No-fat, no-cholesterol, salt-free, potato cooking process

Claim 2

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process for producing potato products, said process comprising the steps of: (a) placing a pan containing previously rinsed and sliced potatoes submerged in water into a microwave oven; (b) microwave cooking said sliced potatoes submerged in water by cooking until said potatoes are visibly transparent; (c) rinsing said cooked, visibily transparent potatoes at least once to remove visible starch; and (d) radiant cooking said rinsed visibly transparent potatoes in a conventional oven until a desired browning color and crispness is achieved to produce a fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product.

Claim 3

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 1, wherein: said previously rinsed and sliced potatoes comprises potatoes cut into a potato chip shape; and said produced fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product is a potato chip product.

Claim 4

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 2, wherein: said previously rinsed and sliced potatoes comprises unpeeled potatoes cut into a potato chip shape.

Claim 5

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 1, wherein: said previously rinsed and sliced potatoes comprises potatoes cut into a french fried potato shape; and said fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product is a french fried-like potato product.

Claim 6

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 4, wherein: said previously rinsed and sliced potatoes comprises unpeeled potatoes cut into a french fried potato shape.

Claim 7

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process for producing potato products, said process comprising the steps of: (a) providing potatoes sliced to a desired shape; (b) placing said sliced potatoes in a pan for rinsing; (c) rinsing said sliced potatoes at least once with cold tap water; (d) placing said rinsed potatoes in a pan suitable for microwave cooking; (e) filling said pan with said rinsed potatoes with water to a level that assures that all said rinsed potatoes are fully submerged; (f) placing said pan containing said rinsed potatoes fully submerged in water in a microwave oven; (g) microwave cooking said rinsed potatoes in said pan placed in said microwave oven by cooking until said potatoes are visibly transparent; (h) removing said pan containing said visibly transparent potatoes from said microwave oven; (i) dumping hot water from said pan removed from said microwave oven; (j) cold water rinsing said visibly transparent potatoes at least once to remove visible starch; (k) arranging said rinsed potatoes in a planar arrangement on a flat, non-stick cooking sheet; (l) placing said flat cooking sheet with arranged rinsed potatoes in conventional oven for radiant cooking; (m) radiant cooking said rinsed potatoes in said conventional oven until a desired browning color and crispness is achieved to produce a fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product; and (n) removing said produced fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product from said conventional oven and prepare for consumption.

Claim 8

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process for producing potato products, said process comprising the steps of: (a) providing potatoes sliced to a desired shape; (b) placing said sliced potatoes in a pan for rinsing; (c) rinsing said sliced potatoes at least once with cold tap water; (d) placing said rinsed potatoes in a pan suitable for microwave cooking; (e) filling said pan with said rinsed potatoes with water to a level that assures that all said rinsed potatoes are fully submerged; (f) placing said pan containing said rinsed potatoes fully submerged in water in a microwave oven; (g) microwave cooking said rinsed potatoes in said pan placed in said microwave oven by cooking until said potatoes are visibly transparent; (h) removing said pan containing said visibly transparent potatoes from said microwave oven; (i) dumping hot water from said pan removed from said microwave oven; (j) cold water rinsing said visibly transparent potatoes at least once to remove visible starch; (k) arranging said rinsed potatoes in a planar arrangement on a flat, non-stick cooking sheet; (l) placing said flat cooking sheet with arranged rinsed potatoes in conventional oven for radiant cooking; (m) radiant cooking said rinsed potatoes in said conventional oven until a desired browning color and crispness is achieved to produce a fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product; and (n) removing said produced fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product from said conventional oven and prepare for consumption.

Claim 9

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 6, wherein: said step of providing a potato sliced to a desired shape comprises providing potatoes cut into a potato chip shape; and said step of rinsing said visibly transparent potatoes comprises rinsing at least twice with cold water. said produced fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product being a potato chip product.

Claim 10

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 7, wherein: said step of providing a potato sliced to a desired shape comprises providing unpeeled potatoes cut into a potato chip shape.

Claim 11

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 7, wherein: said step of radiant cooking said visibly transparent potatoes in said conventional oven comprises a step of lightly browning then removing from said conventional oven to cool for 20 to 30 minutes then reintroducing into said conventional oven for final browning and crispening.

Claim 12

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 6, wherein: said step of providing a potato sliced to a desired shape comprises providing potatoes cut into a french fried potato shape; and said produced fat/cholesterol/salt-free potato product is a french fried-like potato product.

Claim 13

A fat/cholesterol/salt-free cooking process as recited in claim 10, wherein: said step of providing a potato sliced to a desired shape comprises providing unpeeled potatoes cut into a french fried potato shape.