2 Ways To Make Homemade Tortilla Chips

Ingredients:

4 flour tortillas
Olive oil (for frying)
Course Salt

*I like to sprinke with lime juice as well... some people do other toppings like adding garlic/herbs to oil, or sprinkling with ranch(powder mix)/parmesean/etc after finished.

Directions:

Option #1-

Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges with scissors or a knife. Fill a frying pan with 1/4 inch of olive oil and heat to high. When the oil is hot, but not smoking, reduce to low. Fry 6 wedges at a time in the oil until they puff up and darken slightly on both sides, about 1 minute per side. Place on paper towels to soak up any extra oil, then dust with salt.

Option #2-

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Lay the tortillas out on a cutting board, spray with the nonstick olive oil spray on both sides. If using a seasoning, sprinkle on both sides now. Stack the tortillas and using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut through the pile of tortillas, cutting into 4 equal triangles.
Arrange tortilla triangles in a single layer on baking sheets. Bake for approximately 6 to 7 minutes until crisp and the edges start to curl and turn lightly brown. Watch the chips carefully after 5 minutes, as they can burn easily. Once the chips are done, remove from the oven to cool. Chips will continue to crisp as they cool.

Makes 24 tortilla chips/ 1 serving.