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The perfect touch to a good salsa recipe is a good home made batch of freshly fried tortillas. You should be able to find raw white corn tortillas in any grocery store. |
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Raw Tortillas |
Items NeededYou will need: White Corn Tortillas Corn Oil Salt Knife Cutting Board Tongs Skillet |
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Cutting Tortillas |
First Step: Cutting TortillasFirst remove the corn tortillas from their bag and then cut the stack of them into fourths. |
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Frying Tortillas |
Second Step: Frying TortillasNow it is time to fry the tortillas. Just fill a skillet 1/4 of an inch full of corn oil. Then place it on a medium high burner to heat up. Then take a few of the tortillas pieces and carefully place them in the hot skillet and let them fry until golden brown on one side then flip them over to cook on the other side, wait until they are golden brown on the other side and then remove them from the skillet and place them on top of two paper towels. (If you have never fried any thing before there are some safety rules to hot oil. One: Never leave it unattended. If you do, it could start your house on fire. Two: If you have children make sure it is out of their reach and the handle of the skillet is not hanging off the stove top where they can grab it. Three: Use the proper utensils to fry--this never includes your hands. I can tell you from experience hot oil hurts your fingers! And Number Four: Never put your paper towels or other flammable items too close to your stove burner. Also, Keep a sauce pan lid--that fits your frying pan--around any time you fry with hot oil; this way, if their is a fire, you can suffocate it out before it spreads beyond of the frying pan. I am not trying to scare you, just trying to make this an enjoyable experience. Don't worry, the probability of catching toast on fire is more likely than a corn tortilla chip). |
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Salting Tortillas |
Third Step: SaltingOnce you remove your tortillas from the oil and have placed them on the paper towels immediately salt them before the oil drips off. This will make the salt stick. |
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Corn Tortillas |
Forth Step: Removing OilBefore putting more chips in the corn oil put another paper towel on top of the chips you just finished frying. The paper towels will absorbs the unneeded corn oil. |
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Corn Tortillas and Salsa |
Fresh Corn Tortilla Chips
Enjoy your corn tortilla chips! |
Click Here For: Corn tortilla Chip Serving Tips |
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