Easy Air Fryer Tortilla Chips is a quick 10 minute recipe that will show you how to make homemade chips from scratch using only 3 ingredients. Pair these air fried corn tortillas with your favorite salsa or guacamole.
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Making tortilla chips in the air fryer can't get any easier! You can even make taco shells if you want! I love to indulge in nachos. They are a staple in my home using my Homemade Taco Seasoning. I love to load them up with all of my favorite toppings. You seriously can't beat that!
A while back I saw a post, How to Make Homemade Tortilla Chips on Simply Recipes. I decided to test it out using the air fryer.
This recipe will show you how to make chips out of corn tortillas. You may also enjoy my Air Fryer Potato Chips and Air Fryer Zucchini Chips.
Table of Contents
How to Cut Tortilla Chips
Cut the tortilla in half, and then again to make 4 triangles, slice each again to make a total of 8 triangle wedges.
How to Make Tortilla Chips in an Air Fryer
Can you put tortillas in an air fryer? Absolutely. A standard rule of thumb is anything you can bake, you can air fry. That rule also includes the baking equipment you use in an oven. It can be used in the air fryer, too.
- Slice the corn tortillas into 8 wedges.
- Spray with olive oil and sprinkle salt throughout.
- Air fry.
Air Fryer Temperature
I like to use 370 degrees.
Cook Time/How Long to Cook
Every air fryer brand will cook at different speeds so be sure to monitor your chips. The chips have finished cooking when they are golden brown, firm, and no longer pliable and flexible.
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Different Ways to Season Them
- Homemade Ranch Seasoning
- Trader Joe's Chili Lime Seasoning
- Trader Joe's Everything But the Elote Seasoning
- Cinnamon and Sugar (for sweet chips!)
How to Get the Chips Crispy
Use oil on the corn tortillas. This is the best way. I recommend avocado or olive oil. You can air fry the chips without oil. They will crisp. During my testing, I found the chips without oil lost their crunch faster.
Do not overcrowd the air fryer basket. Cook in batches if necessary. The more you add in, the longer the chips will take to cook and the chips won't cook at an even and consistent temperature. You will end up with some that are soft in some areas.
How to Store the Chips
Store the chips tightly sealed in a Ziplock bag. They will keep for several days. I've gone up to 5.
How to Reheat the Chips
If you lose the crunch on your chips, spritz them with a little bit of oil and reheat them in the air fryer for a couple of minutes on 350 degrees.
Puffy/Restaraunt Quality Chips
I make these by using uncooked tortillas. I find mine at Costco in the refrigerated section. Call around if you are looking for some outside of Costco or can't locate them there.
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Keto Spinach Cheese Dip
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Leftover Turkey Nachos
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Easy Air Fryer Tortilla Chips
Ingredients
- 6 corn tortillas Each tortilla will make 6 to 8 chips depending on how you slice them.
- Kosher salt to taste
- cooking oil spray I like to use avocado oil or olive oil.
Instructions
- Spray both sides of each tortilla with cooking oil (You can also spray them after they have been cut. Both methods work).
- Lay the tortillas in 1 stack. Use a knife or pizza cutter and cut the stack in half.
- Then rotate the stack and cut again to make 4 pieces.
- Then you will cut down the middle again, both horizontally and vertically to form 8 total chips per layer.
- Sprinkle salt throughout the chips. You can add any additional seasonings if you wish.
- Load the chips into the air fryer. Do not overcrowd the basket. Cook in batches if needed. Overcrowding will lead to some chips that taste stale.
- Air fry the chips for 6 minutes on 370 degrees. I did not flip the chips.
- Every air fryer brand will cook at different speeds so be sure to monitor your chips. The chips have finished cooking when they are golden brown, firm, and no longer pliable and flexible. You can also sample one chip to taste.
Shauna says
I forgot to p it tortilla chips on my grocery list but then I remembered this recipe. The cook time and temperature were perfect. I drizzled with life and sites with sea salt. Better and less greasy than store bought.
staysnatched says
Yay! I love these. Glad you enjoyed them.
Kristyn Warren says
I am already a fan of this website! I have made so many things but this was totally awesome! I might not ever buy tortilla chips again. I also sprinkled a little lime on my chips. So good!
staysnatched says
I love the lime idea!
Crystal says
I made these last night for taco night and they were amazing. So much better than store bought and SO easy in the air fryer. SO good!
staysnatched says
Yes easy and good!
Kristin says
I made these today! So good and easy. I appreciate your detailed instructions.
staysnatched says
Thank you! Glad they worked for you.
Tammy Tyler says
This recipe was very simple for the air fry tortilla chips. I air fried some corn tortilla and they came out so crunchy, I also made some Keto Salsa. My husband and loved the chips with the salsa. I had given up on air frying because the first time I used the air fryer when I got it about a year ago because my air fryer didn't come with a book on how to cook certain things. I am so glad I came across your website it has been a life saver because I almost gave up on air frying. Thanks,
staysnatched says
That's so good to hear! And I'm glad you enjoyed them!
Courtney says
These chips were the first thing I made in my new air fryer - thank you for this easy-to-follow and delicious recipe!
staysnatched says
You're welcome! Welcome to the world of air frying!
