Making dill pickle chips at home is easy and requires only three ingredients. So, if you love potato chips and dill pickles, this dill pickle potato chips recipe is for you!
I love potato chips and dill pickles. Recently Paul and I stayed in Flagstaff, Arizona, and ate at one of our favorite restaurants, Shift. Shift focuses on bold flavors, a locally driven menu, and artfully composed plates served amidst a casual and approachable ambiance. And they have the best pickled French fries I've ever eaten. So, I decided to make dill pickle potato chips at home. Not only is this dill pickle chip recipe easy, it only requires 3 simple ingredients.
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We love dill pickles, and I love to reuse pickle juice. So at our house, everyone knows whoever eats the last pickle needs to put the jar of pickle juice back into the refrigerator because they know I use it for recipes such as Vegan Tempeh Reuben sandwiches.
And today, I used pickle juice to marinate and pickle potatoes.
Who Invented Dill Pickle Potato Chips?
The potato chip was invented in 1853 by George Crum. Crum was a Native American/African American chef at the Moon Lake Lodge resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA. French fries were famous at the restaurant, and one day, a diner complained that the fries were too thick.
Potato chips originated in New England as one man's variation on the French-fried potato, and their production was the result not of a sudden stroke of culinary invention but of a fit of anger. In the summer of 1853, American Indian George Crum was employed as a chef at an elegant resort in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Dill Pickle Chips Ingredients
- Baking Potatoes: I left the skins on and used a mandoline to slice the potatoes thin.
- Dill Pickle Juice: I used the dill pickle juice from a jar of Vlasic Dill Pickles.
- Dried Dill: Dried dill works best for this recipe since you are baking or air frying the dill pickle potato chips.
Dill Pickle Chips Ingredient Substitutions
- Choose any potatoes; just make sure they are sliced into similar-sized slices.
- Cut potatoes into chunks rather than slices and roast or air fry.
- Try your favorite pickle juice from sweet, sour, Gherkins, or spicy pickles.
How to Make Dill Pickle Chips
- First, slice the potatoes using a mandoline or knife. However, the potatoes need to be similar sizes so they cook evenly.
- Then, parboil the potatoes for 3 minutes in a pot of boiling water with a couple of teaspoons of salt.
- Next, drain the potato slices in a colander and rinse with cold water.
- Add the parboiled sliced potatoes into a pickle jar with the dill pickle juice, or use a different container to marinate the potatoes.
- Refrigerate for a few hours or preferably overnight. The longer the potatoes marinate, the better the flavor.
Cooking Options
Sprinkle dried dill generously into the pickled potato slices, and air fry or bake the dill pickle chips.
Air Fryer Dill Pickle Potato Chips
- Add a single layer of potato slices in a single layer in the bottom of the air-fryer pan.
- Sprinkle generously with dried dill.
- Heat air-frier to 400 degrees
- Cook for 15 minutes.
- Toss potatoes every 5 minutes if using a basket-type air fryer. If using a larger air fryer with a pan, flip the potatoes half way through cooking,
- Then, place cooked dill pickle chips on a baking sheet and transfer to a 300-degree oven to keep warm.
Baked Dill Pickle Chips
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Place a single layer of potato slices on the pan using a baking sheet covered in parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Sprinkle potato slices with a generous amount of dried dill.
- Or, use a crisper pan, which is like an air-frier in the oven.
- Place the pan on the center rack for 30 minutes
- If using a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat, flip potatoes after 15 minutes.
Homemade Dill Pickle Potato Chips Dipping Sauces
- Vegan Ranch Dip is one of my family's favorite dips for just about anything.
- Avocado Ranch is a nut-free ranch dressing option.
- Lemon Basil Dressing is another great dipping option.
- Ketchup with a little Sriracha adds a little heat for those who like it spicy.
- Mustard Dill Sauce is tangy and compliments the dill flavor profile.
