(lively music) - Greetings, my beautiful lovelies. It's Emmy. How are you? It's great to see you and welcome back. Today, I'm back with
another TikTok recipe. Big thanks to Jacob who
got in touch with me and shared this one with me. So Jacob was thinking that this
recipe might be categorized in the Hard Times series. If you haven't seen that playlist, I'll put the link down below. It's a series of recipes that I taste, many of them historical, where people are making things with what they have on hand, making do and oftentimes
being very creative. And this recipe is certainly is that. It was inspired by Elis
Kitchen from TikTok. I'll put a link down below
to the original video. And what this recipe does is
take a bag of potato chips, boil them in water, add a
little salt and vinegar, drain them, mash them and then
add some paprika and cheese. The recipe does make
you wince, doesn't it? I think it's that combination of crispy, beautiful chips being
dumped into a pot of water. That just seems so sacrilegious, because we love that crunch
and now we're making them swim in a bunch of water. I think that's what
makes me have this kind of visceral response. Not necessarily, "Oh, that's
going to be disgusting," 'cause I think this is
probably gonna be just fine. We're just reconstituted
potatoes after all. These are fried. So I'm curious to see how
that fried flavor adds to the potato chips or
takes away from them, or the mashed potatoes I mean. And yes, I'm just super curious to know what this tastes like. Also, Elis, I'm presuming,
who's in the video takes a sip of the cooking
water that the potato chips we're cooking in, that broth. I'm curious to see what that's like too because now we've got a
little bit of vinegar, we've got plenty of oil and salt. So he claims to say it tastes delicious. I don't know. We won't know till we do it. So that's why I'm here. Alrighty, so let's go
ahead and get started. I've got a sauce pan here. And of course, there
are no recipe amounts, but I don't think this
recipe really requires much. I'm gonna add about two cups of water. We just need to rehydrate
the potatoes after all. To this we're gonna add
some additional salt. Potato chips are pretty salty, but I'm just gonna follow the recipe. Next, we're gonna add a splash of vinegar. I'm using cider vinegar. It's about a teaspoon. I'm gonna have some salt
and vinegar mashed potatoes. Next, we're gonna add some potato chips. I'm using Lay's Classic potato chips because that's what Elis
used in that recipe. How much? Not sure. They showed several bags,
and I've got one large bag. I'm just gonna add. Hmm, let's see. Just because I'm curious
about these things, I'm going to use a measuring cup. One cup. Oh, one fell. Mm. Two. This would actually be a great use for crushed up potato chips
or stale potato chips. Brilliant. Three, four. So now just stir this around
and submerge our poor chips which were once crisp, and
they are crisp no longer. I don't know, would those chips
pass your up to snuff test? Would that pass your quality control? I don't know if that chip
would pass my quality control. There's another one here. Alrighty, so we are coming
up to a boil very quickly, and we're just going to
rehydrate our potatoes. And when they look nice
and soggy and mashable, they're going to be done. So far, it smells like wet chips. (laughs) (calm music) And they are beginning to soften. At this point, the chips almost look like instant scalloped potatoes, the kind that you can buy in a box. Alrighty, lovelies, it's
been a couple of minutes and look at the state
of the potato chips now. I think we are definitely
mashable at this state. It's interesting, this
might actually be a good way to remove some of the
oil from the potato chips because there is an oily
film on the top of this. I've got a strainer and a bowl, and now we're going to
remove the excess water. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip. In the TikTok video,
they go ahead and drink this potato elixir. So I'm going to give it a taste too. Elis takes like a shot of this. So I'm also gonna put it in a little cup. There we have it, the potato chip water. Cheers. Hmm, not bad. Tastes a little bit like
potato soup. (laughs) When I was watching the video, I thought somehow it would taste like dishwater or something, but it's not too salty too. I thought it would be
terribly salty, but it's not. Pleasantly seasoned, a little bit of tang, clear potato flavor. Yeah. It's not exactly delicious,
but it's not terrible. It's like tangy potato soup. So most of the water has
drained from the potatoes. And now I'm gonna place
them back into the pot. Mash these up a bit. I really want these finely pureed. I can just press it
through my strainer, right? Kind of improvised food mill. That's interesting. Now that I've pressed it through here, you can really see some
of these kind of fried, crispy edgy pieces that
we've managed to separate from the potatoes. Cool. Now, make sure to scrape
the bottom of the strainer because a lot of potatoes will be there. Look at that! Look! That looks pretty good! Now, to make these cheesy potatoes, we're gonna add some cheese. This is about 1/4 cup of Monterey Jack. Here we go. It's important do that while
the potatoes are still warmed. Cheese melts. And then we're gonna add a little paprika, which I thought was an interesting choice. Paprika to mashed potatoes. Okay. Let's do it. Stir that in. Alrighty, my lovelies, there we have it. The cheesy potato chip mashed potatoes. Look how cheesy they are. They're kind of stretchy. Alrighty, let's go ahead and give our cheesy potatoes a taste. So transfer it into a bowl. Alrighty, let's go ahead
and give this a taste. Itadakimasu. Hm, pretty salty. But not bad. I think what's interesting
is the texture is a little bit mealy. You can feel kind of a coarseness or grittiness to the mashed potatoes, but the cheese definitely
adds some richness to it. It tastes kind of dairied. The paprika, I don't really taste, but it does add a little
bit of an orange cast to the mashed potatoes. And it's actually not half bad. It's a little bit loose
for mashed potatoes. When I have mashed potatoes, I like to have them a little
bit thicker than this. In terms of consistency
and kind of mouth feel, it reminds me a lot of apple sauce. It has a bit of a grain to it. The flavor is completely
different, of course, than apple sauce. This definitely tastes of potato. It doesn't taste greasy surprisingly. I think actually that
the inclusion of vinegar was a smart one. It kind of cuts down on any oiliness. I definitely miss the flavor of butter. Cheesy mashed potatoes
made from potato chips. Alrighty, my lovelies, thanks
so much for joining me. I hope you enjoyed that one. I hope you learned something. Please share this video with your friends. Follow me on social media. I love hearing your suggestions. Subscribe if you're
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