Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips, Easy Cheap Mexican Snack Food

Ingredients

• 8 corn tortillas (assuming they're the small ones that have about a 6-inch diameter)
• 1/4 cup olive oil (Corn oil works great, so does canola oil. This is an estimate, I think I had a little left over last)
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, for sprinkling (table salt works too but coarse kosher works far better. Sea salt is fab as well)

Directions

1. 1

   Cover a cookie sheet in foil, and with a pastry or BBQ brush, brush with olive or corn oil and a small sprinkling of kosher salt. (You have to do this or else it won't come out right.).

2. 2

   Preheat the oven to 400 degrees-- make sure the oven rack is in the center.

3. 3

   Cut each tortilla into 4 equal wedge pieces.

4. 4

   Brush the pieces with olive/corn oil and lightly sprinkle with the kosher salt.

5. 5

   Bake for 6-10 minutes until the edges curl, depending on oven strength. Higher altitudes may need to cook for 15 minutes or longer.

6. 6

   Let cool for 5-10 minutes prior to eating.

7. 7

   Voila, you have natural yummy corn chips without unhealthy preservatives, hydrogenated oils, and whatnot. Serve with your favorite Mexican meal or snack food, a good salsa, or just eat plain. For some variation ideas: Soak in guacamole to make guac chips, brush tomatillo sauce or salsa on to have baked-on salsa, make spicy chips with my all-purpose Mexican seasoning, the possibilities are endless.