Chip (food)

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. Some crisps can be made into dishes and served as an appetiser, side, hors d'oeuvre, etc.

Not to be confused with chocolate chip or chips (hot food).
For the common crisp, see potato chip.
Banana crisps
A bowl of kale crisps

Some types of crisp are often served in the combination plate, crisps and dip. Other crisps are sweet or strongly flavored or fragile. Tortilla crisps can be used for crisps and salsa, nachoes, bean dip, guacamole, or a layered dip containing multiple of these.

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

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

Fruit crisps (sweet crisps)
  • Banana crisps, slices of banana that are fried or dried
  • Plantain crisps, a snack made with sliced plantains

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

See also
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