Easy Recipe Restaurant Style Nachos

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Do you have a favorite nachos recipe? I have an easy recipe I think you’ll enjoy. Restaurant style nachos. Piled high with good eats like cheese, black beans and chicken. Then baked in the oven. These are simple to make and delicious. It doesn’t have to be Cinco de Mayo to enjoy a plateful. You can enjoy these as one of your appetizer recipes or have nachos for dinner.

As a matter of fact my recipe came more out of necessity one day. And remembering how my daughter loves to cook hers. I had bought these nice pieces of chicken to make my favorite chicken crock pot tacos. (I promise to share that another day.) But, forgot I was making a crockpot meal. Epic fail.

Does that ever happen to you? You totally space it and it’s almost dinner time. Kids, car pool, cleaning, crafting or what ever. Any way, that’s when I decided to make the restaurant style nachos. Since they are oh, good, quick and easy, I thought why not this simple nachos recipe with you. 

Restaurant Style Nachos

I hope to update these photos soon, they are from way back.

This is the kind of recipe you could use your left over chicken or grab a pre cooked if needed. But, I’ll share how I make my chicken for these Easy Recipe Restaurant Style Nachos. Honestly, it doesn’t take long to cook the chicken give yourself 20-30 minutes depending on the thickness.

How to cook chicken for nachos

You’ll need 3-4 chicken breasts, garlic, an onion and jalapeno peppers or a poblano pepper and olive oil to prepare the chicken. You will also need paprika and pepper, which you’ll just sprinkle on the chicken. 

• Add olive oil to your skillet and place on medium temperature
• Then add  your chicken breasts
• Sprinkle with paprika and pepper, as shown in image
• Next cook it about 10 minutes or so until you can see it’s halfway cooked (lower the heat if needed slightly)

Once it’s to the mid way point flip the chicken over. Next add half a chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, your chopped jalapeno. Then sprinkle with paprika and pepper. Finish cooking until it meets the standard internal cooking temperature for chicken. (165 degrees)

When fully cooked cut into bite size pieces. I only used a few chicken breasts and saved the rest for another recipe since there is only three of us.

Chicken Nachos

Then you want to line a baking sheet with tin foil. Lay down your tortilla chips and begin to cover them with;

• Mission Tortilla Chips (our favorites!)
• cooked chicken
• black beans (that have been drained)
• green onion (minced)
• drained chopped black olives
• diced green chilies (canned and pre-chopped)
• salsa (Pace Mild or fire it up!)
• shredded cheese ( sharp, Mexican three cheese, Monterey jack …)

Other ingredients you can used fire roasted tomatoes (drain excess liquid), avocado. You can make this vegetarian and skip the chicken or add cooked lean ground beef. You can also cook nachos in the oven in a cast iron skillet. Any way you spin this recipe you’ll be enjoying every last bite!

Bake in the oven just until the cheese is melted and serve right away.

Garnishes can include avocado, guacamole, sour cream, green onion, cilantro and anything else you’d like.

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Restaurant Style Nachos

An easy recipe;  restaurant style nachos that makes a great appetizer or nachos for dinner. See how to cook the chicken for your nachos or use pre cooked chicken to make it even faster! 

Course Appetizer, Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Keyword chicken nachos, how to cook chicken for nachos, nachos for dinner, restaurant style nachos

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 4

Author Theresa Huse DearCreatives.com

Ingredients

• •3-4 chicken breasts or cooked chicken
• •Mission Tortilla Chips our favorites!
• •black beans that have been drained
• •green onion minced
• •drained chopped black olives
• •diced green chilies canned and pre-chopped
• •salsa Pace Mild or fire it up!
• •shredded cheese sharp, Mexican three cheese, Monterey jack ...
• • Optional garnishes sour cream guacamole, avocado, green onion, cilantro....

Instructions

1. Skip this part if you are using pre cooked chicken.

If you are cooking your chicken

1. Chopped your garlic fine.
2. Chop an onion and jalapeno peppers or a poblano pepper
3. •Add olive oil to your skillet and place on medium temperature
4. •Then add your chicken breasts and sprinkle with paprika and black pepper.
5. •Next cook it about 10 minutes or so until you can see it's halfway cooked (lower the heat if needed slightly)
6. Once it's to the mid way point flip the chicken over. Next add half a chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, your chopped jalapeno.
7. Finish cooking until it meets the standard internal cooking temperature for chicken. (165 degrees)
8. When fully cooked cut into bite size pieces. I only used a few chicken breasts and saved the rest for another recipe since there is only three of us. If you have a larger group use them all for your nachos.
9. Then you want to line a baking sheet with tin foil. Lay down your tortilla chips and begin to cover them with;
10. •Mission Tortilla Chips (our favorites!)
11. •cooked chicken
12. •black beans (that have been drained)
13. •green onion (minced)
14. •drained chopped black olives
15. •diced green chilies (canned and pre-chopped)
16. •salsa (Pace Mild or fire it up!)
17. •shredded cheese ( sharp, Mexican three cheese, Monterey jack ...)
18. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees until cheese is melted and nachos are warm. Serve right away.
19. Garnishes can include avocado, guacamole, sour cream, cilantro, green onion....

Recipe Notes

Do not overly soak your tortilla chips with salsa, this will ensure they stay crisp.

• Do you like having nachos for dinner? Make a side of Mexican rice, add a green salad. All this in well under an hour!

What is your favorite thing to have on nachos?

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