METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CHIP-TYPE FOOD PRODUCTS

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for continuously preparing chip-type food products having uniform size and shape. The chip-type food products are produced by preparing a sheet of an edible dough and thereafter cutting the sheet to form at least one continuous strip of the edible dough having a predetermined width. The continuous strip of edible dough is thereafter passed to a continuous conveyor system to restrain the strip of edible dough in a desired configuration. The thus restrained continuous strip is then passed through a reservoir of hot frying oil to cook the continuous strip while it is so restrained. Following the cooking process, the continuous strip of cooked product is separated into chips having predetermined sizes.