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What would you do with a big bag of tortilla chips?

Someone gave us a large (bulk size) bag of tortilla chips. We aren't the type to sit down and eat them all with a big bowl of salsa...but don't want it to go to waste. I really like making freeze-ahead meals (plus we have a baby due in 4 weeks) and I'm looking for ideas of what to do with these chips so they don't go to waste. I've heard tortilla chips can be frozen. Anyone have any freezable recipes that I could use these for or any other ideas? THANKS!

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Puree some in the food processor and use to batter fish or chicken (instead of flour). Very nice, crispy crust!

Make casseroles, esp. those calling for corn tortillas, and just use yoru chips instead. Cut back on salt if possible elsewhere in the dish.

Enchilada Casserole, Charlie Gibson’s

Casserole Ingredients:

1 large 13-ounce package Doritos (save 2 cups for casserole topping)

2 tbsp. onion, grated

1 10-ounce can chili with beans

10- to 15-ounce enchilada sauce

8-ounce can tomato sauce

1 and 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Topping Ingredients:

2 cups Doritos

1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1¼ cups sour cream

1. Preheat oven to 375° F.

2. Crumble 6 cups Doritos with your hands into a large mixing bowl.

3. Add the onion, the chili, the enchilada sauce, tomato sauce and 1½ cups of cheddar cheese to the crumbled Doritos. Stir with a rubber spatula to combine. Place mixture into an 8½ x 11-inch oven proof casserole dish.

4. Bake for 20 minutes.

5. Remove from the oven. Spread the sour cream over the top of the casserole with a large spoon or rubber spatula. Top with remaining 2 cups Doritos. Then sprinkle with the 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese.

6. Bake for another five minutes and serve.

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Beef Enchilada Casserole

1 pound ground beef

1 small onion, chopped

1 can enchilada sauce

1 can cream of celery soup

1 tsp. chopped jalapeno, optional

7-8 Corn tortillas

2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Brown ground beef; drain off grease. Add onion and cook until tender. Add enchilada sauce, soup, and peppers, heating thoroughly. Place 4 corn tortillas in the bottom of a greased deep-dish 9” pie plate, allowing the edge to wrap up the sides of the pie plate. Spoon a third of beef mixture on top. Place tortilla in center on top of beef, spoon another third of beef mixture on top; top with last 2-3 tortillas, tearing to fit, and the rest of meat mixture. Cover with grated cheddar cheese on top. Bake at 300ºF until cheese melts and casserole is bubbly, about 20 min.
-Chicken Tortilla Soup

-Nachos

-Crush them and use them for breading instead of bread crumbs

-Or just eat them with guacamole
I'd think that chips would get soggy, when they thawed, from the condensation in the freezer .... Put a "chip clip" on the bag; or put the bag into a big ziploc baggie and keep it in the pantry. You can use crumbled chips as breading for tilapia or chicken ... toss it into taco salad ... use it for toppings on casseroles ... put some into coleslaw
You can keep them a longer time by dividing them into smaller ( gallon size) plastic bags and stored in a large plastic, tupperware type container.

I like them crushed and used as a topping for casseroles and with chili and beans, hot dogs and beans, etc.
ohh yeah! the big bag of tortilla chips.... if i were you i would buy some dips: salsa,cream cheese or those mayo dips you buy in your local stores and invite some of my friends over for a movie night.... and order a large cheese pizza with chilly powder.... yumm.....

try this mecican tortilla dip recipe:

Ingredients:

1 can Stagg Chili

1 8 oz cream cheese (softened)

Directions:

Mix well. Top with favorite Mexican cheeses. Microwave until heated through. Serve with chips.

Enjoy!!!
make taco salad, chips and salsa, and nachos, make a pot of chili and eat the corn chips with them.
I would freeze them in small packages, but only before use. If you freeze a recipe that uses them, they will taste terrible and be really mushy. You can also crush them and make a wonderful coating for chicken or fish, or even pork chops. If the crumbs are really fine and you mix them with cinnamon and brown sugar, they make a very interesting coating that works well on French toast or fried bananas.
Tortill chips are versatile as you can use them for snacks. top if off with refried beans, sliced black olives, diced tomatoes and shredded cheese and salsa for a mexican snack. Top it with diced poiled potatoes, bhel mix and cutneys for an Indian snack. crumble it and use in place of crackers on soup and salads. Crush and mix it in with the likes of tuna/chicken casserole. I have never had to freeze them so I cannot say how crispy they will be when you get them out again. Dont let them go in waste. Happy eating.
Some of them can be crushed up and used like bread crumbs. Try baked chicken fingers substituting the crushed chips for the corn flakes. Pan fried catfish with a crushed chip crust and a nice fruit salsa might be really good. Or, mix the crushed chips with a little cheddar or jack cheese to make a topping for a gratin - maybe zucchini, tomato, scallions mixed and baked under the topping.

Also, you can make casseroles based on any enchilada recipe using the chips and filling alternately in place of rolling the filling in a tortilla. I'm pretty sure such a concoction would freeze.

I, personally, would eat the whole bag...I'm an absolute sucker for chips.
Taco salads! Who doesn't like taco salads? It's like eating taco's with no shells, just use your chips to scoop and eat! The meat is the only thing that needs to be cooked and can be reheated etc. Everything else gets chopped up.
Just make nachos and eat them. You can reheat stale chips in the oven your and they will come out crunchy again.
You can keep them in the freezer (as chips) if you use them in a recipe they will get soggy when you thaw - crush them and use in meatloaf , burgers , salads , soups or you can have yourself a baby due party and invite family and friends - ***congradulations***
make a big bowl of guacamole!!!