Banana chips at home in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make banana chips at home in the oven? Prepare the products. Bananas for chips are not very ripe, fruits with brown spots will not work — they are too soft.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash and dry the bananas well. Peel them and cut them into thin slices. The thinner the pieces, the faster the chips will dry.

3. Step 3:

   

   Squeeze the juice out of the lemon, remove the bones, if there are any.

4. Step 4:

   

   Grease a baking sheet with a small amount of vegetable oil or cover with parchment. Dip each piece in lemon juice so that the bananas do not darken when drying. Put the pieces of bananas in one layer, leaving a small distance between them.

6. Step 5:

   

   Preheat the oven to 65°C. I used the top-bottom mode. You can dry bananas with convection function, so they will dry faster. But then they will have to be constantly monitored so that they do not burn down. A gas oven is not suitable for this recipe, you will not be able to keep the temperature at the proper level.

7. Step 6:

   

   Dry the bananas for about two hours. Look at their condition — they will gradually begin to give off moisture and dry out. You can speed up the drying process if you increase the temperature to 80°-90°C. But then the chips will come out very dark. Instead of a baking sheet, you can take a suitable grate — so the bananas will also dry faster.

8. Step 7:

   

   Hot bananas stay a little flexible. Carefully remove them from the baking sheet and let cool. The finished chips will become harder. If desired, you can sprinkle them with any seasonings or powdered sugar. Store banana chips in an airtight container.