Homemade Nachos/Tortilla Chips




Tortilla Chips or Nachos are fried or triangles made of maize and/or wheat flour. A snack dish from Mexico, which can be served with salsa, guacamole or any dip like cheese dip/sauce.

In today’s post I will show you how to make delicious Tortilla Chips/Nachos at home. Have fun baking!

Homemade: Homemade Tortilla Chips/Nachos
Difficulty: Medium
Preparation Time: 1 hour
Our Recipe rating:
5von5

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips
Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips
Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips
Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips



Ingredients for about 4 portions of Nachos/Tortilla Chips:

  • 200 grams of maize flour
  • 100 grams of wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
  • Hot water
  • 1 – 1½ liters of oil for frying
  • Maize flour to dust the worktop
  • Salt & paprika powder for seasoning (or spices of your choice)

Required kitchen gadgets, helper & preparations:

  • A mixing bowl
  • Sieve
  • Fork
  • Pizza roller or knife
  • Rolling pin
  • Pot or wok to fry the nachos
  • Ladle
  • Kitchen paper

Instructions for the homemade Tortilla Chips/Nachos:

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 1Give 200 grams of maize flour…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 2…& 100 grams of wheat flour through a sieve into a mixing bowl…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 3…also add 1 teaspoon of salt…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 4…& 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 5…then pour in some hot water…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 6…and start to knead.

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 7If the dough seems to be too dry, pour in more hot water…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 8…and continue kneading until a smooth dough…

Homemade Nachos/Tortialla Chips - Step 9…the dough should have the consistency of modeling clay.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 10Dust the working top with some maize flour…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 11…flatten half of the dough on the working top to flour the dough from both sides.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 12Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 13…until you reach a thickness of 1 – 1½ millimeters.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 14Get a fork to prick the complete dough sheet to avoid air bubbles in the dough when frying.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 15Use a pizza cutter or a knife to cut the dough sheet into 5 – 6 centimeter thick rectangles…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 16…and then cut diagonally into equal-sized triangles.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 17Heat up a pot or wok adding 1 – 1½ liters of frying oil (carefully give a small piece of scrap dough into the oil, as soon as it bubbles and begins to foam, the oil is hot enough)…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 18…carefully slide the prepared triangles into the hot oil…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 19…and fry them for about 1 – 2 until golden, carefully stirring using a ladle.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 20Lift the Tortilla Chips out of the oil, drain briefly…

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 21…and allow to cool completely on kitchen paper.

Tortilla Chips/Nachos Selber Machen - Schritt 22Season them still warm with salt and paprika powder or spices of your choice. Serve along with homemade cheese dip/sauce.

I wish you lots of fun cooking/baking 😉

Video Tutorial:

Watch the video tutorial to see the recipe and the preparation method precisely (German Audio only, English Subtitles available):

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