Recipe #65 - Crispy Corn Tortilla Strips

You know those cool little tortilla strips that you can get on top of a Mexican salad?  Well, you can make those at home with hardly any ingredients: corn tortillas, canola oil and salt!

You can find this recipe on page 141.

Heat your oil in a large skillet.  The use a pizza cutter to cut your corn tortillas into thin strips.

Then put your first batch of tortilla strips in the oil.  (You'll know that your oil temperature is just right when you put in one strip, and it sinks to the bottom for a second and then quickly rises to the tops and starts to bubble.)

Remove the strips from the oil with a slotted spoon and allow to drain on paper towels.

Sprinkle some salt on top (which I forgot to do before taking this picture apparently) and you're all set! These are great on top of soups or salads.  What will you put them on?