Lime & Salt Tortilla Chips

Corn tortillas advance in such enormous baggage, I blueprint no longer know how are you able to presumably spend them all. Shopping for a form of applications, even though they are cheap, is a significant dedication in my house. It methodology weeks of enchiladas, tacos, chilaquiles and after I bustle out of ideas, tortilla chips or totopos as they are known in Mexico. I enjoy the notice totopos, even even though it sounds a bit too extra special enjoy the Italian title of a explicit celebrated cool spellbinding film mouse.

Traditionally totopos are tortillas crop into triangular wedges which are deep fried in oil. If there is one thing I correct can no longer lift myself to develop, it is deep fry anything in oil. I correct can no longer. Rep no longer query me. So here’s what I develop instead, I bake the tortillas. Baking would now not blueprint them as gentle, crispy and decadent as frying, nonetheless they are serene yummy and as a bonus you might maybe presumably well presumably expertise them with diminutive or no guilt.

Whereas you look for tortilla chips within the retailer, you are going to discover they advance in each and every form of flavors. With reasonably experimenting I chanced on you might maybe presumably well presumably blueprint broad lime and salt flavored chips with–you guessed it, lime and salt! Respect them horrid, with salsa or with toppings enjoy guacamole, refried beans and crumbly Mexican cheese. Are you getting hungry but? Due to the I determined am.

Lime & Salt Tortilla Chips (totopos)

serves two

Ingredients

5 corn tortillas

oil or cooking spray

1/2 lime, or about 1-2 tablespoons juice

kosher salt (about 1/2 teaspoon)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 levels. Conceal a baking sheet pan (or two smaller cookie sheets) with tin foil or spend a silicone mat (reminiscent of Silpat ). Spray with cooking spray. Nick the tortillas in half, then crop each and every half into three wedges. Say on the pan in a single layer without overlapping and squeeze the lime over them. Sprinkle with salt. Bake for 10 minutes, then spray tops with cooking spray. Bake for one other five minutes. Preserve an gaze on the chips attributable to you blueprint no longer need them to overcook. Snatch out the crispy chips and return the leisure to the oven for 2 – three minutes, or till correct crunchy and reasonably brown.

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