Quinnisha says
Stay Snatched’s recipes are a very important part to my journey to wellness. I will never buy store tortilla chips again. Easy and simple but so delicious. I use the street taco size corn tortillas and they fit within my WW points without the guilt!
staysnatched says
I love that it worked for Weight Watchers!
Devon says
Worked PERFECTLY! Thank you!
staysnatched says
You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed them!
R. Turner says
Made these with the chicken thigh nacho recipe from your instagram! SOOO much better than store bought. I added Trader Joe's Chile Lime Seasoning to them before frying which only helped to match the deliciousness of the recipe! Thanks for such a great meal idea
staysnatched says
I LOVE that seasoning. It works so well with these.
CC says
Simple and easy! I used the Costco tortillas you show on IG and the Trader Joe's Everything but the Elote seasoning. Another awesome recipe and love the great finds from your IG!
staysnatched says
I’m glad you enjoyed them!
Grace Connell says
Great recipe and appreciate the video and tips! As the other reviewer said I used the uncooked tortillas from Costco that Brandi recommends and they were perfectly crispy. Also more salt the better, felt like the ones I thought were over salted we’re actually my favorite! Definitely going to be a staple recipe in my house. Never buying store bought again!
staysnatched says
I'm with ya!
Shari says
I made salsa then realized we didn't have chips. I remembered seeing you make them on Insta so I searched them here. So quick, easy and crunchy. I will definitely be having these more often. Thank you!
staysnatched says
You're welcome!
Kandace says
I used this recipe tonight to make tortilla chips for chicken nachos. They were easy and delicious! Made the best nachos!
staysnatched says
I love these for nachos, too! I'm glad you enjoy them!
Tenedra says
Made these for lunch to make nachos! So easy.
staysnatched says
Yes, easy and delicious!
Kayla says
These turned out so good! Loved it. Will definitely make again and again
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoyed them.
Rosemary Wiggins says
Love! Super easy and quick! Taste like the restaurants but from home! ♥️
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Eva says
Super easy and much better for you than buying tortilla chips at the store! I also liked how I could customize my seasoning on the chips. Another great recipe—thank you!!
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoyed them!
Ayesha Edmond says
Soo easy! Comes out perfect everytime! I never have to worry about not having chips for my salsa!
staysnatched says
Yes! I love to make my own at home.
Jill says
I used the uncooked tortillas that Brandi recommends on her IG account. These tortillas chips were like restaurant ones but better. I definitely will not be buying tortilla chips anytime soon. Next up is making nachos with them!
staysnatched says
Yes! You will love the nachos.
Becca says
Only way to eat tortilla chips at home! Always have to have tortilla chips on hand as this is a regular snack in my rotation. And the "everything but the elote" seasoning from Trader Joe's (tip from IG, I think) is phenomenal on them too!
staysnatched says
Yes! The elote seasoning is the best!
ShundaRfn says
I just saw your post on IG of these with beef tacos...ran and made these using Aldi’s low carb wraps and they turned out delicious...definitely going to be a staple in my household. 😋
staysnatched says
Wonderful! Glad you enjoyed them.
Kyle says
OMG - this recipe saved my life! (Dramatic much?!) But seriously, as a chip head that constantly craves chips but is totally dedicated to that low carb life it’s been rough. I used carb balance whole wheat tortillas and my chip craving was solved in less than 10 mins! 🙌🏾
staysnatched says
haha! I love the dramatics!
Erin says
These are fantastic! Used the uncooked tortillas from the IG story to make them and I’m never going back to other tortillas. So easy and satisfy the chip cravings!
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed them.
Jillian says
Omg these are so quick and easy and so good. They taste way better than store brought chips. I used the uncooked tortillas, they puffed up and turned out great.
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm so glad you enjoyed these!
T says
Finally used this recipe and it did not disappoint. I ran out of chips but had flour tortillas and they came out perfect!. Thank you!
staysnatched says
Awesome! I'm so glad to hear it.
Sam says
Didn’t want to open a whole bag of tortilla chips since we’re leaving on a trip tomorrow, and then I remembered that Brandi has this recipe - wow I should’ve tried it a lot sooner! Very easy if you follow the instructions and extra tasty if you use the oil and sea salt per the notes. Will be making again soon.
staysnatched says
So glad you will be making them again.
Jill says
These chips beat store brought any day. Using the uncooked tortilla is my favorite way to make these. So easy and delicious
staysnatched says
Wonderful! I'm so glad to hear it.
Sharon Frazier says
Super easy, quick and tasty! I didn't have hard shell taco but remembered seeing these on Stay Snatched's IG stories...so glad!!
staysnatched says
Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed these.
Shaundrika says
Needed to make these to make your Turkey nachos! We can’t do store ones now haha you’ve ruined me!! In the best way possible!! Crazy how all the food I’m making and my pants are getting looser thank you
staysnatched says
Eating real food makes a huge difference!
Amanda G. says
I made these today for lunch to dip into some chili with some cheese sprinkled on top. So easy to make and hit the spot without the grease and guilt of store bought chips!
staysnatched says
Yay! I'm glad you enjoyed them.