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Homemade Marguerita Tortilla Chips

800px-tortilla_chipsI had just made some homemade hummus and had nothing to dip into it-whole wheat bread just doesn’t cut it.  What I did have were some cheap corn tortillas; the kind that come about 100 to a stack in a plastic bag not the fancy 10 to a pack things.  The corn is very fine in these almost giving them the look of flour tortillas.

So… I mixed olive oil and lime juice, 2 parts olive oil to 1 part lime juice.  I whisked it to emulsify it a bit.   I put a layer of the tortillas on an olive oiled cookie sheet and brushed each tortilla with the olive oil/lime mix using a pastry brush.  I sprinkled fine sea salt on the tortillas.  Finally, using a pizza cutter, I cut each tortilla into sixths.

I placed the cookie sheets in the middle of a 400F preheated convection oven
I set the timer for 2 minutes.  After 2 minutes, I rotated the pan and set the timer for another two minutes.  Next I switched the trays on the oven shelves.  I gave them another minute.  Some were a little too brown, but not burned.  Others were perfect.  A few still had a soft-ish center.

They were all delicious.  They were great for dipping in the hummus and good for some guacamole with pico de gallo I found in the fridge.

Next time, I think I’ll increase the lime juice otherwise they were perfect.