Baked Healthy Tortilla Chips

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These Baked Healthy Tortilla Chips are a healthy homemade snack that you can make for your family where you can control all the ingredients and make the best possible choices for the needs of your family.

This crispy, crunchy chips is so much tastier than the store-bought version. So you can eat the heathiest snack to your family.

Baked healthy tortilla chips.

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This baked healthy tortilla chip is perfect for whatever you like. It is the perfect make at home chips that is fresh, crisp and perfect for using with all your favorite toppings and dips.

If you are like me and hate waste, you will love this recipe to use up your leftover tortillas. That is how this tasty chip came to be.

If you’re looking for delicious recipes to dip your chips, try these Crock Pot Cream Cheese Corn Dip, Cowboy Crack Dip and Mexican 5 Layer Dip.

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A pile of healthy tortilla chips.

Why We Love This Healthy Crispy Homemade Baked Tortilla Chips Recipe

These chips are the perfect snack because you can make them however you want with and seasonings and toppings that you like. What could be better?

  • Quick and Easy: These fresh chips can be made any time.
  • Easy Ingredients: All found in pantry. You only need a few things.
  • Family Friendly: If they love crunchy snacks then these chips are perfect.
  • Adaptable: Can make it with different flavors of tortillas and seasoning.

Ingredient Notes for Homemade Tortilla Chips

Tortillas and olive oil for the chips.
  • Tortilla: This is where you can really change things up, use whole wheat, low carb, corn tortillas, whatever you like.
  • Olive Oil: Or a good neutral vegetable oil or spray.
  • All Purpose Seasoning: A perfect blend of salt, black pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.

See my recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.

Variations and Substitutions for the Baked Tortilla Chips

Sometimes you just crave something savory and crispy and crunchy but often those things are not the healthiest for you. This recipe allows you to create your own perfect snack chip without compromising you health goals.

  • Tortillas: Make white corn tortilla chips, yellow corn tortilla chips, whole wheat tortilla chips just by switching out the flavor of the tortilla.
  • Seasoning: This simple recipe can be made by just using a little sea salt or use chili powder or other spices for this healthier snack.
  • Cooking variation: Tortilla chips in the air fryer. You can easily make an air fried tortilla chip. Set air fryer to 350 degrees and place the tortillas triangles in a single layer and cook on each side for roughly 3 minutes. Cook times vary between machines.

How to Make Homemade Tortilla Chips

This quick and easy recipe for healthy homemade tortilla chips takes minutes. Therefore, any time you want a snack, you can have these chips.

These are the basic steps for making corn tortilla chips. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions nutritional values, and serving size.

Step 1: Cut

First, cut your leftover tortillas into 8 wedges.

Step 2: Oil

Then lay wedges on a baking sheet and brush or spritz with a light coating of olive oil

Step 3: Sprinkle and Bake

Next, sprinkle the tortilla chips with the All-purpose seasoning and bake for 5-7 minutes at 400 degrees until crisp. Turn once during the cooking process.

Seasoning blend for the tortilla chips.

Recipe FAQs about the Baked Healthy Tortilla Chips

Of course, use what you have on hand canola oil, sunflower oil, avocado oil, etc. You can use organic tortilla chips, whole grain or ones made with ground corn or quinoa. The simple ingredients in this recipe allow you to adjust it in so many ways. If you are watching saturated fats etc. you can adjust how you like.

Indeed, you can make a healthier option of nachos by adding your favorite toppings such as jalapenos, ground meat and cheese.

Make healthy chips any time you want a quick snack, make a half batch or a double or triple batch if you are having game day fun and need lots of chips and salsa.

About an ounce per serving of chips or 10 to 12 chips.

These tortilla chips are best fresh. However, you can store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to four days.

Yes, of course you can, in fact here is a recipe for the chips with a delicious fruit salsa. Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips.

Yes, you can make this chip much healthier by omitting the salt, using a salt substitute or simply by using less sodium per batch. Add a little more fiber and protein by adding some flax seed or chia seeds to your chips to make even more heart-healthy.

Tortilla chips with dip.

Expert Tips for Making This Healthy Crunchy Snack Recipe

  • Cheese: Sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese or even a power cheese blend to enhance the flavor. Such as Snappy.
  • Add heat: Sprinkle on a little cayenne pepper or other hot seasoning to give your chips a kick.
  • Variation tip: Make Sweet chips by adding Flavor Gods seasonings.

What to Serve with Baked Healthy Tortilla Chips

Baked healthy tortilla chips.
5 from 21 votes

Baked Healthy Tortilla Chips

Yield: 64 pieces
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 7 minutes
Total: 12 minutes
 The would also be great as an afternoon snack or crumbled on top of a salad for some crunch.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut each tortillas into 8 wedges
  • Lay wedges on a baking sheet and brush with a light coating of olive oil
  • Sprinkle House Seasoning Blend on top of chips
  • Bake in a 400 degree oven for 5-7 minutes or until crisp

Expert Tips

  • Cheese: Sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese or even a power cheese blend to enhance the flavor. Such as Snappy.
  • Add heat: Sprinkle on a little cayenne pepper or other hot seasoning to give your chips a kick.
  • Variation tip: Make Sweet chips by adding Flavor Gods seasonings.
 

Estimated Nutritional Information

Calories: 19kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 36mg | Potassium: 0.002mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.3g | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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Course: Snack
Cuisine: American

This recipe is my personal adaption of an ethnic-inspired recipe. It is not intended to be an authentic recipe.  I’ve recreated this recipe because I enjoy the flavors and I want to encourage my readers to expand their tastes and try new flavor combinations. The recipe, ingredients, and processes may have been adapted to make the recipe accessible to the average American. I have provided links to authentic versions of the recipe in the post above. I encourage you to visit these pages and learn more about the traditional version(s) of this recipe.

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