Cheese nachos
Another favourite snack or meze that can easily become the main meal. Serve it with a selection of chilled, sliced vegetables such as bell peppers, carrots or celery to make it seem a little healthier!
If you like these then you'll love Frito pie or Easy frito pie!
Cheese nachos | |
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A tray of cheese nachos | |
Servings: | Serves 4 |
Calories per serving: | 492 |
Ready in: | 25 minutes |
Prep. time: | 20 minutes |
Cook time: | 5 minutes |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 20th January 2013 |
Best recipe reviewPosh Frito Pie 5/5 This is almost a meal in itself |
Ingredients
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- 200g packet of plain tortilla chips
- 2 large tomatoes, chopped
- 1 portion of minced beef for tacos, excluding the taco shells or trays
- 125 g mozzarella, Monterey Jack or Cheddar cheese, crumbled, grated or cut into small pieces
- 2 spring onions, chopped on the diagonal
- 1 small pot of sour cream
- 3 tablespoons pickled jalapeño chillies (optional)
- A few torn basil leaves or other herbs that are to hand (optional)
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 200° C (400° F - Gas mark 6)
Method
- Prepare the minced beef for tacos - making it on the dry side, draining any excess liquid once cooked or you'll have soggy nachos
- Tip the tortilla chips out onto a large non-stick oven tray and distribute the minced beef and chopped tomatoes amongst the tortillas
- Sprinkle with the crumbled cheese
- Cook in the oven or grill for about 5 minutes or until the cheese has melted
- Keep you eye on the tortillas as they can burn easily
Serving suggestions
Top with the spring onions and torn herbs
Serve with sour cream and guacamole
See also
- Tortillas: - Encyclopaedic page describing all variants of tortillas
- South American tortilla recipes - :
- Corn tortilla recipe - make them from scratch with masa harina
- Corn tortillas - a Thermomix recipe
- Wheat flour tortilla recipe
- Gorditas - Thick Mexican tortillas
- Quick tortillas - a recipe idea for using left over tortillas
- Burrito (or taco de harina) explained
- Minced beef burritos - A burrito recipe
- Enchiladas - a recipe and an explanation
- Chicken enchiladas
- Cheatin' chicken enchiladas a quick version of the above
- Quick beef enchiladas
- Honduran Enchiladas, This is a typical dish from Honduras
- enfrijoladas, a similar dish to enchiladas
- Pulled pork enchiladas - a nice pork recipe made using meat from Jamie Oliver's Overnight Slow Roast Pork Joint
- Homemade tortilla chips - Make superb tortilla chips from soft corn tortillas - better than anything you could buy!
- Cheese nachos - A cheese nacho recipe
- Frito pie - If you like Tex-Mex, you'll love this
- Easy frito pie - Make Frito pie-on the hoof!
- Minced beef for tacos - A Mexican spicy beef taco filling recipe
- Memphis BBQ pulled duck tacos - A duck variation on the same theme
- Sincronizada recipe - A Mexican speciality that can alos be found all over South America
- Quesadillas - A selection of quesadilla recipes
- Dobladas - Stuffed tortillas from Guatemala
- Enfrijoladas recipe - tortillas stuffed with re-fried beans and spices
- Chilaquiles - a fabulous recipe from two Mexican visitors
- Tostadas de guacamole y crema - A famous Diana Kennedy recipe
- Cheese pupusas - a stuffed tortilla from El Salvador
- Pupusa de Chicharron - similar to pupusas, again from El Salvador
- Spicy lamb tortillas - A recipe idea taken from crispy duck pancakes
- Duck fajitas - and a similar version, with crispy duck
- Gressingham Memphis Barbecue Pulled Duck - Commercially available pre-prepared pulled duck
- Spanish tortilla recipes:
- Capricorn, pea and mint tortilla - A Spanish-style tortilla with goats' cheese
- Potato and goats' cheese tortilla - Another Spanish-type with goats' cheese
- Tortilla Española - A Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla capuchina - another Spanish tortilla
- Tortilla 'batatas harras' - A spicy Spanish tortilla
- Beef Skirt Steak Fajitas - Fajitas, using Taste Sensation spice mix
- Squash, halloumi and chilli omelette - Spicy, with squash & Greek cheese
- Omelettes - Many omelette recipes
- Misc. tortilla recipes:
- Potatoes as a garnish or for tortillas (TM) - A Thermomix recipe
- Baked squash filled with melted Camembert cheese - Where taco shells are used to dish up the melted cheese
- Ingredients:
- Taco shells
- Tex-Mex seasoning - Home-made Old India Taco Seasoning recipe
- Old India Taco Seasoning - The commercial variety is very good too
- Tortilla chips - Snacks/crisps.
- Taste Sensation Cajun Seasoning
- Taste Sensation fajita seasoning
- Taste Sensation harissa seasoning
- Taste Sensation Italian seasoning
- Taste Sensation Jalapeno and Lime Seasoning
- Taste Sensation Mexican seasoning
- Taste Sensation piri piri seasoning
- Tools:
- Tortilla press - The device and also a great tip for making them without a press!
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