Salt and Pepper Chips

10M INS

20M INS

288KCAL

Nutrition Per Serving Calories 288

Carbs 65g

Protein 8g

Fat 1g

Saturates 0.2g

Sugars 6g

For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff to know in the blurb! We used to be huge fans of a Chinese takeaway before we started our slimming journey, which is why we’ve adapted lots of our favourite dishes into healthier, ‘fakeaway’ versions! Our Salt and Pepper Chips taste exactly like the ones that you’d pick up from the takeaway – the only difference is that they’re much lower in calories and Points, so why not try them for your next big night in? They’re super quick and easy to make and you can adjust the amount of chillies and chilli flakes depending on how hot you like it! What diets are these Salt and Pepper Chips suitable for? These Salt and Pepper Chips are suitable if you’re following a gluten or dairy free diet. They are also suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Please make sure to double or triple check all of your ingredients if you’re cooking for people with allergies. How Weight Watchers friendly are these Salt and Pepper Chips? You need to count 6 Points per portion of this Salt and Pepper Chips recipe if you’re on WW Green.

You need to count 6 Points per portion of this Salt and Pepper Chips recipe if you’re on WW Blue.

You need to count 0 Points per portion of this Salt and Pepper Chips recipe if you’re on WW Purple. Do you need any special ingredients or equipment to make Salt and Pepper Chips? No, you don’t! You’ll probably have all the ingredients in the cupboard.

How many calories are in these Salt and Pepper Chips? There are roughly 288 calories in each portion of our slimming friendly Salt and Pepper Chips which means they fall into our Everyday Light recipe category. These are perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fit well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers. As a guide, an average man needs around 2,500kcal (10,500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2,000kcal (8,400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

To make the salt and pepper mix

Step 1 Mix all of the spice mix ingredients together.

To make the chips - oven method

Step 1 Pre heat the oven to 200°C. Step 2 Peel the potatoes and cut them into chunky chips. Step 3 Place them in a pan of boiling salted water and simmer until they start to soften but are still quite firm. Step 4 Drain the potatoes and spray a baking tray with low calorie cooking spray. Step 5 Coat the potatoes in low calorie cooking spray and sprinkle them with a little salt and pepper mix. Step 6 Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes until they are soft and starting to colour. Step 7 Spray a frying pan with a generous amount of low calorie cooking spray, then add the chopped spring onions, peppers and chillies and cook for a few minutes until they start to soften. Step 8 Add the potatoes to the pan and sprinkle with the salt and pepper spice mix (you can use as much or as little as you like). Keep stirring and tossing the ingredients so they do not catch and burn. You may need to add a bit more low calorie cooking spray to the pan. Step 9 Continue cooking until the chips are golden brown, then serve.

To make the chips - Actifry method

Step 1 Peel the potatoes and cut them into chunky chips, pat them dry with some kitchen roll. Step 2 Place the chips in a bowl, and spray them with a decent amount of low calorie cooking spray. Step 3 Sprinkle with the salt and pepper spice mix (you can use as much or as little as you like). Step 4 Place them in the Actifry and cook for 20 minutes. Then add the chopped peppers, chillies and continue to cook for another 10 minutes. Step 5 Add the chopped spring onion and cook for 5 minutes. Step 6 Check that the chips are cooked and golden brown, and the chilli, peppers and spring onions are cooked (if not, cook for a few more minutes) then serve.