tortilla chip
noun
: a thin, hard piece of food (called a chip) that is made from corn and usually salted
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Sugar Foods is recalling a tortilla chip salad topper sold in 20 states after discovering it is contaminated with a wheat allergen.
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Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
All the food in this show looks good, but to watch Sunja try guacamole on a tortilla chip for the first time is just life affirming.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Last year, a teen died in Massachusetts after attempting to eat a tortilla chip packed with chili pepper extract for a social media challenge.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
On Thursday, renowned local chef and restaurant owner Jim Stump served up his Monterey Bay Vermillion Rock Fish Ceviche with guacamole, salsa and a blue corn tortilla chip, working with SSP America Executive Chef James McGregor.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Limited time, limited release tortilla chips hit Costco
Imagine a tortilla chip.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
The salad had a multitude of flavors and textures — corn ribs; popped corn; fresh, grassy corn sprouts; a blue corn tortilla chip; black tepary beans; and squash puree wrapped in a sheet of soft squash — that worked together, just like a good three sisters garden does.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
The damage may or may not have been caused by an errant tortilla chip.
—Michelle Madden, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
And a spicy tortilla chip is pulled from shelves after a teen’s death.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
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Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
All the food in this show looks good, but to watch Sunja try guacamole on a tortilla chip for the first time is just life affirming.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Last year, a teen died in Massachusetts after attempting to eat a tortilla chip packed with chili pepper extract for a social media challenge.
—Alexandra Byrne, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2024
On Thursday, renowned local chef and restaurant owner Jim Stump served up his Monterey Bay Vermillion Rock Fish Ceviche with guacamole, salsa and a blue corn tortilla chip, working with SSP America Executive Chef James McGregor.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2024
Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Limited time, limited release tortilla chips hit Costco
Imagine a tortilla chip.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024
The salad had a multitude of flavors and textures — corn ribs; popped corn; fresh, grassy corn sprouts; a blue corn tortilla chip; black tepary beans; and squash puree wrapped in a sheet of soft squash — that worked together, just like a good three sisters garden does.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2024
The damage may or may not have been caused by an errant tortilla chip.
—Michelle Madden, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
And a spicy tortilla chip is pulled from shelves after a teen’s death.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
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“Tortilla chip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tortilla%20chip. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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