Easy Homemade Pita Chips are perfect for dipping, dunking and snacking! Oven Baked, this simple easy pita chips recipe is fuss free entertaining! Serve with olive tapenade, pesto or your favorite dip!
For dips and spreads we need a chip, cracker or toast for dunking and topping! Olive Tapenade recipes, herb based dips like our Rocket and Cashew Pesto and our Easy Crostini make chip and snack time a breeze!
Oven Baked Pita Chips make the perfect appetizer as they are quick, easy and healthy!
For the perfect pairing try these chips with our Labneh Dip (homemade yoghurt cheese as seen in the photos in this post) or Basil and Cashew Pesto. Feeature them as the start of the show on the Dip Platter.
How do you make pita chips from scratch?
Making pita chips from scratch is very easy!
We use wholewheat pita bread, salt and a little spray oil. They are oven baked till crispy, golden and crunchy and work with just about anything!
See the How to Toast Bread in the Oven for additional tips and tricks!
Are Pita Chips Healthy?
Pita Chips are known as a healthy alternative to potato chips.
They are a great choice for dipping with delicious dips, vegetable sticks and pates!
Are pita chips baked or fried?
This recipe is for oven baked pita chips.
We bake them until they are so crispy that you don't need to fry them.
The wholewheat pita bread toasts perfectly in the oven and the chips have a crunchy texture like regular potato chips.
What can I do with pita chips?
Here are some ideas for serving your pita chips:
- Chicken Liver Pate
- Rocket and Cashew Pesto
- Black Olive Tapenade
- Easy Green Olive Tapenade
- Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade
Spread, dip, dunk each bite brings delicious crunch!
Easy Pita Chips ingredients
We use simple, easy to find ingredients for this recipe. The photo below shows you what you need:
As you can see, we have:
- wholewheat pita bread (or white)
- salt
- spray oil
The spray oil is a super fast way to cover each chip with cooking oil!
How to make Homemade Pita Chips
The photos below are step by step showing you how to make these pita chips:
- Cut pita bread into chip triangles (Photo 1)
- Spread out on baking tray (Photo 2)
- Spray with oil (Photo 3)
- Sprinkle with salt (Photo 4)
The biggest difference you will notice in before baking and after baking your pita chips is that they turn a lovely golden brown!
The chips get baked in a moderate oven for up to 10 mins. Watch for the colour change and turn off the oven. They will continue to toast for a minute or so.
If triangle chips with salt don't tick all of your boxes, then here is a 2nd style of chip shapes for you with dried herbs to season:
For the 2nd style, we make long chips that are cut into strips.
Here I have used thyme and caraway for the herbs as well as salt.
Easy Homemade Pita Chips quick info:
About the recipe:
- we only need 3 ingredients for this recipe!
- canola spray or olive oil will work
- salt is for seasoning and this is optional
- I use wholewheat pita bread
FAQs about Pita Chips
- this is a vegetarian recipe
- bake for approximately 10 minutes
- you make make the pita chips ahead of time
- store in a sealed container or zip lock bags
Your quick questions answered:
- This is a quick and easy recipe
- Prior to baking the pita bread can be frozen
- use your favourite herbs and spices for variety and flavour!
Expert tips:
These tips are to help you master this recipe from the 1st time you try it:
- ensure oven is preheated before adding pita chips
- lay the pita chips flat and try and not have too much overlap
- keep a close an eye on them as they cook quickly and can burn quickly!
- keep pita bread in the freezer for a quick snack option
The 1st time pita chips appeared on the blog is back in 2019 with our Avocado Dip!
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Toast pita chips and use as part of a Grazing Platter Board or make Air Fryer Tortilla Chips and never use your oven again!
Dip and spread recipes
For fuss free entertaining try these recipes:
- Chicken Liver Pate
- Easy Green Olive Tapenade
- Grazing Platter (to feed a crowd)
- Sun-Dried Tomato Tapenade
- Olive Tapenade
Easy Homemade Pita Chips
Equipment
- Baking tray
- Baking paper
- Knife
- Cutting board
Ingredients
Easy Homemade Pita Chips
- 6 wholemeal pita bread
- salt to taste
- cooking spray as desired
Instructions
Easy Homemade Pita Chips
- Preheat your oven to 180°C / 350-375°F / Gas Mark 4-5
- Use a knife and cutting board to cut your wholemeal pita bread in half, then quarters, then thirds
- Line a baking tray with grease proof paper
- Spread pita bread triangles out flat on the baking paper, use the oil spray from a slight distance away till each chip is covered. Season with a sprinkle of salt.
- Place baking tray in oven and bake for up to 10 minutes. Watch for the pita chips to turn a light golden brown.
- Serve with dip and olives.
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Let me know if you have any questions, I would love to hear your feedback in the comments below.
Adrianne xx
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Gloria says
I have never tried making these at home. What have I been waiting for? I think I will try some this weekend.
Adrianne says
Sounds great Gloria, hope you love them!
Julia says
I started with thicker pita bread and I think it tasted even better after the chips were baked. I didn't even use oil and just put the triangles right on the oven rack. I baked for 8 minutes. Thank you!