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I had some soft corn tortillas and thought I’d toast them in the oven to turn them into crisp corn chips. Somewhere along the way those limp tortillas were transformed into something akin to galvanized flashing. What made those tortillas so hard? How do they make corn chips that are crisp, but without the toughness?
 
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By frying them. Not sure about time/technique.
 
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Mexican magic, forsho
 
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Fry them in oil in a simple skillet. Messy, but so good.
 
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Mexican magic, forsho

You know, like...spanish fly!...guaranteed to work!



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Oil and frying was what I was trying to avoid. Oh well...
 
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Use the tortillas for King Ranch Chicken or Tortilla Soup. Spend $20 to salvage $.50 of tortillas. LOL, the voodoo economics of the casa kablammo.


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Fry them in oil in a simple skillet. Messy, but so good.
I tried that once when I was living in Alaska. It was really cold and I had salsa and tortillas but no tortilla chips. I decided not to get bundled up and go to the store so I watched a YouTube video. The verdict - I should’ve got bundled up and went to the store.

I tried again a few weeks later in case it was a fluke but it wasn’t.



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Oil and frying was what I was trying to avoid. Oh well...


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We always deep fry our tortillas, this means using quite a bit more oil than when making tacos or tostadas. My wife uses a spider that's used in Asian cooking to drop the chips and then retrieve them when done. Always salt when they just come out of the oil.


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Traditionally tortillas are toasted dry on comal, a flat cast iron pan. You can toast then in a frying pan, over a gas burner or on a BBQ grill too. They only take a minute or two per side.

For chips, you would need to fry them.
 
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I got on a corn tortilla kick a few weeks ago after seeing the tacquitos thread here. While hardly an expert, I did make the corn tortillas and the tacquitos and fry some chips. I have also fried store-bought tortillas. Take them out of the oil before they turn brown. Practice the timing; tortillas are cheap. Cutting into 1/4" strips instead of triangles helps.
 
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