Baked Vegetable Crisps
Equipment
Ingredients
Start to Finish: 1 hour 45 minutes
- 3 large orange carrots
- 3 medium purple carrots
- 3 medium parsnips
- 1 medium beet
- Cooking spray
- Sea salt flakes to serve
Instructions
- Preheat your 5- or 6-quart air fryer to 250°F for 3 minutes.
- Cut the orange and purple carrots, parsnips, and beet in half lengthways.
- Using a mandoline or V-slicer, slice the veggies, cut-side down, into very thin (2mm-thick) slices.
- Taking care, pull out the air-fryer pan and basket.
- Place purple carrot and beetroot slices in the basket.
- Slide the pan and basket back into the appliance.
- Keep the temperature set at 250°F and set the timer for 30 minutes.
- Cook, stirring halfway through the cooking time and separating the slices until the veggies are crisp.
- Transfer the purple carrot crisps to a tray and cover to keep warm.
- Cook the beet crisps for another 5 minutes and transfer to the tray with the purple carrot crisps.
- Spray the crisps with cooking spray and sprinkle with salt flakes.
- Cool.
- Repeat the cooking process with parsnip slices, then orange carrot slices.
- Cook at the same temperature and for 25 minutes each.
- Add them to the tray with the purple carrot and beet crisps.
- Spray with cooking spray and sprinkle with more salt flakes or one of the seasoning variations below.
Other Seasonings:
Fennel & Red Pepper:
- Crush 2 tsp fennel seeds in a mortar and pestle until coarsely ground; stir in 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes.
Sumac & Thyme:
- Combine 1 tsp sumac and 2 tsp chopped thyme.
Smoked Paprika:
- Combine 1 tsp smoked paprika and 1 tsp onion powder.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Vegetable crisps will keep in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
You can crisp other veggies, like sweet potatoes, too. Enjoy your homemade vegetable crisps!
You can crisp other veggies, like sweet potatoes, too. Enjoy your homemade vegetable crisps!