Food & Wine
Baked banana chips
Banana chips are a crunchy, sweet treat that many people see as a healthy alternative to lollies. Unfortunately, these moreish dried fruits can be high in sugar and other preservatives. So we’ve got an incredibly simple recipe to make your own oven baked banana chips.
Ingredients:
- 2-3 just ripe bananas
- Lemon juice
NOTE: If your bananas are too ripe, they’ll be more difficult to slice.
Method:
- Preheat your oven to 105°C.
- Peel and slice your bananas into ¼ cm slices. Try to get them as even as possible. Spread the banana out onto a lined baking tray. Make sure the slices aren’t touching. Brush the slices with lemon juice to stop them from browning.
- Bake the banana slices until they have dried out. This can take two to three hours, but you should check after 90 minutes or so. It helps to take the slices out and lift them up to separate them from the paper once or twice.
- When cooked, remove from the oven and allow to cool for up to an hour – this is when they should crisp up nicely. If they don’t start to go crispy after 5 minutes, pop them back in for another 15 minutes.
- Serve at room temperature. These can be stored for a couple of days in an airtight container, but we bet they won’t last that long.