Seasoned Tortilla Strips

Seasoned Tortilla Strips

Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper or 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 12 6-inch corn tortillas
• salt
• Tabasco sauce, to taste (if you like them spicy!)

Directions

• 1 Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 Stir oil and all spices together.
• 3 Brush one side of all the tortillas with oil/spice mixture.
• 4 Make 3 stacks of 4 tortillas and cut the tortillas into 1/4-1/2 strips.
• 5 Put strips in a single layer on a couple of cookie sheets sprayed with Pam.
• 6 Bake until golden and crisp, about 10-15 minutes.
• 7 (If pans are on different oven racks switch their positions about halfway through baking.).
• 8 Remove from oven and sprinkle with salt.
• 9 Cool completely in pans.