Shark Bait - Baked Tortilla Chips

For this week's Shark Bait, I thought i'd expand on the one from last week. 
As you saw, making baked tortilla bowls is really pretty easy. You can take that basic concept and use it to make baked tortilla chips.  Flour or corn tortillas work (i really like whole wheat flour tortilla chips) and it only takes a few minutes.

So here we go....

Preheat your oven to 400.

Gather supplies:
tortillas (corn or flour)
oil (i prefer coconut oil)
salt
basting brush
cutting board 
cookie sheets

Next, lay your whole tortilla on a cutting board. You can do a small stack of them but no more than 5 though because they get hard to cut with too many stacked.

Brush each one with oil (coconut oil is my preference but you can use any you like). Make sure to brush both sides of the tortilla.

  

Now you need to cut the tortillas into triangles. I like to use my pizza cutter (not just for pizza anymore) and usually shoot for 6 triangles on the corn and 8 on the flour...this seems to make a good size chip. 

Corn tortillas

Whole Wheat tortillas

Arrange them on a cookie sheet. They can touch but don't let them overlap or they won't get as crispy there. I usually do 2 pans at a time so I can make a lot.  Oh, and sprinkle with salt (so much yummier with salt)


Put them in the oven and set the timer for 8 min if you're doing corn and 10 min if you're doing flour. Once the timer goes off, check them for desired crispiness. I usually end up cooking them for another minute or two but don't leave your oven or you'll end up burning them and that's never any fun.

Pull them out of the oven and carefully slide them into a bowl. You can eat them while they are still warm (not blasing hot) or wait for them to cool and crisp up a tiny bit more. 



Get out your favorite salsa or guacamole and enjoy!
See...I told you it was pretty easy.
Now go make yourself some tasty baked tortilla chips and have a little snack.