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Jan 10, 2020 · Ngaku chips, or also known as arrowhead chips, are a snack that is super popular during Chinese New Year. Deep-fried in hot oil, they are are perfect for munching while enjoying your favourite holiday shows on TV. A bowl of these is about 140 calories and you can burn those calories by dancing for half an hour to some upbeat tunes.
- How to Choose Arrowhead?
- Why Are The Chips Soft?
- Arrowhead Chips Cooked in Air Fryer Or Oven
- How to Store Arrowhead Chips?
Arrowheads are bought fresh in the wet market or Asian grocers. In Germany, I found them sold at almost all Asian grocers in the months of January/February. When choosing arrowheads, pick those which plump and firm. Do not choose arrowheads which have cracks at the bottom as that would result in the slices of arrowhead breaking into smaller pieces ...
It could be due to two reasons. First, it could be because the chips were removed from the oil prematurely. The chips should only be removed from the oil once they are golden yellow in colour and bubbles no longer appear around them. The second reason could be the oil was not hot enough. Frying chips over low heat will make them turn soggy.
The ngaku chips can be either be fried in an air fryer or baked in an oven. To fry them using an air fryer, lay the slices with minimum overlapping (at most 3 layers). Then, fry the chips at 200 celsius for 20 minutes. 5 minutes into the cooking process, lightly toss the chips to separate them. Continue cooking for another 5 minutes if the chips ar...
Arrowhead chips must be left to cool to room temperature before storing them in an air tight container and kept in a cool area. Depending on the humidity, fried arrowhead chips can be kept for two to three weeks.
- Snack
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- Malaysian, Singaporean
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Feb 26, 2021 · These Ngaku Arrowhead Chips are light, crispy, and super easy to prepare. They fry up evenly and are naturally flavorful.
- Savory Snack
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- Chinese, Malaysian
Dec 29, 2014 · While western countries have potatoes chips, in Singapore and Malaysia, we have arrowhead chips which is as crispy and tasty. In recent years, this snack have become a very common Chinese New Year item to serve visiting house guest and commercially, it was sold at quite a steep price.
Feb 22, 2015 · They are cheap to make (1 kg of arrowhead is about S$2.30) with only two ingredients – arrowhead and oil. But I don’t want to kid you: making them IS a tedious process.
Bring on the crunch with our new IRVINS Salted Egg Arrowhead chips! Combining the mild nutty flavour of the arrowhead tubers and the delectable salted duck egg yolk, this satisfying snack celebrates our Asian heritage.
