Easy Air Fryer Tortilla Chips

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!

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 and is great if you are following Weight Watchers. You may also enjoy my Air Fryer Potato Chips and Air Fryer Zucchini Chips.

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.

1. Slice the corn tortillas into 8 wedges.
2. Spray with olive oil and sprinkle salt throughout.
3. Air fry.

Air Fryer Temperature

I like to use 370 degrees.

How Long to Cook Tortilla 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.

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.

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.

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Easy Air Fryer Tortilla Chips

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. 

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword air fryer chips, air fryer tortilla chips

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 6 minutes

Total Time 11 minutes

Servings 48 chips

Calories 112kcal

Author Brandi Crawford

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.

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Notes

Do not overcrowd the air fryer basket. Your chips will not cook evenly which will make it difficult to cook a batch that finishes cooking at the same time. You may end up with some chips that taste stale.

You can air fry the chips without oil. They will crisp. During my testing, I found the chips without oil lost their crunch faster.

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Nutrition (displayed with net carbs)

Serving: 12chips | Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g

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