Anyone make their own veggie chips?

I've made sweet potato "chips".

Trick is to lightly steam them first (yes, seems counter intuitive to steam something you are going to dehydrate, but it helps to open up fibers etc, allowing them to better dry out later), and then slice as thinly as you can.

Those Alaskan Inuit knives/bowls are good for this job, Ulu knives or whatever they are called. Start at a higher temp, and then after awhile lower. This is because as moisture is escaping, it's naturally cooling down the surface via evaporation.

With a lot of veggies and fruits, it also helps to treat with some lemon juice, ascorbic acid, or citric acid, as all of these slow down/prevent oxidation some. A quick dunk in water with one of these in same is fine.

Thanks, Justin! I'll give these chips a shot.

Your welcome Rusty. Btw, thinking a bit more about it, i would probably change "lightly steamed" to "moderately steamed". You want it to get somewhat soft. One could boil too, but you lose more nutrients that way.