Recipe FAQS
Lays temporarily stopped the production of dill potato chips based on costumer demand.
For example, a whole dill pickle has about: 20% of the recommended amount of vitamin K, which helps your blood clot and strengthens your bones. 6% of adults need calcium for strong bones, teeth, and healthy nerves. 6% of your daily potassium requirement helps your nerves work right.
Pickles are also high in particular types of fiber that feed beneficial gut bacteria, acting as prebiotics – food for the probiotic gut bacteria. In addition, studies have shown that adding fermented vegetables to your diet may help with digestion.
Tips
- Do not add salt; the pickle juice brine is already salty and if salt is added, it is far too much.
- Dried dill works best because you are air frying or baking the dill pickle chips recipe. Fresh dill will burn in the sir fryer/oven.
- Fresh dill can be added after cooking if desired.
- The dried dill sticks to the parboiled potatoes without the use of oil or cooking spray.
- I love using air fryer parchment paper designed to fit in my specific air fryer.
- Leftovers can be reheated ina 350-degree oven for 15 minutes or in an air fryer for 8 minutes.
If you love pickles and potatoes, try this pickle-chips recipe. These are the best dill pickle potato chips you will ever eat! And don't forget the dip!
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📖 Recipe
Dill Pickle Potato Chips
Ingredients
- 2 large baking potatoes, sliced in ⅛ inch slices
- 2 cups dill pickle juice
- 2 Tablespoons dried dill or more if desired
Instructions
- Scrub and wash potatoes.
- Using a mandoline, slice the potatoes into chips, leaving the skins on, into ⅛-inch slices.
- Add potato slices to a pot, cover with water, and add 2 teaspoons of salt.
- Bring the water to a boil and boil for 3 minutes.
- Using a colander, drain the potatoes and rinse them with cold water until cool enough to touch the potatoes.
- Add the potato slices to a jar with pickle juice, or use another container and cover the potato slices with pickle juice.
- Cover the jar/container and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.
Cooking Options
Air Frying
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees.
- Place marinated pickled potato slices in an air fryer pan in a single layer.
- Sprinkle each slice generously with dried dill.
- Cook for 15 minutes, flipping the potatoes halfway through cooking using a baking-style air fryer pan. If using a basket-type ar fryer, toss the ships around every 5 minutes.
- If batch cooking, prepare a baking sheet and keep the cooked dill potato chips in a 300-degree oven to keep them warm while cooking the remaining potatoes.
Baking
- Preheat an oven too 400 degrees.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Place marinated pickled potato slices in a single layer on the baking sheet.
- Sprinkle generously with dried dill.
- Bake for 30 minutes, flipping the potatoes halfway through cooking,
- Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.
Notes
- Do not add salt; the pickle juice brine is already salty, and it is far too much if salt is added.
- Dried dill works best because you are air frying or baking the dill pickle chips recipe. Fresh dill will burn in the sir fryer/oven.
- Fresh dill can be added after cooking if desired.
- The dried dill sticks to the parboiled potatoes without using oil or cooking spray.
- I love using air fryer parchment paper designed to fit in my specific air fryer.
- Leftovers can be reheated in a 350-degree oven for 15 minutes or in an air fryer for 8 minutes.
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Hi! My name is Kathy, I am a retired high school English teacher & vegan enthusiast and blogger. My entire blog is fully plant-based vegan. I truly believe what we eat & how we live determines our health & the preservation of our planet! 🙂
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Kathy Carmichael
Thanks so much. I really appreciate it.
Susan
The chips are good, but I had to cut the time down to 5 minutes per side in my air fryer, then about 3 minutes in the oven at 300 degrees. I lost about a third to burning. You really have to watch the chips carefully. Saying this, the chips are tasty.
Kathy Carmichael
Hi Susan, I'm sorry that happened. Unfortunately, air fryers are all different. I will make a note on the recipe to watch and check at the half way point, so that doesn't happen to other people. Did you preheat the air fryer?