Best Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips Easy Cheap Mexican Snack Food Recipes

HOMEMADE CORN TORTILLA CHIPS, EASY CHEAP MEXICAN SNACK FOOD

Steps:

• Cover a cookie sheet in foil, and with a pastry or BBQ brush, brush with olive or corn oil and a small sprinkling of kosher salt. (You have to do this or else it won't come out right.).
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees-- make sure the oven rack is in the center.
• Cut each tortilla into 4 equal wedge pieces.
• Brush the pieces with olive/corn oil and lightly sprinkle with the kosher salt.
• Bake for 6-10 minutes until the edges curl, depending on oven strength. Higher altitudes may need to cook for 15 minutes or longer.
• Let cool for 5-10 minutes prior to eating.
• Voila, you have natural yummy corn chips without unhealthy preservatives, hydrogenated oils, and whatnot. Serve with your favorite Mexican meal or snack food, a good salsa, or just eat plain. For some variation ideas: Soak in guacamole to make guac chips, brush tomatillo sauce or salsa on to have baked-on salsa, make spicy chips with my all-purpose Mexican seasoning, the possibilities are endless.

HOMEMADE TORTILLA CHIPS

Steps:

• For tortilla chips, cut tortillas of any size in half, then each half into wedges.
• Place onto a baking sheet.
• Spray or brush wedges lightly with vegetable oil or use non-stick cooking spray oil.
• Then sprinkle with salt. Adjust salt to your taste.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven until crisp, about 5-7 minutes.
• Tortilla chips can be made in advance then cooled and stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

CORN TORTILLA CHIPS

Steps:

• Add oil according to directions of the deep fryer and let it heat up until you drop a tortilla in and it starts to bubble.
• if you do not have a deep fryer use a heavy skillet on the stove top.
• Cut tortilla in 1/8th pie shape.
• Add to oil and fry until they are a light golden brown.
• If you cook on the stove top you may need to flip them over until golden brown on both sides.

OH-SO-GOOD HOMEMADE TORTILLA CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 or 375.
• Lay the tortillas on the counter top, side by side, very close together.
• Spray 'tillas generously with the oil spritzer; sprinkle with optional salt.
• If using the pizza cutter AND in a hurry, stack 'tillas in piles of 3 or 5 and slice up quickly into triangles (make five to six cuts to get uniform sizes).
• If using cookie cutters, don't pile up the tortillas--it's too thick and aggravating!
• Lay the "chips" on the cookie sheets and pop them into the oven---bake ONLY until a very light brown.
• Cool slightly and THEN--dive in!
• You might as well double the recipe, because you're going to wish you did as soon as you take your first bite!

HOMEMADE TORTILLA CHIPS

Steps:

• With a pastry brush, paint a very light coating of oil on one side of each tortilla.
• Stack the tortillas greased side up in an even pile.
• With a sharp, heavy knife (or serrated knife) cut the stack in half, then into quarters, then into eighths.
• Separate the pieces and arrange them greased side up on a lightly oiled baking sheet.
• Toast the chips in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until they are crisp and just beginning to brown lightly; watch them closely so they don't become over baked.

HOMEMADE SPICY TORTILLA CHIPS

Steps:

• Combine salt, chili powder and lime juice in a cup; mix well. Brush lightly over each tortilla. Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges. Spread tortilla wedges in a single layer on a baking sheet sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Toast in a preheated 400° oven for 7-9 minutes or until chips are lightly browned and crisp.
• Remove from oven. Cool. Chips will firm up as they cool.