Inspiration Squash Chips by the Goat Lady CSA
Reader Katie M. was inspired by some baked-not-fried squash chips she saw on Pinterest, like these ones from Goat Lady CSA.
I HAD to try them since I love all things salty and crunchy but don’t love the extra fat that usually comes with snacks of that sort. So I went to work carefully slicing evenly and making sure to coat them evenly in the oil, spices, and parmesan cheese.
The pin said to bake them at 350 degrees for 30 minutes and knowing that my oven is a bit unreliable, I sat in the kitchen while they baked.
The house smelled really good at about 25 minutes so I figured they were close to being done. I opened the oven door to see not lightly brown and crispy squash chips, but black disks that couldn’t be pried off the foil with any kitchen tool I own or with my hands. The few that weren’t black were still basically completely raw… FAIL!
Awwww… burned to a crisp, not fried.
I have made these before, several times and they always come out pretty good.. I think, and you said it, its your oven that made this a fail, and not the recipe.
I thought these looked great and I had an abundance of squash, so what wasn’t to love? Well, the overheated kitchen on the hottest day of the year, for starters. Then the unevenly cooked results. And the range of flavors from blah to burned. Into the trash.
I tried these with zucchini instead of squash (the recipe I found was zucchini chips) and used a mandolin to slice, and made 2 different sized slices because the recipe didnt specify, and my results were exactly like this. Much disappointment was felt that night…
This happened to me with kale “chips”. OMG they were so gross…like eating crunchy leaves.