A tortilla chip is a
snack food made from
corn tortillas, which are cut into wedges and then fried (alternately they may be discs pressed out of corn masa then fried or baked). Corn tortillas are made of
corn,
vegetable oil,
salt and water. Although invented in Los Angeles in the late 1940s, tortilla chips are considered to be a form of
Mexican food. Though usually made of yellow corn (as pictured), they can also be made of white, blue, or red corn.
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