Southwestern Macho Nachos Food

MACHO NACHOS

Steps:

• Have all ingredients prepared and ready to assemble nachos.
• Pre-heat oven to 350 °F.
• In a small saucepan on low, heat refried beans until they are loose enough to spoon onto nachos. On a large oven proof platter, spread out tortilla chips and quickly put a teaspoon of hot refried beans on each chip. Working quickly, sprinkle with onions, Jack cheese, and jalapeño slices. Spoon on chili and top that with Cheddar cheese. Repeat this layering process until ingredients are used up. Place chips in the oven at 350 °F until cheese has melted. Remove from oven and place on a trivet or heatproof surface. Top nachos with sour cream, green onions, diced tomato and jalapeño slices and serve hot.

SOUTHWESTERN NACHOS POTATO SKINS

Steps:

• Toppings: Salsa, pickled jalapenos, chopped scallions and cilantro, and sour cream on cheesy skins
• How to Make Classic Potato Skins:
• Pierce 4 large russet potatoes with a fork. Bake directly on the oven rack at 350 degrees until tender, about 1 hour. Let cool, then quarter lengthwise and scoop out the flesh, leaving a 1/4-inch shell. Brush both sides with melted butter and season with salt and pepper. Bake, skin-side up, at 450 degrees until crisp, about 15 minutes. Add your favorite team toppings. (For cheesy skins, flip the baked shells over before topping, sprinkle with 1 cup grated cheddar cheese and bake an extra 5 minutes.)

LOADED NACHOS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put a large sauté pan with high sides over medium-high heat and add the bacon. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the fat has rendered and the pieces are crisp, about 5 to 7 minutes, then remove the bacon and set aside.
• Add the onions to the bacon fat and sauté, stirring occasionally, until they have softened and started to go brown around the edges, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the ground beef and garlic and cook, breaking up the meat with a spoon, until browned, about 5 minutes. Add the chile powder, cumin, salt, paprika, black pepper, sugar, cornstarch and red pepper flakes and stir to combine and toast the spices. Add enough chicken stock or water to loosen the mixture, and allow it to simmer, uncovered, until the sauce is slightly thickened, about 5 to 6 minutes. (Add a little more stock or water if mixture is too thick.)
• Assemble the nachos on a half sheet pan: Put a layer of tortilla chips on the pan and cover with about 1/3 of the meat sauce, then add about 1/3 of the lettuce, 1/3 of the jalapeños, some avocado slices and a handful of the Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses. Top with more tortilla chips, more meat sauce, more lettuce, jalapeños, avocado and cheese, then make a final layer of chips, meat, bacon, jalapeños, avocado and cheese. Top with crumbled Cotija cheese and slide the sheet pan into the oven to bake until the cheeses have melted through, about 10 to 12 minutes.
• Top cooked nachos with the sliced radishes and tomatoes, and dot the tray with teaspoons of sour cream. Scatter the cilantro over the top and serve, accompanied by limes and hot sauce.

MACHO NACHOS COURTESY OF PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Have all the prepped ingredients easily accessible to assemble nachos.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a small saucepan over low heat, cook refried beans until they are loose enough to spoon onto nachos.
• On a large ovenproof platter, spread out a layer of tortilla chips and quickly put a teaspoon of hot refried beans on each chip.
• Working quickly, sprinkle with some onions, jack cheese, and jalapeño slices.
• Spoon on chili and top that with Cheddar.
• Repeat this layering process until ingredients are used up.
• Save some of the jalapeño slices for garnish.
• Place platter in the oven and bake until cheese has melted, about 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a trivet or heatproof surface.
• Top nachos with sour cream, green onions, diced tomato and jalapeño slices and serve hot.

CHEESY MACHO NACHOS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Lay chips on oven safe platter. You will be layering this so split them.
• Warm beans and chili on stove or in microwave. Stir beans until smooth.
• Spread beans over tortillas. Top with onion, cheese, jalepenos, chili and cheddar cheese. Repeat by layering tortilla chips and toppings until gone.
• Place in oven and bake until cheese is melted.
• Dollop with sour cream. Add tomatoes and green onions on top.

SOUTHWESTERN NACHOS

Steps:

• Cut each roast in half; place in two 5-qt. slow cookers. Combine the apple juice, garlic, salt and, if desired, liquid smoke; pour over meat. Cover and cook on low 7-8 hours or until tender. , Preheat oven to 375°. Shred pork with 2 forks; place in a very large bowl. Stir in barbecue sauce, brown sugar and honey. Divide tortilla chips between 2 greased 13x9-in. baking dishes; top with pork mixture. Combine corn, beans, tomato, onion, cilantro, jalapeno and lime juice; spoon over pork mixture. Bake, uncovered, 15-20 minutes or until heated through. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt cheese with milk. Drizzle cheese sauce over nachos.

SOUTHWEST STEAK NACHOS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 °F.
• Season steak and sweet peppers with salt and pepper. Place peppers on a lined baking sheet and put seasoned steak on top. Bake for 25-30.
• Let rest for 10 minutes. Shred steak with a fork and put in a medium bowl along with peppers.
• Add cheese and southwest seasoning. Toss together.
• On a lined large baking sheet, line pan with tortilla chips and top with half of the cooked steak/sweet pepper mixture, repeat. Set aside.
• Directions for Salad:.
• Combine lettuce and sliced tomatoes in a bowl. Set aside.
• Directions for Cheese Sauce:.
• Before you start sauce, place nachos in oven for 10 minutes while you make your sauce.
• Add butter and flour to sauce pan on medium-high heat and make blonde roux. Gradually add half & half, constantly whisking. Sauce will thicken. Add cheese and seasoning. Mix together.
• Add drained Rotel. Keep on low heat until ready to put on nachos.
• Directions for Dressing:.
• Mix 1st five ingredients until smooth with a hand mixer.
• Add remaining ingredients and mix with a spoon or small hand whisk.
• Building the Nachos:.
• Ladle cheese sauce over nachos and top with salad.
• Dress with avocado ranch dressing.
• Serve immediately!