I have such fun creating home versions of favorite packaged foods. Â I mean, have you ever looked at the ingredients lists of some snack foods? Â Some are full of things I can't even pronounce, let alone things I don't want to be putting into my body.
Matt and I love to dig into a good pile of chips 'n salsa, especially as a starter for all of those summer BBQ's coming up very soon. Â Making a healthy homemade salsa is easy and fairly common, but did you know that making your own healthier chips is just as simple?
It's true! Â Start out with a stack of corn torillas...
Use a knife and quarter the tortillas, and then spread them out onto some cookie sheets.
Lightly(!) spray both sides of the tortilla triangles with olive oil cooking spray. Â You can also choose to use real oil, but since I was going for low fat and low cal, I opted for the spray.
Now it's time to season these puppies, and that's where the fun starts. Â You can season them however you want! Â For half of the batch, I sprinkled both sides of the tortillas with ranch popcorn seasoning. Â For the other half, I used taco seasoning. Â You can even keep things simple and just use salt!
Next you'll pop those puppies into a 350F oven for about 15-17 minutes. Â You may need to rotate the pan once about halfway through if your oven bakes unevenly. Â The photo above is of the taco-seasoned chips right when I took them out of the oven.
You can eat these hot right out of the oven, or you can let them cool. Â I found that they were a bit chewy soon after baking, but then crisped up nicely the longer they were out.
I preferred the ones seasoned with the ranch flavoring - they reminded me of Cool Ranch Doritos, which is my favorite packaged chip!
Fun Alternative:
Use flour tortillas instead of corn, and spritz with butter-flavored Pam. Â Then season with cinnamon and sugar and bake. Â These would be great dipped into some low-fat vanilla yogurt or served alongside a tray of fruit and cream cheese dip!
Here's your recipe!
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Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips
Ingredients
- Stack of corn tortillas
- Fat free cooking spray (I like Olive Oil flavored)
- Seasoning of choice (salt, ranch, taco, etc)
Instructions
- Cut the tortillas into quarters and spread onto cookie sheets in a single layer
- Lightly spritz both sides with cooking spray
- Coat both sides with seasoning of choice
- Bake at 350F for 15-17 minutes or until chips start to turn light brown.
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Heather
How long will these stay fresh in ziploc baggies?
Steve
These taste like sex!
honeywhatscooking
so that's how you make these chips. Â looks wonderful and i love your photos.
Erin
Thank you! 🙂
Baker Street
Its a fabulous idea. So easy and so delicious. They look perfect Erin. 🙂Â
Erin
I appreciate it! I love your logo!
Lisa
Used to make Cinnamon/Sugar ones for the boys when they were little. They liked to do the sprinkle part. 🙂
ATasteOfMadness
I've never even thought about making my own tortilla chips! What a great idea, I must try this out!
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking
What a fabulous idea to make your own tortilla chips! These look delicious, Erin. Now, to make a mouthwatering salsa to go with them...