Soft Wheat Tortilla Chips with air fryer

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One of my favorite snacks are tortilla chips. Dip into salsa or cheese sauce with a salty crunch. Made from freshly milled wheat berries, these soft wheat tortilla chips are healthier and more filling than the store bought chips. Go over to my soft white wheat tortillas recipe for the freshly milled version or use any soft shell you have on hand.

I have been milling my own wheat for awhile now. When I found out about the chemicals and toxins in the store bought flour, I knew I had to make a big change. Thankfully the processes of milling flour is easy. Only one more step was added to my baking steps. Freshly milled flour has more nutrients and minerals than the flour from the store. This is because, when milling flour, the flour looses its nutrients from oxidization. Oxidization is a normal process food goes through. Think about a banana turning brown or an apple turning brown after being cut, the same thing happens for grain when being cut or milled. After about 3 days the flour has lost nearly all of its nutrients and can even become rancid.

A long time ago, people wanted to make flour available to everyone easily at a store. These people knew the flour would spoil after three days. So they invented a steal rolling mill to separate out the bran and germ, which contains natural oil that spoils the flour, from the endosperm. This was a miracle at the time as the flour was now able to store for a long time. Many years go by and we now know that the endosperm contains mostly starch and lacks almost all of nutrients wheat was to contain. By digesting the store flour, people now have gluten intolerance, cancers and diseases that were never around 130 years ago. Thankfully when you freshly mill flour and bake it, most nutrients will stay intact.

To learn more about the deception of flour visit the deception of flour page.

Start by making freshly milled tortilla shells. I try to keep some on hand in the freezer to make the process faster.

Next, layer the shells on top of each other, about 4 at a time. Cut the shells into 6 equal pieces,

Place tortilla pieces into an air fryer in a single layer. Lightly coat with oil and salt.

Air fry at 325 degrees for 4-7 minutes depending on the thickness of the shell. The pieces will start flying around in the machine.

Once the shells have turned into crispy pieces, they are now chips.

Place chips in a paper towel lined bowl to keep the moisture from building up under the warm chips.

Keep repeating steps until you have as many chips as you would like. Remember, these will get eaten faster than you think.

Serve with salsa or your favorite dip.

Store in an air tight container for max freshness. Re-warm in air fryer when needed.

Enjoy!