Chinese Salt & Pepper Chips

One of my biggest weaknesses is Chinese takeaway. Every so often I get a huge craving for it, as does Mr W, and all of our healthy eating ideals go straight out of the window as we stuff our faces like demented people. And then comes the guilt. Diet failure. Feeling the pounds piling on as we sit there with leftover sauce around our mouths and meat sweats. It's a highly attractive image.

So I have been trying my hand at homemade takeaway to satisfy these urges without the guilt. Or the MSG. Alongside my Sweet and Spicy and Oh So Good recipe, I've invented some homemade salt and pepper chips that taste almost as good as the real thing! Serves 2.

Let me know what you think!

L xx

Salt & Pepper Chips

3 large handfuls of frozen oven chips
1 red chilli, diced
Half an onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp white vinegar
1tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp chinese five spice
2tsp granulated sugar

1. Cook the oven chips as per pack instructions
2. In the oil, fry the onion, chilli and garlic until soft.
3. Add the vingar, soy sauce, paprika, five spice and sugar.
4. Stir well until the sugar dissolves.
5. Add the cooked chips and stir gently until all of the chips are coated in the mixture.
6. Gently fry the chips in the mixture until they have absorbed the excess sauce, then serve and enjoy.