What mandonline does everybody use that does paper thin slices???

I used my spirooli and guess it doesn't get it thin enough, mine are just a tad chewy, BUT, BUT, BUT that isn't stopping me from eating them at all because they are CRAZY DELICIOUS! :O Love that spiciness, and made some without cayenne for other family members.

spicey spicey spicey hot -- seems the cayene pepper is magnified after drying. I'm loving them! Shared them with some non-raw friends. One gobbled them up, the other only tried a few, went for water, and said "no more". lol

They shrank a LOT, next time I'm going to slice the sweet potatoes long ways for bigger chips.

I just popped a batch of these in the dehydrator. I used 4 small yams, and ended up with 5 trays. (would have been 6 trays, except I did a lot of nibbling on them as I was filling the trays - yum). Didn't have garlic powder, so used 3 small garlic cloves, and whizzed everything together in my magic bullet to blend it up. They are SO good going into the dehydrator, I can't wait to see how they are when done!! Thanks for the great recipe Kandace!

OOps....forgot to write my comment. This recipe looks so good and I'm sure it is, but after reading only part of Dr. Doug Graham's book "80-10-10", I'm super conscious now about how much fat is in our diet....especially raw fooders. Oh...tell me it's not bad!!!!

Hey Im new to Raw Food and I was wondering what ia cold pressed olive oil as opposed to regular olive oil? thanks!

I have made them today, they are nice and spicy. Really nice. Unfortunately, I'm not that familiar with dehydrator, I have tried it for the first time. Do they have to be like real chips very crispy? Mine came out a bit chewy. Can you do parsnip chips using the same thecnique? Thanks! :)

Ok I made these, and for a die hard SAD eater, I loved the oiliness, but i really will love them even more when I get a mandolin, mabe when i go to the city wed. I am going to look for sure these were GREAT !!!, thank you for all your wonderful recipes. Now can you find me a recipe for a banana pie,

I loved these chips. The only problem I found was the starch in the raw potatoes makes it harder to digest. I wonder if soaking these in lemon juice first would decrease the starchiness...

oh my goodness I can't wait to get the crackers out of dehydrator, and go buy some yams. mabe tomorrow, thanks for this and yes the picture is so awsome looking you should work for a food magazine, designing their front page photos

Thanks for this recipe. I've made them 3 times already! YUM!

Hi ashleyanne81, I haven't tried this recipe with potatoes, as I "have heard":http://goneraw.com/forums/2/topics/452 raw potatoes may not be so good for you.

I just finished mandoline-slicing these babies up and now they are un-cooking in the dehydrator! I cannot believe how easy and fast this was, and how great it smells already! I used 2 medium yams and 1/3 the amount of all the other ingredients, and it was perfect. Not at all too oily, just perfect. I tossed the chips in the oil/spice mixture by hand and ended up with 4 trays. It is not time-efficient to sit there and baste every skinny little chip unless you have just 1 tray, perhaps, or a lot of time. I'm telling you, it turned out perfect, not too oily at all.

WOW! I'm going to make these right now! I reckon 2 medium yams, 5 tsp EVOO, 1/3 tsp each of garlic, cayenne and sea salt, and 1/8 tsp cumin is about 1/3 of this recipe amount. I hate to make too much food at once because I end up binging on it! Anyway, I think the basting brush method would work optimally. Oh no! I forgot I don't have a basting brush anymore...Sigh...

HI I am making these today. I bought a mandoline slicer to cut them. They're 50% off on sale at Linens n Things here in Atlanta. I like it because it doesn't use any electricity and doesn't wake my boyfriend up as he likes to sleep in. I was wondering the same thing about the food processor but I decided I like the mandoline though. I also use a basting brush to paint the veges once I put them in the dehydrator- to keep the oil to a minimum. I baste one side then flip them a couple hours later and baste the other side.

I am new to raw and have an old clunky food processor that just chops and grinds things up. How do you use a processor to slice thinly? Do I need a new blade or something? I'd love to make these!!

Can I use just potatoes? Or is that bad? Newish to raw

I am sooo addicted to these! they are fantastic!

This recipe is so great! These chips tasted so good that I ate them right out of my dehydrator and couldn't even save some for later.

can you use cold press coconut oil on this instead?

These work well with carrots too!

I made these and I too used too much oil. Mine did not get crispy. They did have a delicious flavor though.

These are great! I subbed two very finely crushed garlic cloves for the garlic powder & added 1 ts paprika.

I was really looking forward to these but I'm gonna have to try again. I used two medium yams (about 6 inches long by 1-3 inches wide) and I got three full trays. My mandoline cut them lovely and thin but I should have cut down on the oil mixture as it's really for 9 trays worth. (Unfortunately you don't know how many trays worth you have until you try putting them on the trays already mixed. It seemed like I had a ton of slices.) So they were very oily and no matter how long I dehydrated them they wouldn't go crunchy. The flavour was great and spicy and they smelt good too though.

The first time I tried this I added way too much oil, so it took longer to dehydrate to a crisp; and yes, they were oily. These were so good, we had to try them again, but this time, with less oil. They tasted great... but they SHRANK! Next time, I'll have to make more! I used a potato peeler to make them thin since my food processor doesn't have the attachment to make 'em thin enough.

So glad to hear you enjoyed the chips!

bq. I do want to ask you though, how big a dehydrator you have?

I have a 5 tray Excalibur, but only used 2 trays with this recipe (I put all of the chips really close together like puzzle pieces). I wonder if my yams were just small - they were from a local organic farm. Next time I make this recipe, I'll try to remember to check the weight of the yams.

Oh, and I used my new mandoline for the first time to make these and got perfect paper thin chips. Now I am off to try zucchini, etc. I love new kitchen toys!

Wow, Kandace - these turned out perfectly crunchy and tasty. Thanks for this recipe. I do want to ask you though, how big a dehydrator you have? I used two average sized sweet potatoes/yams, and I filled my nine tray Excalibur - how on earth do you fit all 6 yams in one batch?

Can I just say I love the pictures you take of your creations! Beautiful! I just popped in to browse the recipes, saw this one, and went straight to the kitchen to slice up some sweet potatoes. I will let you know how they turn out - thanks!