The last Bunco night I attended had a Mexican theme, so I decided to whip up some strawberry salsa and churro chips for the ladies to snack on before the dice-rolling began.
I’ve made this recipe a few times over the years and it’s always a HUGE hit at parties. If you don’t feel like making your own churro chips, you could just buy a bag of Stacy’s Cinnamon Sugar Pita chips, but there is something about these crunchy homemade cinnamon wedges that makes for an extra special treat for a party.
Or, if you have a kid like mine who would list churros from the Costco concession stand as one of their Top Five Favorite Foods, these are a quick and easy substitute for a special treat.
So, let’s gather up the ingredients and get this cinnamon train a-rolling.
Strawberry Salsa with Churro Cinnamon Chips
Ingredients
Strawberry Salsa
- 1 pint strawberries sliced
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1/2 cup pineapple tidbits
- 2 whole kiwi peeled
- 1 whole lime
- 1/2 jalapeno pepper (optional for heat)
- 2 TBSP Strawberry Jam
Churro Chips
- 12 12" flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 TBSP ground cinnamon
- Cooking Spray
Instructions
- Slice the strawberries, blueberries, pineapple and kiwi into small pieces.
- Mix fruit together in a bowl
- Microwave jam and stir into fruit
- Add a large squeeze of lime juice
- Add diced jalapeno to taste
- Using a pizza cutter, cut flour tortillas into wedges
- Add sugar and cinnamon to a zip-top bag and shake to mix.
- Spray tortillas with cooking spray and add to ziptop bag with sugar mixture
- Shake the tortillas around inside the bag until fully coated with cinna-sugar mixture.
- Spread evenly onto a large cookie sheet
- Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, then let cool completely to harden the chips.
- Store in an airtight container.
Ingredients:
- 1 pint strawberries, sliced
- 1 pint blueberries
- 1/2 cup pineapple
- 2 kiwi, peeled and sliced
- 1 lime
- 1 Tablespoon jalapeno pepper, diced
- Cherry or strawberry jam (optional)
- Package of 12″ Flour tortillas
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- Cooking spray (I used Trader Joes coconut oil spray)
Directions:
Wash all the produce thoroughly. Remove the green tops from the strawberries and peel the kiwi.
Slice the strawberries. I love to use my Pampered Chef egg slicer for this task.
Once the strawberries are sliced I give them another rough chop just to get them in smaller salsa-ish pieces.
Repeat with the rest of the fruits. Put all the fruits in a big bowl together and mix well.
Give a big squeeze of lime juice over the top of all the fruit.
Microwave a few tablespoons of cherry or strawberry jam in a glass bowl for about 20 seconds. Stir into the salsa mixture for added sweetness and juice. If you don’t have any jam you can sprinkle in a few tablespoons of sugar and it will have a similar effect.
Chop up half a jalapeno into a very fine dice. Do not get any seeds in the mixture. Add as much or as little jalapeno as you’d like. This is a personal preference on how much heat you want to add to the salsa. I don’t like my foods to be very spicy so I added about 1 Tablespoon of diced jalapeno.
(Note: Do not touch your eyes or touch any other sensitive areas of your body after you’ve chopped a jalapeno. Don’t ask me how I know. Just trust me on this.)
Now let’s make the churro chips! Take a stack of flour tortillas and cut them into strips or wedges using a pizza cutter.
One bag of tortillas will make quite a few chips!
Mix together cinnamon and sugar in a small bowl.
Spread the chips out in an even layer and spray them with cooking spray.
Add the cinnamon sugar mixture to a zip-top bag and add a few tortilla chips.
Zip up the bag and shake, shake, shake! This will coat the chips evenly in the cinna-sugar mixture.
Spread the chips out onto a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes to harden up.
You can serve the chips and salsa immediately or store in separate airtight containers for a few days.
Give this recipe a whirl for your next party and let me know how fast these chips fly out of the bowl. It will probably make your head spin!
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I made this last night for dinner and it was simple and very delicious!