diced onions, olives, and pickled jalapeños. More elaborate nachos are often baked for a short period of time to warm the tortillas and melt shredded cheese. Corn chips A similar fried corn snack is the corn chip, which is not made from a tortilla, but from corn meal which has been processed into a particular shape, typically a small scoop. Fritos are an example of this. The principal difference between the corn in tortilla and corn chips is that the corn in a tortilla chip has undergone a process known as nixtamalization, which involves processing the raw corn with quicklime. See also Bean chips Chalupas Chips and dip Flautas Gorditas List of maize dishes List of tortilla-based dishes Quesadillas Sopes Taquitos Tlacoyos Tlayudas Totopos References External links Olsson, Karen. "Why Are Tortilla Chips So Damn Good?" - Texas Monthly - September 2009 Tortilla Industry Association "http://www.tortilla-info.com" Convenience foods Mexican cuisine Snack foods Tortilla Deep fried foods Tex-Mex cuisine Cuisine of the Western United States