Hot Potato Chips With Blue Cheese Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Place the milk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Heat the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the warm milk, and continue whisking until thickened. Season with salt and cayenne pepper. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove from the heat and stir in the cheese. If the sauce is too thick, thin it with a little extra milk. Serve sauce warm with potato chips for dipping.
• Place the potato slices on a baking sheet between layers of paper towels to make sure they are very dry before frying.
• Heat oil in a large, heavy saucepan until the temperature of the oil reaches 400 degrees F on a deep-fat thermometer. Fry the potatoes in small batches until golden brown on both sides, turning once. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a brown paper bag or another baking sheet lined with paper towels to drain. Season with salt immediately. Serve hot with the blue cheese dipping sauce.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Combine ingredients.
• Drop into 44 mounds, 1 inch apart, onto parchment-covered baking sheets, using about 1 Tbsp. cheese mixture for each mound. Flatten slightly with back of spoon.
• Bake 5 to 8 min. or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheet 2 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely.

Steps:

• Pour the milk into a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft. Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute. Slowly whisk in the warm milk and continue whisking until thickened, about 2 minutes. Season with the salt and cayenne. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, whisking occasionally. Remove from the heat and stir in the blue cheese. If the sauce is too thick, thin with a little extra milk. Keep warm.
• Place the potato slices on a baking sheet between layers of paper towels to make sure they are very dry before frying.
• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat until it reaches 375°F on a deep-fat thermometer. Fry the potatoes in small batches until golden brown on both sides, turning once, about 2 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a brown paper bag or another baking sheet lined with paper towels to drain. Immediately season with salt.
• Pour the sauce into a bowl and top with the remaining 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese and the chopped chives. Place the bowl in the center of a large platter and arrange the potato chips around the bowl.

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. In a 15x10x1-in. baking pan, arrange potato chips in an even layer. Top with remaining ingredients., Broil 4-5 in. from heat until cheese begins to melt, 2-3 minutes. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine buttermilk, sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic, Tabasco, Worcestershire, salt, pepper and lemon juice and mix until very smooth.
• Add 1/2 pound of the cheese and gently mix by hand until just combined. Refrigerate the sauce.
• Fry bacon.
• Drain off fat.
• Chop bacon and set aside.
• Wash and slice the potatoes into chips-a little on the thick side, you want them sturdy.
• Soak the chips in cold water for at least 5 minutes to remove excess starch.
• Drain the chips, give them a quick rinse and pat dry.
• Heat the oil to 350 degrees.
• Fry the chips 4-6 minutes, or until golden and crispy.
• You may need to do this in several batches to prevent overcrowding. Remove and drain on paper towels.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Place a 1/4-inch layer of sauce over the entire surface of a large, oven safe serving plate.
• Evenly sprinkle the reserved cheese crumbles and bacon over the sauce.
• Place the plate under the broiler until the cheese melts and slightly browns. Remove plate and pile the chips directly onto the warm sauce and serve immediately.