Pita chips - a quick and easy appetizer. Every lover of culinary experiments should at least once try to make it. Now the best recipes that have already become favorite for many will be listed.
For spice lovers
If you want to make spicy pita chips with a delicious aroma, then you can pay attention to this option. Of the products you need:
- One thin Armenian pita bread.
- Mayonnaise, 4 tbsp.
- A teaspoon of your favorite spices.
- A clove of garlic.
If all the ingredients are bought, you can cook. First, put the mayonnaise in a deep bowl. It is permissible to replace it with sour cream, but then the pita chips will not turn out as aromatic as in the original version.
Add mayonnaise to spices and finely grated garlic, mix thoroughly. You can add salt to taste.
Cut the pita bread into strips (4-5 cm thick) and grease each with the resulting sauce. Then cut into squares. It is very convenient to do this with culinary scissors.
Place the "prefabricated product" on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. For 5-7 minutes, send in an oven preheated to 190 ° C. After time, remove the pan and allow the chips to cool. Then you can serve.
Microwave chips
This option is suitable for people who do not have the ability or desire to cook a snack in the oven. Microwave lavash chips are also delicious. Here's what you need:
- Pita, 250 g
- Cheese, 70 g.
- Vegetable oil, 50 ml.
- Italian herbs, 1 tsp
- Ground hot pepper, 1 tsp
- Salt and sugar to taste.
First of all, you need to take pita bread, lay out both sheets and fold them with a thick tube. Cut it into pieces, which after unfolding will turn into strips of 5 cm. They must be stacked and cut into triangles (just chop the strips in a zigzag pattern).
Then you can forget about pita bread for a while and start preparing dressing. In a separate bowl you just need to mix the butter, sugar, salt, paprika, herbs.
Pour sliced pita bread directly into this bowl with sauce. Knead as thoroughly as possible so that each piece is saturated. Then chopped pita bread should be put on a plate covered with parchment, sprinkled with grated cheese and sent to the microwave. 1.5 minutes with a power of 850 watts is enough for cooking.
According to this recipe, pita chips are very saturated and crispy.
In the pan
The third option is the preparation of chips from pita bread. What do you need:
- Sunflower oil, 3 tbsp.
- Armenian pita bread.
- Paprika, 1 tbsp.
- Garlic, 2 cloves.
- Salt, 2 tbsp.
Everything is as elementary as in the previous recipes. Cut and knead pita bread in a dressing previously made from all other specified ingredients. And then fry the pita chips in a dry and wide pan. A wok with a semicircular bottom is perfect for such purposes. You can’t move away from the pan; you need to constantly stir the chips. Willingness to determine by what shade the pita acquired.
Cheese and Ham Chips
Now we are talking about an appetizer with an incredible taste. The recipe for pita chips in the oven is simple, even if they cook on it a little longer than the above. Required:
- Thin Armenian lavash.
- One egg.
- Cheese that melts well, 100 g.
- Ham, 100 g.
- On a tablespoon of paprika, sour cream, cilantro and dill.
- Salt at will.
Cheese should be finely grated, and the ham should be cut into tiny pieces. Beat an egg with pepper, salt, sour cream and spices in a blender. Then add cheese and ham there, mix too.
Divide the pita leaf into rhombi with either a knife-wheel or scissors. Cover with the resulting sauce and put in the oven for 5 minutes, bake at 190 ° C.
What is worth adding to the snack?
In fact, pita chips can be made by anyone. Here are a few options that lovers of this appetizer most often prefer:
- Sour cream + greens. You just need to mix these two ingredients, crushed garlic will be a great addition.
- Wasabi + smoked fish fillet. A small amount of these ingredients is mixed with mayonnaise (1 tablespoon) and an egg in a blender. Then the mixture just needs to be greased with pita bread, as in the recipe with ham and cheese. An ideal beer snack.
- Olive oil + chili. Finely chopped pepper thoroughly crushed in oil with salt, let it brew, filter the slices. Before baking, cover the pita bread with the resulting mixture. You can use a pastry brush for this.
- Chocolate + Vanilla. Sweet tooth love chips too! Cut and bake pita bread (without anything), after 5 minutes, sprinkle with a mixture of sugar (2 tablespoons), vanilla and cinnamon, send for 60 seconds to the oven. Remove, sprinkle with chocolate and powder, send to the refrigerator for an hour.
As you can see, pita bread is suitable for experimentation. You can add anything to the chips, the main thing is to correctly combine the ingredients and do not overexpose them in the oven, microwave or in a pan.