Question on sweet potato chips

Naturegal28

So I just got my dehydrator and have made some wonderful things but I tried making sweet potato chips and I’m not sure if I did it right. I sliced them as thin as I could and put a little olive oil salt and pepper on them. They dehydrated for 11 hours and were still lethery is that how they are supposed to be? Do things actually get crunchy in the dehydrator?

Naturegal28

I did use my mandolin on the thinnest cut but I think that I used too much olive oil. They were coated.

DivineMissEm

yeah, i tried too. Mine turned grey and leathery and totally ick. I think I need a mandoline slicer because I cut mine by hand.

laurajean

Use less oil and a mandoline slicer on thinnest setting to get desired result.

Naturegal28

frustrated, it does seem like my Excalibur is taking too long. Where is the wheel you turned? I want to try again.

rawnerino

Hi.

I make these all the time. I use my mandolin and cut them so that they are thin enough to be translucent. I don’t add any oil or salt—just dehydrate until crispy. I add olive oil and salt after and they are addictive!!! Yum.

FuzzyWuzzy

Ooooh! What about tossing them with the tiniest amount of coconut oil and cinnamon? Yum!