Chip (snack)

Fried chips (or crisps) made from potatoes

A chip (American English and Australian English) or crisp (British English) is a snack food in the form of a crisp, flat or slightly bowl shaped, bite-sized unit. Chips are typically fried, though sometimes baked.

Some chips can be made into dishes and served as a side, hors d'oeuvre, etc. Some types of chip are often served in the combination plate known as chip and dip. Tortilla chips can be used in nachos or with salsa, bean dip, guacamole, or a layered dip containing multiple of these.^{[citation needed]} Other chips are sweet or strongly flavored or fragile.

Popular kinds of chip

Root chips

Potato chips, a thin slice of potato that has been deep fried or baked until it gets crunchy.
Tapioca chips, a snack food made from thin wafers of deep fried cassava roots.

Grain and bean chips

Bean chips, these chips are prepared using beans as a primary ingredient.
Corn chips, it is a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked.
Pita chips, chips made of dried pita.
Tortilla chips, a snack food that is made from corn tortillas.
Pretzel, a chip made from flattened and baked pretzel dough.

Banana chips

Fruit chips (sweet chips)

Banana chips, slices of banana that are fried or dried.
Plantain chips, a snack made with sliced plantains.

A bowl of kale chips

Vegetable chips

Carrot chips, a common term for carrots that have been fried or dehydrated
Kale chips, snack food made of baked kale

See also

Popcorn – Type of corn kernel which expands and puffs upon heating
Cheese puffs – Puffed corn snack
Cracker (food) – Flat, dry baked cookie
Chocolate chips – Small chunk of chocolate used as an ingredient
Kripik – Indonesian chips

References

↑ Burhans, Dirk E. (2017). Crunch!: A history of the great American potato chip. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299227746.
↑ Woodward, John (1996). "Crispy snack". You and your home : under the microscope. Leicester, England: Blitz Editions. pp. 58–59. ISBN 9781856053631.