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Tortilla Chips

I mean c'mon you know what these are.
Print Recipe
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Snack
Cuisine Mexican

Equipment

  • 1 small frying pan
  • 1 tongs
  • 1 spice grinder
  • 1 cookie sheet
  • 1 brown paper grocery bag
  • 1 gallon ziplock bag

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 cups corn oil Can sub canola if you insist
  • 1-2 packages corn tortillas
  • 1-2 tsp table salt
  • 1 tsp MSG

Instructions
 

  • Put the oil in the frying pan and heat it to 6 (med/med-high)
  • When the oil is sizzling, using the tongs, fry the tortillas until the sizzling slows down and the tortilla is hard
  • Let the excess oil run off the fried tortilla
  • Move the tortillas to the cookie sheet
  • Place the salt and MSG into the spice grinder and grind to a dust
  • Place the cooled tortillas into the brown paper grocery bag
  • Shake the salt/MSG powder over the tortillas in the bag
  • Close the bag and shake it up well
  • Smash the bag to break up the chips
  • Move the chips into ziplock bags for storage

Notes

Serve with, well, anything. Usually salsa. 
I like to take salsa, pour crema on top, then shake cotija over it.