Tortilla Chips

Categories: Food
    • Can be made with white, blue, red or yellow corn
    • Invented in Los Angeles in the 1940s and sold as a popular snack
  • Tortilla Chips are baked or fried corn tortillas. They are commonly found in Mexican and Tex-Mex Cuisine.

    In the 1940s, tortilla chips were made as a way to use malformed tortillas that came out of an automated tortilla machine. They were cut into triangles, fried, and sold for a dime a bag by the El Zarape Tortilla Factory.

    They are commonly served in Mexican restaurants with salsa or guacamole, but are a popular dish when served as nachos.

    The most common commercial makers of tortilla chips in the United States are Tostitos and Doritos.

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