I am a lover of salt and vinegar chips and while I was sifting through my recipe cards I found this one for crispy salt and vinegar potatoes from Bon Appetite and decided to give it a shot. I was a little skeptical about the vinegar before I started and Caleb easily declined this side dish today so it was all for me and I was pretty excited about it.

The recipe was pretty simple, cut the potatoes in half or quarters, boil them in water and distilled white vinegar until tender then crisp them up in butter. I topped them with a little salt and pepper and a splash more of vinegar and served. Of course, I didn’t have chives because I’m always lacking in herbs but that was totally fine with me. Chives would’ve added a nice touch but I still enjoyed the flavor of the salt and vinegar potatoes alone. At first bite I was a little worried I didn’t have enough of the sour tart vinegar taste but I didn’t want to overwhelm myself initially so I did top it sparingly but once I really ate the potatoes and got into them the flavor of the vinegar-soaked into the potatoes while boiling really came out and it was really really delicious.

I’ve never considered a salt and vinegar potato before but I do love the chips on occasion and this was a really inventive way for me to mix up the potatoes a little bit. I’ve already recommended it to friends and I hope they enjoy it. It seems everyone has extra potatoes that need to be eaten but this is something new to that old classic favorite.