Corn Chip Skillet Nachos

Written by Published on in Appetizers

Men Can Cook Chef Level:  Featherweight

Yields 4 Servings

Intro

Corn Chip Skillet Nachos are one of my favorite appetizers.  Now what you need is a skillet that is oven ready.  I of course use a Cast Iron Skillet! If you want to pick one up hit up this link to my shop.  Now I recommend the Frito Scoop Corn Chips as they are great for well scooping up all the nacho toppings and cheese!  The other great thing about corn chips is that they tend to hold up better than your tortilla chip.  I do love me a tortilla chip for salsa and for guacamole, but for a Nacho appetizer that you pile on the toppings they just don’t hold up as well as a corn chip.  The Tortilla chip tends to break and get soggy while the Corn Chip just holds up and keeps its crunch!  A do a couple of small things that add flavor and make these Corn Chip Skillet Nachos taste just awesome.  The Bell Pepper preparation and the Black Beans are the real stars of this appetizer!  They bring the flavor! Now let’s get into these Corn Chip Skillet Nachos!

Men you can do this!

Ingredients

  • ½ Large Green Bell Pepper
  • 1 TSP of Chipolte Chili Seasoning
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 lime
  • 1 15oz Can of Black Beans
  • 1 15oz Can of Chili
  • 2 Jalapenos
  • 16oz of Shredded Cheddar (Used White in this example)
  • Sour Cream
  • Guacamole
  • Salsa
  • ¼ Cup of Water
  • Corn Chips 9-10oz Bag

Directions

  1. First, you want to cut up your Bell Pepper into strips and your Jalapeño into small circle pieces and set them aside.
  2. Drain your Black beans and set them aside.
  3. Heat up your skillet to medium heat and add in your bell peppers with some juice from the lime.
  4. Cook the bell peppers in the pan just until they get some color on them and add in the lime juice as needed.
  5. Once cooked set aside the peppers and dice them up into smaller bit size pieces.
  6. Keep the skillet warm and add in half of the Black Beans.
  7. Start to crush those black beans as they cook with the back of a spoon, As you smash these up you will add in a little lime juice and the ¼ cup of water to make a black bean paste.
  8. Add in the chipotle chili seasoning, salt, & pepper.
  9. Once the beans are a nice paste add in the remaining beans and turn the heat off.  Now you will add in about half or a little more of the corn chips.  Save the rest of the Chips for scooping later.
  10. Add in the previously prepared bell peppers.
  11. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  12. In a pot, you can heat up the chili and about half of the cheese.  Let that melt together and then add this as the next layer in the Skillet.
  13. Cover the Chili Cheese layer with additional shredded cheese and the Jalapenos.
  14. Place in the oven for about 8 to 12 minutes and then switch to broil for the last 2 to 3 minutes to give the cheese a little browning.
  15. Remove from oven and add on some sour cream, guacamole, and if you have it some salsa! (I didn’t have salsa this night)
  16. Use the rest of the chips and maybe a fork to enjoy this great Appetizer!

Basic Nutrition details (Created in the My Fitness Pal App)

I’m not going to do this for this one because honestly, I don’t want to know them for this one!  I want to just be able to make this and enjoy it!  You should as well it’s a Nacho celebration!

 

 

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