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Repurpose Stale Tortilla Chips – 6 Tricks To Revival!

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Makeover Your Chips Once They Go Stale

Did you ever get that intense craving for salt, and you remember that bag of chips you have stored in the pantry? You get excited, you start to salivate, you reach in, grab the bag, open it, take a chip and smile. You place the chip on your tongue and crunch into it with your teeth. Suddenly you start spitting crushed chips from your mouth because you now realize they are stale. Really? Now what? Throw the rest of the bag away? NO! Don’t throw them away. Know that there are other uses for them so they don’t have to go to waste.

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Here’s how to turn a half-full bag of chips into something much, much more:

1. MAKE CHILAQUILES

In this traditional Mexican dish, chips are layered with a spicy red chile sauce, queso fresco, and Monterey Jack cheese, then broiled until gooey and bubbling. The stale chips hold up well under the layers of sauce and cheese, softening just enough.

2. USE AS A GARNISH FOR SOUP

All soups want a garnish, and that’s where tortilla chips come in. Top your bowl with a few broken-up pieces to add texture to every spoonful.

3. SCRAMBLE WITH YOUR EGGS

The Tex-Mex dish called migas is simply scrambled eggs with crushed tortilla chips thrown into the mix.

4. TURN INTO CRUMBS

Pulse chips in a food processor to make crumbs and use them in place of breadcrumbs in pretty much anything.

5. CONSIDER THE CASSEROLE

Line the bottom of a baking dish with crushed tortilla chips and assemble any casserole on top.

6. RE-CRISP THEM

If you’ve exhausted every way to repurpose them, stale tortilla chips can be revived in the oven. Just lay them out on a baking sheet and toast them in a 400°F oven for three to five minutes until they’re crispy again.

For more details on this fun tricks, visit Sheela Prakash, a freelance food writer and Epicurious contributor who brought us this article.

 

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