to add any additional seasoning.

Xu Han took some sweet potato chips and handed them to Grandpa Zhao. "Grandpa Zhao, please try the sweet potato chips and see if they are delicious."

"Okay, okay, it's time for Mu'er to finish. I'll go call him over to eat with us. I'm sure all kids will like this."

"Okay, go call Mu'er, I'll go make the seasoning for the potato chips first."

After Xu Han finished speaking, she began to grind the ingredients, mixing a spicy one and a cumin one, and then used the seasonings at home to mix a pepper and salt flavor.

After Xu Han had sprinkled all the seasonings, Grandpa Zhao had not come back yet. Xu Han couldn't help but be curious, the potato chips were already ready, why hadn't he come back yet.

Just as Xu Han was about to go to the backyard to call them, Grandpa Zhao came over first, followed by the dejected Mu'er.

Seeing this, Xu Han didn't ask any more questions. It was obvious that he was being scolded for not paying attention in class.

Lu Chuan and Xu Han were relatively unanimous on this point. Whether it was the Taoist priest or Grandpa Zhao educating the child, neither of them would interfere.

Even if Mu'er wanted to ask for help, Lu Chuan and Xu Han would look up to the sky and pretend not to see it.

Later, as time went by, Mu'er realized that it was useless to ask her parents for help, and sometimes she would even be punished again, so she simply stopped playing the victim in front of them.

The two were more satisfied with this. Of course, every time Xu Han and Lu Chuan educated their children, Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest would not interfere.

However, although education is education, the adults still dote on the children and are easy to talk to as long as it is not related to study.

Whether it is food or clothing, as long as the child makes a request and it is not too excessive, Xu Han will satisfy the child.

Xu Han saw Mu'er's drooping face and ignored her. Then she handed a dried sweet potato to Mu'er and said, "Come here, Mu'er, and see what delicious food your mother has made for you."

Mu'er, who had just been quarreled with, was obviously not very interested, but she still took the food handed to her by Xu Han.

After taking a bite, his eyes lit up immediately. "Mom, what is this? It's delicious. Sweet, crunchy and tasty."

"This is called sweet potato jerky. Here are some potato chips. Try them and see if you like them."

As Xu Han spoke, she took Ze'er from Grandpa Zhao's arms, and then gave Ze'er a dried sweet potato to eat.

Grandpa Zhao freed his hands and started eating the snacks he had just made.

"Not bad, not bad. This tastes good. The kids and you girls will definitely like it."