Last week I bought a big bag of corn tortillas. I was lured in by the fact they were on sale. After eating tacos for a few days I wanted to use them up before throwing them out. As a result, I made baked tortilla chips. They were ridiculously easy to make and our whole family loved them! This is a great way to use left over tortillas for nachos, salsa, or snacking. So if you find yourself with more tortillas than you know what to do with, here is a great recipe for you with step by step photos! Enjoy!
Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe
Ingredients:
Corn Tortillas
Vegetable Oil
Salt
Chili Powder Seasoning (optional)
Garlic Salt (optional)
Parchment Paper
Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees. Using a pastry brush, lightly coat each side of a tortilla with vegetable oil. Stack oiled tortillas and cut in 8 pieces like pizza slices. Place chips on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Season chips with salt. You can also season with chili powder and garlic salt. Bake for 10 minutes and then remove the cookie sheet from the oven. Using tongs or chopsticks, turn over each chip and bake for an additional 7 minutes. Remove from oven and serve. Chips are best when consumed within the same day. Enjoy!
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Nice. I like to add fresh garlic to mine. I’ve been making my own tortilla chips for several months now and I don’t think I’ll ever buy the store kind again. Unless it’s for a really big party. hehe…
Love this! Our family movie night is every Friday and we always make a huge platter of nachos, but I’ve been so annoyed with the rising price of a bag of tortilla chips lately! This is a really great way to still have our nachos, but save some money too. Plus, we’ll use the tortillas for wraps, so it’s getting used twice. thanks!
~Michelle
Wow – I knew making fresh tortilla chips was easy, I just didn’t realize it was this easy. I’m going to have to try this.
Simple yet fantastic, I like it! This would also be an easier way to do tortilla strips used for garnish. Thanks for the tip!
These sound great! I always buy giant stacks of corn tortillas and have trouble using them all. These would be so delicious with a giant bowl of fresh salsa from the garden!
This looks really good. I make homemade tortilla chips all the time, but never thought to put chili powder or any seasoning on them, what a great idea!
Wow thats so easy!
Fresh tortilla chips are so much better than the store bought kind. Love your slightly healthier baked take:-)
I really enjoy homemade chips!
These look so good and baked is even better! I have a chip monster at home and honestly, I don’t know why I haven’t made these because I make pita chips all the time. Plus, the good tortilla chips ridiculously over-priced in grocery stores…I’m definitely going to give this a try.
I usually make baked flour tortillas. I’ll have to try corn ones now too.
This is one of those, duh – why didn’t I think of that? recipes. I always have corn tortillas around and I rarely get around to using all of them. Instead of composting them, I’m trying this next time. Yum!
These look so good- making me hungry! I have only made flour ones before, will have to give these a try. Love your site.
What a great idea! Thank you for sharing. The corn tortillas always go to waste and I had always thought I needed to fry them before they turn to crispy chips. I’m going to try this.
Question…why parchment paper? I have some but don’t really know how/when to use it or why over tin foil.
Daly: I use parchment paper because it is easier to clean up. You can use foil too.
I love making my own chips, especially tortilla chips! Super yumm! And with a side of mango salsa… Heaven!
I never would’ve considered making my own tortilla chips, but I think I’ll try it this weekend…with cinnamon and sugar. =D
Yum! These look too good to pass up! Thanks for the great tip!
We make these, too, except we are watching our fat grams so we just lightly spray them with Pam before baking them. They are wonderful.
A little fresh lime juice is also great to lightly sprinkle on them just before sticking them in the oven. And we use sea salt. Sooo yummy