Chips remain, perhaps, one of the most mythical products of our diet. About them goes a lot of rumors. One of the most important - potato chips do not have potatoes. In order for you to be sure of what chips you and your relatives eat, we went to Vyshgorod - to the factory of chips "LUX" and found out what the chips are made of.
Only potatoes
Whatever they say, but the "LUX" chips are made from 100% potatoes grown not in greenhouses and laboratories, but in Ukrainian fields - by farmers and agronomists. Potato for chips "LUX" does not contain GMOs. For the production of chips, special solid potato varieties with high solids content are grown. This allows you to reduce the number of calories in your favorite chips by minimizing oil absorption in them when frying. Chips "LUX" - is a natural potato, which is fried in palm oil and added with salt and seasonings.
What not to be afraid of
Now we'll figure it out with butter and seasonings. Chips are not fried in the same amount of oil, as we are usually considered. Palm oil, when frying chopped potatoes, comes uninterruptedly. In addition, unlike vegetable oil, palm oil does not contain harmful trans-isomers, which are deposited in blood vessels and fuels appetite. The composition of palm oil includes karatinoids (which give orange color to chips when frying) and vitamin A - a well-known antioxidant that preserves beauty and health.
"Then the seasonings are harmful!" - you can say, and again you will make a mistake. The number of seasonings in chips is minimal, besides they are bought from European producers, and in Europe, as is known, the production of products containing GMO is strictly limited, and some EU countries are completely banned.
Chips - fried potatoes
On the dangers of chips, judge for yourself: potato chips from natural products are as harmful as fried potatoes with the addition of seasonings or ketchup. A fried potato is eaten by everyone. But at the same time, do not forget that the chips have always been and will remain a snack and accompanying dish, and they should not be included in the daily diet. But in the delicacy of chips, you do not have to deny yourself. After all, they perfectly raise the mood!
For 4 servings you will need:
800 g ground beef; 100 g of potato chips; 100 g of hard cheese; 2 onions; 4 cloves of garlic; 3 tbsp. l. tomato paste or ketchup; 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil; 1 tsp. ziri (Indian caraway); 1 tsp. oregano, hot pepper to taste.
Slice onions and finely chop the garlic. Then lightly fry them in vegetable oil. Add minced meat to them and fry for a few minutes (before changing the color of the stuffing). Add minced tomato paste and half a cup of boiled water to mince, stir and carcass for about 20 minutes. At the end of quenching, add ziru, oregano, season with pepper to taste. Lay the bottom of the baking dish (without oiling it) with 1 -2 layers of chips, lay the minced meat on them. On top lay another layer of chips and sprinkle with grated cheese.
Bake at 160 ° C for 15-20 minutes. Cooking time: 40 min. Caloric content of one portion: 380 kcal.
Chips in the kitchen
Do you know that chips are the perfect base under canapés and snacks? And there are a huge number of recipes for salads, meat and fish dishes, where potato chips are used.
The history of chips is an accident
Almost 160 years ago, an American chef at the Moon Lake House Hotel George Cram was preparing chips for millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt. But George cut the potatoes so finely that, in the end, frying it in oil, got chips. After trying the dish, the millionaire was delighted! Since that time, chips have become a delicacy of the American rich and have been included in the menu of elite restaurants in America. And only after 40 years, crisp potatoes became available to the masses and, in the end, won the place of the main snack in the whole world. In the USSR, the first chips appeared in besieged Leningrad. Thin salted potato plates, dried on the stove, were distributed to children to diversify the poor diet.