corn chip
{{Short description|Snack food made from cornmeal}}
{{About|the small, salty chips like Fritos|the larger, milder tortilla chips|tortilla chips|the film|Corn Chips}}
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| image = Fritos on a white background.jpg
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| caption = Fritos
| type = Snack food
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| country = United States
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| served = Room temperature
| main_ingredient = Cornmeal
| similar_dish = Potato chip (crisps)
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Corn chips are a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked, usually in the shape of a small noodle or scoop. Corn chips are thick, rigid, very crunchy, have the strong aroma and flavor of roasted corn, and are often heavily seasoned with salt.
Overview
In the United States, Fritos is one of the oldest and most widely recognized brands of corn chips.
{{Cite web |author=THE KITCHEN SISTERS |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15377830 |title=The Birth of the Frito |publisher=National Public Radio |work=Morning Edition |date=2007-10-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080424044353/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15377830 |archive-date=2008-04-24 |access-date=2008-08-02}}
While corn chips and tortilla chips are both made from corn, the corn in tortilla chips is subjected to the nixtamalization process, resulting in a milder flavor and aroma, and a less rigid texture.{{cite journal |last=Caballero-Briones |first=F. |date=June 2000 |title=Recent advances on the understanding of the nixtamalization process |journal=Superficies y Vacío |volume=10 |pages=20–24 |publisher=Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencia de Superficies y de Vacío |location=Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico |issn=1665-3521|display-authors=etal}} Tortilla chips also tend to be larger, thinner, less fatty, and less salty than corn chips.
Corn chips are usually eaten alone or with a chip dip. They are a common ingredient in homemade and commercial party mixes. In the Southwestern US, a popular dish, Frito pie, is made with corn chips and chili.
{{Cite web |url = http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/fritopie.htm |title = Frito pie (recipe) |access-date = 2008-08-02
|publisher = Texas Cooking Online |date = 2007 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080731181402/http://www.texascooking.com/recipes/fritopie.htm |archive-date = 2008-07-31 }}
{{Cite web |url = http://www.texascooking.com/features/feb2004fritopie.htm |title = Frito pie |access-date = 2008-08-02 |publisher = Texas Cooking Online |date = 2007 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080621013106/http://www.texascooking.com/features/feb2004fritopie.htm |archive-date = 2008-06-21 }} In some areas, it is popular to pour the chili into a bag of corn chips and eat the mixture directly from the bag.{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Joyce |title=The allure of Frito Pie |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/taste/stories/DN-nf_fritohistory_0613liv.State.Edition1.3370c.html |access-date=21 October 2010 |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |date=13 June 2007 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113062339/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/taste/stories/DN-nf_fritohistory_0613liv.State.Edition1.3370c.html |archive-date=13 January 2010}}{{cite web |last=Popik |first=Barry |title=Walking Taco |url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/walking_taco_taco_in_a_bag_petros/|work=The Big Apple|publisher=Barry Popik|date=28 November 2007|access-date=21 October 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620095359/http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/walking_taco_taco_in_a_bag_petros|archive-date=20 June 2010}}
See also
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- Axium Foods
- Bean chips
- Chips and dip
- Frito-Lay
- List of maize dishes
- Nachos
- Potato chip
- Seven Layer Dip
- Tortilla chip
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References
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