I got bored of reading and writing for assignments due tomorrow (which is what I’ve been doing all day) and decided I was hungry. We just went grocery shopping yesterday, but I’ve been craving crunchy things the last couple of days and I was pretty sure we didn’t have anything crunchy in the house. Also, if you know me, you know I love bread and anything made with flour/contains tons of carbohydrates/starches and celery – the only crunchy thing I can think of that we have – was just not going to cut it.
So I decided to make some pita chips. Yum. If you’re interested, they’re super super easy to make. Here’s how:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Slice 3-4 pitas into strips and then slice those strips into smaller sections. Mix together 1/3 cup olive oil with whatever herbs/spices you want on your pita chips (I use a couple of shakes of black pepper, sea salt, and garlic salt, and about 1/2 tablespoon each – maybe more – of basil, rosemary, and oregano). Brush the pita strips with the oil and herb mixture and lay them out on a large cookie sheet in one layer. Bake them for anywhere from 7-15 minutes (my oven takes closer to 15, but watch them because they can burn easily once they get far enough along). After you take them out of the oven, leave them sitting on the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes to cool and harden a little bit. Hopefully by then all the excess oil will be absorbed too. Mine are always a little softer in the center, so I’m thinking about experimenting with a slightly lower heat and longer baking time next time. But we’ll see. I enjoyed mine with some hummus (admittedly store-bought, but I’ll be making my own again soon).
