Tortilla

What can you make with the broken up pieces of tortilla chips at the bottom of a bag?

I get a lot of good chips for my money, but I still end up with a good amount of broken tortilla chips at the bottom of a bag that are hard to eat and useless for dipping. The chips still taste awesome, of course.



Do you have a recipe or snack idea for what I could do with them?

Public Comments

1. Use them on the top of Tortilla Soup. Here's a recipe:
   
   
   
   http://www.recipezaar.com/4627
2. ground beef velveeta and salsa
   
   cook ground beef drain
   
   add velveeta and salsa
   
   melt in oven mix
   
   drop chip crumbs on top and use other tortilla chips to pick it up
3. Crush them up and use them as breading for chicken fried steak. At least, that's what we do here in Texas.
4. Funny you should ask, I had the same dilemma last week. I had been collecting the bits for a while. I made a tortilla casserole. Cover the bottom of a baking pan with a can of re-fried beans. Add a layer of browned ground beef, (saute beef with onions, garlic and chili powder), crush all your tortilla chips and layer over beef mixture. Pour a can of any type of tomatoes you like i.e. (stewed chili style, diced tomatoes etc.) over the chips. Sprinkle generously with your favourite cheese, ( I used Monteray Jack) and bake until cheese is bubbly. Serve with salsa and sour cream. Yummy
5. Taco salad or Taco casserole..check recipes out on Allrecipes.com or some other cooking site..yummm
6. Make some chili and use those instead of fritos for a frito pie.
7. you could try to make a taco salad, just add some more chips when you open another bag. try foodnetwork.com
8. TORTILLA SOUP, BUY A L;ARGE CAN OC CHICKEN BROTH,HEAT UP ADD CHOPPED ONIONS, CHOPPED JALAPENO, CILANTRO AND SOME CHIPS FOR EACH SERVING,,,NAMASTE
9. Tortilla soup!!
   
   
   
   INGREDIENTS:
   
   
   
   2 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (I usually use leftover chicken)
   
   1/2 teaspoon Olive oil
   
   1 cup onions
   
   1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
   
   1/4 teaspoon cumin
   
   1 tablespoon Bottled lime or lemon juice
   
   2 cups (14 1/2 ounce each) chicken broth
   
   1 cup chunky-style Mexican tomato salsa
   
   1 cup frozen corn
   
   tortilla chips crushed
   
   Shredded Cheese
   
   
   
   PREPARATION:
   
   
   
   1. Heat olive oil in a skillet.
   
   2. Cook pieces of chicken (if not using leftover chicken) or add cooked chicken to the skillet.
   
   3. Add onions, garlic, cumin and juice. Cook 2 minutes.
   
   4. Add broth, salsa, and corn, heat 10-15 minutes
   
   5. Crush tortilla chips slightly in the bottoms of soup bowls.
   
   6. Ladle soup over the chips and sprinkle cheese on top.
10. i use them for mixing in taco salads or topping for Hamburger Helper's Enchilada rice