Roasted Mangelwurzel Chips Recipe

This Roasted Mangelwurzel Chips recipe makes crispy, smoky veggie chips with garlic and paprika seasoning. Oven-baked until golden, they’re a healthier alternative to fries and a delicious way to enjoy this heritage root. Perfect as a side with burgers, fish, or on their own as a snack, these easy homemade root vegetable chips are a fun twist on classic potato fries. Serves 2–3.

Who needs potatoes when you’ve got mangelwurzel? These roasted chips are smoky, garlicky, and outrageously moreish, with crisp edges that are impossible to resist. They’re the kind of side that disappears straight off the tray before you’ve even sat down at the table. A healthier twist on classic chips and a brilliant way to show off this quirky root, once you’ve tried them, you’ll be hooked.

Serves 2–3 as a side

Ingredients:

500g mangelwurzel, peeled and cut into thin chips
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp garlic granules
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Preheat oven to 200°C (fan 180°C).
Toss the mangelwurzel chips in olive oil, paprika, garlic, salt and pepper.
Spread evenly on a baking tray lined with parchment.
Roast for 30–35 minutes, turning halfway, until golden and crisp on edges.

Serving suggestion:

Perfect with homemade burgers or as a healthier alternative to chips with fish.

Meet the author

Nelly

Nelly works in the She Grows Veg marketing department and is an incredible cook! She's learning how to grow veg fast in her very own container garden. Her favourites so far are the Dwarf Sunflower called 'Sunspot' and our Dwarf Pea called 'Tom Thumb'.