How to Make Tortilla Chips
If chips and salsa or chips and guacamole are your go-to snack food, then we challenge you to learn how to make tortilla chips. Even if you're not making the salsa and guac from scratch (but we encourage you to try it, because you'll get hooked!), when you make your own tortilla chips you can play around with color and flavor and customize your chips for your particular tastes. This recipe uses Cajun seasoning, but you could substitute almost any spice blend. These chips are baked instead of fried, and don't contain any added preservatives, so they're better for you than most prepackaged tortilla chips.Transcript
-Hey everyone, I'm Judith. Well today, I'm gonna be showing
you how to spice up your tortilla chips because I'm
gonna be showing you how to make Cajun tortilla chips.
That's right. So, 2 or 3 very simple ingredients we'll
need for this is 2 6-inch corn tortillas, a quarter
teaspoon of Cajun season and I have some cooking spray
as well as an extra.
Alright, so first things first. I have preheated my oven
to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. So, our oven is getting nice
and hot that and I have a baking sheet here
for our tortilla chips. So, first things first, let's get
our nonstick cooking spray and we'll just gonna lightly spray
our tortillas on both sides. I'm using this nice olive
one. Still a little bit healthier. That would go.
Now, let's put on this lovely Cajun seasoning. Obviously, you
can use any kind of seasoning or herbs you like,
but particularly like this one as a really, really good
cake. Cajun seasoning is mostly composed cayenne pepper and paprika.
So, I'm just gonna sprinkle on both sides that Cajun
there. Now, obviously you like a little bit more spicier
as this does contain chilli. Put some more on.
I like a medium. I don't like too spicy. This
should be just a perfect. Alright, now, all we need
to do is cut our tortillas, so cut it in
half first, and we're just gonna do this in 3,
so let's make them into nice little triangles like so,
and these are great nice little snack to have at
home or when friends come over.
They are perfect and homemade of course. Alright, so work
on 3 as well and the same for the next
one. Yeah, [unk]. So, now we're gonna put this on
our baking dish like so. Make sure they don't overlap.
There you go. How easy was that: Now, all that
needed to do is go into the oven for about
8 minutes or
until they are nice lightly brown and crisp. Alright our
Cajun tortilla chips are about done. They've been in for
about 8 minutes and they are nice and golden crisp
just how we like them. So, that is now ready
to serve up and obviously you can serve them with
salsa, sour cream, anything you like or you can just
eat them like that because that spiciness of the Cajun
seasoning is just as good by itself. There you go.
That's an excuse to true party. That's how you make
your Cajun tortilla chips.
What You'll Need
- 2 6-inch corn tortillas
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1/4 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
Step By Step
1
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F . Lightly coat tortillas on both sides with cooking spray. Sprinkle tortillas on both sides with Cajun seasoning. Cut each tortilla into 6 pieces. Arrange the pieces in a single layer on baking sheet.
2
Bake for 8 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. Cool on wire rack.
3
Wavy Chips: To get slightly wavy chips line a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with rippled foil. Place unbaked tortilla wedges into the grooves of foil to curl them slightly. Bake as directed above.
While this recipe for how to make tortilla chips specifies corn tortillas, you can make these chips with any type of tortilla. Go easy on the seasoning if you're using flavored tortillas, however, as they can get too salty very quickly. If you're feeling ambitious, you can even make your own tortillas from scratch.
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