- sixteen 6-inch corn tortillas
- about 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Brush both sides of tortillas with oil and with scissors cut each tortilla into about 5 randomly shaped wavy strips. In 2 large shallow baking pans arrange half of strips in one layer. (Strips should curl up on their own, but if necessary gently twist or fold them over.)
- In a small bowl combine chili powder, salt, and sugar and through a small sieve sprinkle half of mixture over tortilla strips in pans. Bake tortilla strips in upper and lower thirds of oven until just crisp, 6 to 8 minutes, and transfer to paper towels to cool. Make more chips in same manner with remaining tortilla strips and chili mixture.