Quick and Easy Homemade Pita Chips
Learn how to make homemade pita chips on a budget, by salvaging your leftovers
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This super quick and easy homemade pita chips recipe is the perfect solution against throwing away leftovers. How many time did you end up throwing away stale pita bread? I know I have in the past, but for almost two years now I vouched to become more sustainable and stop throwing away good food (or leftovers). Pita bread can go stale really quickly once you open the package. So I often wondered what to do with it instead.
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Turns out, bakes into small chunks which become pita chips it's the way to salvage stale pita bread.
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How to make pita chips
To make them crispy and nice, I recommend drizzling some extra virgin olive oil on top. You can also try other types of oils. For example, I sometimes use pumpkin seed oil because it tastes delicious.
You only need to drizzle a little oil but if you prefer your pita chips a bit crispier, then use a pastry brush and brush both sides of your pita chips with oil.
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Now it's time for the topping. I love Mediterranean herbs so much, so I made my own mix of dried Italian herbs. You can also purchase a dried herb mix from any supermarket. I like my mix to contain some oregano. If you ask me what's the most Italian herb out there, I'm going to say oregano, for sure. It's the taste of delicious pizza. Add sea salt and ground pepper.
I love freshly ground seas salt and black pepper and for that, I use an electric grinder. They are very inexpensive and super-efficient.
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Finally, I love adding a little cumin to my pita chips. Now I know that not everyone loves the taste of cumin and that's totally ok. You can replace cumin with a little chilli powder or just skip this step altogether. The point here is for us to create easy pita chips from leftovers and easy spices we have in the cupboard and not go out of our way.
As I'm plant-based, I do need to eat several times a day. And because of that, I started looking into making my life a little easier by creating 15-20 minutes quick and easy recipes with standard pantry ingredients.
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Right, make sure you preheat your oven to 180C/350F. Bake the pita chips for about 10 minutes until golden and crisp.
You can serve them immediately with the vegan spread or with a lovely no-tahini hummus.
As these pita chips were made from stale pita bread, they should be consumed immediately. They should not be reheated or kept for later as they will get really hard and unedible. That's why I recommend one pita bread (8 pita chips) per person, to ensure you don't end up throwing away the food.
Ready to try making this quick and easy pita chips? Let me know in the comments section below.
This recipe has been developed entirely by Yuzu Bakes. Any resemblance with other recipes is purely coincidental.
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Homemade pita chips from leftovers
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total: 15 mins
- Serves 2 people
Categories: Appetizer, Baked, Breakfast, Sides, Snacks Cusine: Greek, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
Description
Quick and easy homemade vegan pita chips made from leftovers. Save money and time and learn how to make this budget-friendly pita chips recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 pita, large pita bread
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 dash peppercorn
- 1 tsp Italian herbs
- 1 tsp cumin
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 350F.
Cut two pita bread into 8 small triangles (like you would cut a pizza).
Place the pita triangles on baking paper, on a baking tray, then drizzle them with olive oil. - You can brush them on both sides with olive oil using a pastry brush if you prefer.
Sprinkle the salt, pepper and cumin and bake for around 10 minutes until golden and crisp. - Remove from the oven and serve immediately with a vegan spread of your choice.
- Preheat your oven to 180C / 350F.
Nutritional Information
Total Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | |||
| Calories 289 | |||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat 14 g | 19% | ||
| Saturated Fat 2 g | 10% | ||
| Trans Fat 0 g | 0% | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g | |||
| Monounsaturated Fat 10 g | |||
| Cholesterol 0 mg | 0% | ||
| Sodium 906 mg | 39% | ||
| Total Carbs 34 g | 12% | ||
| Dietary Fiber 2 g | 5% | ||
| Sugar 1 g | 2% | ||
| Protein 6 g | 11% | ||
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| * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. | |||
The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice
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Giving you 5 starts for the pictures alone. This is awesome
Thank you so much. We love salvaging food!
Thank you. I do't like throwing away food. This is a great idea
Such great idea right? I love pita chips now. We use them for breakfast and not throwing away any stale pita anymore