Chip (snack)

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A chip (

snack food in the form of a crisp, flat or slightly bowl shaped, bite-sized unit. Some chips can be made into dishes and served as an appetizer, side
, hors d'oeuvre, etc.

Some types of chip are often served in the combination plate,

containing multiple of these.

Popular kinds of chip

Root chips

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

Grain and bean chips

  • Bean chips, chips prepared using beans as a primary ingredient
  • Corn chips, a snack food made from cornmeal fried in oil or baked
  • Pita chips
    , chips made of dried pita
  • Tortilla chips, a snack food made from corn tortillas

Fruit chips (sweet chips)

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

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 up on heating
  • Cheese puffs – Puffed corn snack
  • Cracker (food) – Flat, dry baked biscuit
  • Chocolate chips
     – Small chunk of chocolate used as an ingredient