Ingredients
4 pitas
100ml olive oil
1/2 tsp salt
Optional ingredients: 1 tsp za’atar, 1/2 tsp smoked paprika, 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Instructions
Tear or cut the pita into pieces of your desired size.
Add olive oil to your pan, and heat to low-medium heat. Be careful to keep the heat below the smoke-point of the oil.
Add the pita bread in batches, giving it enough space in the pan to not overlap. Keep a good eye on them, and fry them until turning nicely golden from both sides. Once having crisped up, take them out of the pan and let them rest on a paper towel to absorb any excess oil.
Season the chips, if you choose to do so.
Notes
If you want to keep the calories on the lower side, you can bake the pita bread as well. I like to evenly brush the pita bread with a bit of olive oil, before baking the pita bread in a preheated oven at 130° Celsius (266° Fahrenheit). The time for it to crisp depends on the thickness of the pita bread you are using. Keep a close eye on them!
For this recipe, I like to use thin Lebanese pita. They crisp up super nicely.
You can use these delicious pita chips for dishes such as harak osbao, fattoush or hummus fatteh. Otherwise, I love to just snack them with some muhammara, hummus or baba ganoush!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 20
- Category: Side, Snack
- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Diet: Vegan