Estrella potato chips, like any tasty product, have fans who claim to be healthy. Natural spices in the composition increase appetite, and real vegetable oil, on which chips are fried, contains 80% less saturated fatty acids than palm.
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How Estrella Chips are Made
Estrella chips are well known in the Russian market. The best potatoes are selected for their production. From three kilograms of tubers, 1 kg of delicious chips is obtained. For frying, only natural oil from sunflower seeds is used.
The company producing chips of this brand was founded in Sweden more than half a century ago.
The name of the brand translated from Spanish means “star”. So the founder Volke Anderson wanted to emphasize the uniqueness of his products.
The composition and calorie content of the product
The composition of 100 g of the product, according to the manufacturer, includes the following components:
- proteins - 6 g;
- carbohydrates - 49 g;
- fats - 35 g;
- salt - from 1.4 to 1.8 g.
You should not get carried away with chips. By the number of calories, they are ahead of sugar and do not reach chocolate a little - 100 g contains 536 kcal.
Chips "Estrella": all tastes
Production of Estrella chips is established in many countries. For example, in the capital of Lithuania Vilnius there is an enterprise called Estrella Baltics UAB. You can find a list of products on the company website.
Here, the Estrella chips were presented by the manufacturer in 9 variants with different tastes:
- rustic sour cream and onions;
- tender cheese;
- dill;
- smoked bacon;
- tomatoes, onions, cheese, garlic and sour cream;
- green onions and cheese;
- chips with salt (140 g);
- with pizza flavor;
- honey, mustard and black pepper.
In Russia, Estrella chips, the tastes of which are slightly different from the above, are produced by Mon’delis Rus along with other products. She owns 3 plants in the Novgorod and Vladimir regions.
Estrella potato chips on the company's website are presented in seven different flavors:
- sour cream with onions;
- sour cream with cheese;
- dill;
- salmon in a creamy sauce;
- chanterelles in sour cream;
- wild mustard (packing 55 g and 120 g);
- cocky horseradish.
The production process from unpeeled potato tubers to a finished packet of flavor chips usually takes about 30 minutes.
Recipes with Estrella Chips
Chips by themselves are already a finished dish. You can crunch them deliciously, sitting in the evening at the TV screen, at lunch time at work or somewhere in the park for a walk.
But there are also interesting ideas for using chips in recipes. Basically, they are added to salads or snacks, and also make breading out of them.
Snacks with Estrella Chips
In the given recipe, dishes are made from chips, the latter are needed for breading meat. They give the finished appetizer a beautiful golden color and a special, unique taste.
Golden nuggets.
Products:
- chicken breast - 600 g;
- chips - 30 g;
- breadcrumbs for breading - 150 g;
- salt and pepper - to your taste;
- vegetable oil - 150 ml;
- flour - 150 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.
Process description:
- For the recipe, you can use any part of the chicken carcass, the main thing is to properly prepare it by cutting off all the films and the skin. But it is better to choose a filet.
- Cut the meat into small strips about 1 cm thick.
- Beat the eggs with a fork into a homogeneous mass. Too zealous is not necessary, achieving a lush foam, it is better to simply mix the composition, as for an omelet.
- Combine salt, flour and ground pepper in a separate bowl.
- Dunk slices of fillet first in flour, then in egg.
- Make crushed chips mixed with breadcrumbs with the last layer of breading. Estrella chips will suit any taste. You can break them with your hands, putting them in a plastic bag.
- Pieces of meat, removing from the egg mass, bread in chips with crisps and send into a skillet with well-heated vegetable oil.
If the butter is warm, the breading will absorb it and fall off during the frying process, ruining the appearance of the finished dish.
Fry the nuggets on both sides until golden brown. On a plate, lay paper napkins and put ready pieces of meat on them so that excess fat is absorbed into the paper.
Serve with ketchup, classic mayonnaise and fresh vegetable salad.
Delicious and original salads
Chips are used mainly for decorating salads. Everyone knows the different options for the “Sunflower” appetizer, in which the potato chips serve as flower petals. We offer another interesting recipe that will rightfully take its rightful place in your culinary collection.
Salad "Flight of the moth."
Products:
- Korean carrot - 300 g;
- smoked chicken - 450 g;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- canned corn - 450 g;
- mayonnaise - 450 g;
- chips - 90 g.
Cooking:
- Smoked ham or fillet is cut into small pieces. Stack them in a plate with an even layer. Top smeared with mayonnaise.
- The second layer is placed Korean carrots, cut across to a convenient size. She is also greased with mayonnaise sauce.
- Sweet canned corn without liquid is spread on a carrot.
- Hard-boiled eggs are rubbed on a coarse grater and sprinkled with a layer of corn obtained by shavings.
- Smear the appetizer with mayonnaise and set to soak in the refrigerator for an hour.
Ready salad before serving is sprinkled with chopped Estrella chips. A few integers are stuck on top to simulate the wings of a butterfly as a decoration.
