Weekly Meal Plan: National Chip Week and Chips, Frites, Pommes Frites, French Fries Recipes!
Weekly Meal Plan:
- National Chip Week -
Chips, Frites, Pommes Frites and French Fries Recipes!
Today’s weekly meal plan is all about the humble potato and more specifically, the CHIP! Yes, as my regular readers will know, I am currently on a diet, the 5:2 diet where I fast for two days, insofar that I only eat 500 calories a day; but, I have actually managed to develop an oven chip recipe, that I will be sharing later on in this week, that is 5:2 diet fast day friendly, as well as a potato fritatta and also a one pan chicken casserole recipe. So, although today I am sharing my mum’s Crispy Squashed Chips recipe, I am also adding my fast day recipe ideas, which will follow in separate posts this week. I am supporting National Chip Week with the view to buying local potatoes as well as treating myself to some chips (and fish) from the local chippie too. Did you know that the first “chips” were pieces of bread which were replaced with potatoes during wheat shortages. The first “chippie”, a colloquial slang term for a Fish and Chip shop, was Lees’s in Mosley, Lancashire, and Malin’s in London’s East End – they both opened for trade during the 1860′s. And, did you know that during the Second World War, the minister of food wouldn’t ration fish and chips because they provided good, cheap nourishment. Call them what you like, chips, fries or French fries, I love them and I am happy to embrace chip week with gusto and healthy helping of salt and vinegar on the side! But, on to my meal plan, which, as always I am linking up to Mrs. M’s Meal Planning Monday, I hope your week is filled with hot chips and ketchup,and if you fancy winning a MONTH’s supply of British potatoes, as well as a Jamie Oliver roasting dish, please enter my giveaway here: Giveaway: A month’s supply of GreenVale Farm Fresh Potatoes and Jamie Oliver Roasting Dish. See you later, and have a great week – and mum’s recipe for Crispy Squashed Chips is below! Karen
Chip Map of the UK
Weekly Meal Plan:
Monday 18th – Fast Day (500 calories):
Low-Calorie Potato and Vegetable Fritatta
(recipe to follow this week)
Fritatta
Tuesday 19th:
Smoked Cheese and Garlic Tomato Rarebit
(recipe to follow this week)
Smoked Cheese and Garlic Tomato Rarebit
Wednesday 20th – Fast Day (500 calories)
Frying pan chicken casserole
(recipe to follow this week)
Thursday 21st:
Yorkshire Cheese, Chicken and Sausage Pasta Bake
(recipe to follow this week)
Yorkshire Cheese, Chicken and Sausage Pasta Bake
Friday 22nd:
Fish and Chips
Weekend:
Baking and Roast Lamb
Crispy Squashed Chips
Crispy Squashed Chips
Print recipe
| Serves | 4 |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Cook time | 5 minutes |
| Total time | 35 minutes |
| Region | British |
| By author | Karen S Burns-Booth |
Ingredients
- 900g Old potatoes (such as: King Edward, Maris Piper, Rooster or Sante)
- Vegetable Oil (for frying)
- salt (to season)
- Malt vinegar (to taste)
Note
The more you move the chips around the more crispy bits you get - it's not conventional know, but we love crispy squashed chips!
Directions
| Step 1 | Peel the potatoes and cut into sticks about 1cm thick and 8cm long. Put the potatoes in cold water to remove some of the excess starch prior to frying, then drain and dry. |
| Step 2 | Heat oil in a chip pan or deep frying pan and put all of the chips in. Fry until the chips are pale golden, moving them around during frying to get the squashed bits get all crispy. Remove them from the pan and drain on soft kitchen paper' |
| Step 3 | Just before serving, re-heat the oil and fry all the chips until they are very crisp and golden then drain them, and serve immediately with battered fish (wrapped in newspaper if you like) adding salt and vinegar to taste. Or, make a chip butty! |
Crispy Squashed Chips
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What is your favourite meal with chips?
Karen S Booth
Mmmm… Now I’m wanting steak, mushrooms, onion rings, peas and CHIPS for dinner!
Mmmm you cannot beat home made chips! I NEVER buy oven or microwaveable chips -they are so dry and tasteless!
Love how potatoes are so versatile. I always make my own chips too, much healthier and tastier than takeaway or oven versions.
Yum – all looks so delicious!
Fish with my chips please! And malt vinegar as well!
I love lots of crispy bits on chips too. I so want chips now, still, if it’s chip week, how can I not have some!
I love french fries but have a real dislike to over cooked crispy ones,much to my husbands delight as i always give him those!
Moules and Frites with aioli and no-one to kiss afterwards!
I love home made chips! These sound delish!! Looking forward to more of your 5:2 recipes
Home made chips are the best
oooh madame, you are spoiling us with your glorious chips!… another great post Karen x
Lovely meal plan
National Chip Week is one I can definitely get behind!
Looking forward to the rarebit recipe!
Your chips look so good! I’m always too health conscious to fry though
. Which doesn’t stop me ALWAYS ordering fries when I’m at a restaurant of course!
I recently bought an actifry which I think makes great chips. Even the packet oven chips taste better in an actifry
I like chips with eggs, so I can dip them into the runny egg yolk. These past two years I’ve stopped frying them and I roast them in the oven. They are great and really you can’t tell if they are fried or roasted.
I love home made chips with fish and salad cream : )
Love homemade chips, can’t beat them with a nice sweet chilli dip. Chip shop chips also yummy for a quick supper with a nice bit chunk of fresh bread and butter.xxx
OH yes, a NICE chip butty!
Hmm These Look so Delicious!! Love Fish with mine!
Even though there are just two of us I still end up making two varieties of chips for meals. My partner always wants french fries, whilst I prefer spiced chunky chips. It always surprises me that the larger chips are quicker to cook.
Mmmmm I absolutly love chips! which is why I bought an Air fryer, we get 2 portions of lovely crispy chips with only 1tsp of oil.
Yum yum! My fave meal with chips has gotta be a good veggie burger, with plenty of egg free mayo
They look yummy – just like my ones when I make them!
what a great looking portion of chips I’ll try and get mine looking that good in a deep fat fryer
Quite naughty but nice!
chips have never looked so appetising. I cold use a portion of these right now
love homemade chips
A diet that allows chips! Definitely going to look into it now!
you cant beat good old egg and chips x
There seems to be many types of fries someone can make. Thanks for showing different dishes that include fries.
Wow these chips look fab, could just eat a portion of them now and its on 8 am.
Didn’t know the first chips were pieces of bread! Anyway, I love well made, thick cut chips.