This is basically a fan love letter to the perhaps misunderstood and underused potato chipper. I’m not sure if they come in different forms but I went decades without realising how great the one I now treasure is.
I have spent plenty of my adult life using a knife to cut potatoes into chip or wedge form. Yes, there was a period in early adulthood where I’d buy frozen, but I came to understand how easy it is to chop up a fresh potato and get great results fresh.
Wedges no problem, just cut the potato in half, and keep halving the pieces until you end up with wedges of the size you want. French fry size chips, on the other hand, have always been a challenge. Doable, but a fair bit of effort with the knife. Not anymore.
With the potato chipper it’s as simple as chopping a bit off the top of the potato to make it flat, popping on top and pushing to chop. Done.
Pop in a bowl, season to taste, add some paprika. One trick I discovered is coating with salt and vinegar before cooking. I don’t deep fry at home, it’s either oven or air fryer. That’s it, perfect sized home made fries.
This is not an advertisement for an endorsed potato chipper, not even sure what brand mine is, just sharing a great tool in the kitchen.
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