My husband is the chip man–the man can eat chips with every meal. Even if its a decadent pasta dinner he could still eat chips on the side. Me on the other hand I can resist traditional potato chips, but what I can’t resist is tortilla chips! I’m addicted to them and can eat a full bag in one sitting.
I admit it. I have no problem with that.
I have a tortilla chip problem.
After months of letting our mini deep fryer rot outside we finally decided to clean it up, and as soon as that puppy was cleaned I was already devising a deep frying plan! My husband was in shock when he saw me pouring oil into it because it literally had been maybe 5 minutes since being cleaned that I grabbed the deep fryer. Actually, I take that back. I don’t think he was in shock just a tad bit surprised. He is use to me making a “mess” as soon as something is cleaned. For instance like the kitchen–I will cook all day in it and he will clean it up (I know I have the best husband ever) and as soon as its clean I’ll get back in the kitchen to start cooking again. He knows it is inevitable!
Back to the chips… these chips are easy to make and chances are if you bought a massive bag of corn tortillas you can make these right now. Anyone can make these chips no matter if you’re a home cook or chef or just a person who aspires to cook. You will wow your family and friends with these chips.
I chose the salt and lime combo because I love Chipotles tortilla chips because of the salt and lime combo. These are super simple to make and to be honest you have no excuse not to make these chips!
Katie Original Recipe
| {Salt & Lime} Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips |
- 12 corn tortillas
- Vegetable Oil
- 2 tablespoon Salt
- Zest from 1 Lime
- Pre-heat a deep fryer with vegetable oil until deep fryer indicates its hot.
- While deep fryer is preheating stack the 12 corn tortillas and using a sharp knife cut in half vertically and then half in diagonally giving you 4 quarters to your circle.
- In a small bowl add 2 tablespoons of salt and the zest of 1 lime; mix well and set to the side.
- Carefully place one of the four stacks of corn tortillas into the deep fryer; separating them as you place them in the deep fryer. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown but not burnt.
- Remove corn tortilla chips from deep fryer and lay in a single layer on a paper towel lined tray so that the oil can drain from the chips. Immediately sprinkle with salt/lime mixture.
- Repeat the 2 steps above until all of your chips are cooked, and enjoy!
*Make sure you lay each batch of tortilla chips in a single layer on paper towels and eat all of your chips in one sitting. They will taste and become stale if you keep them longer than one day.
Check out these great recipes for dipping chips!
Homemade Salsa
Tina Jui
Hi Katie – I’m late finding this post, but the recipe looks great. I might have to get a deep fryer just to make this! Just pinned it 🙂
Katie
haha Tina. To be honest, you could do a baked version using corn tortillas. Sprinkle on the salt and lime at the end! Good luck either way!
Denise @ Creative Kitchen
Katie,
You’ve just given me another reason to buy a deep fryer…as if I needed one! LOL!! These chips look fantastic! I also love the lime flavor on them. I’ll be able to keep up with you a lot more now that I’ve gotten my iPad. My laptop was just too slow when I tried commenting on blogs. This thing is amazing!! I organized my google reader, but can’t find the RSS on your blog to subscribe. Do you have a feed I can subscribe too…I don’t do email subscriptions. Thanks!
Katie
Yes! Spend the $20 on a cheapy fry daddy–you won’t be disappointed. That’s what we have and I don’t ever regret spending the $20 although now that we do fry every now and then and are doing more elaborate fry’s I wish we had a nicer deep fryer.
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Baking Serendipity
We love tortilla chips at my house too! Lately I’ve been obsessed with a sweet potato tortilla chip from Trader Joe’s but I can definitely see these becoming the newest obsession. Perfect for summer with guacamole 🙂
Katie
Gah! I wish I had a Trader Joe’s in Florida–I would be obsessed with sweet potato tortilla chips too! Luckily, I’m going to Atlanta in June and I know what else I’m adding to my Trader Joe’s list! Thanks for stopping by.
michelle @ The Village Cook
Oooo YUM~ I love anything with lime! I’ll have to try this soon 🙂
Katie
You will definitely be in love with these chips then. If you aren’t too big on salt do less salt and more lime!
Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine)
I love making homemade tortilla chips! I think they are best paired with homemade salsa too 🙂
Katie
I agree & with homemade guac which is coming tomorrow because I just recently realized that I’ve never blogged about my homemade guac!
Blog is the New Black
So easy and this looks sooooo delicious!