Super Bowl Nachos Recipes

Steps:

• Arrange a mixture of 2 varieties of corn chips on a very large platter or use your broiler pan as a platter.
• Combine salsa ingredients in a bowl and set aside for flavors to marry.
• Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add oil, garlic, onion and peppers to the pan and saute 2 minutes, then add meat and crumble with wooden spoon. Season meat with salt, chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper sauce. Cook meat 5 minutes, then stir in beans and reduce heat to low.
• In a medium sauce pot, melt butter and add flour to it. Cook flour and butter 1 to 2 minutes over moderate heat, then whisk in milk. When milk comes to a bubble, stir in cheese with a wooden spoon. Remove cheese sauce from the heat.
• Pour cheese sauce evenly over the massive spread of chips and top evenly with beef and beans and the pico de gallo. UBER NACHOS! Serve immediately as is or, garnish with your choice of extra toppings from the toppings list.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Plan to create 5 sections of nacho flavors, each section with 3 layers of ingredients. Spread one-third of the chips in an even layer on foil-lined baking sheet, then follow the directions to build each section. Once all sections are assembled, bake until cheese is melted and ingredients are hot, 8-10 minutes. Then finish with fresh toppings.
• For the Spinach-Artichoke Dip Nachos:
• Working in the first section, spread one-third of the spinach dip over chips with a spoon. Top with one-third of the onions, artichoke hearts, Fontina, and Parmesan. Repeat with 2 more layers of chips and ingredients.
• After baking, top with sliced tomatoes.
• For the Loaded Potato Skin Nachos:
• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat, working in batches if necessary, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a paper-towel lined plate. Crumble bacon once cooled. Pour fat from skillet into a heatproof bowl, leaving burned bits in skillet. Wipe out skillet and return bacon fat to skillet.
• Peel potatoes in long, thin strips, reserving potato skins. Heat skillet with fat over medium-high and fry potato skins, turning, until golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Transfer skins to another paper towel-lined plate, reserving fat in skillet; season skins with salt.
• Cut potato flesh into 1/2" cubes. Heat skillet with fat over medium and add potatoes. Season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are golden brown and cooked through, 8-12 minutes. Transfer to another paper towel-lined plate.
• Working in the second section, top tortilla chips with one-third of the potato chips, cubed potatoes, bacon, cheddar, Monterey Jack, 3/4 cup sour cream, scallions, and paprika. Repeat with 2 more layers of chips and ingredients.
• After baking, top with additional sour cream, fried potato skin strips, chives, avocado, and pepper.
• For the Baby Back Rib Nachos:
• Toss pork in 1/2 cup barbecue sauce in a large bowl. Working in the third section, top tortilla chips with one-third of the pork, mozzarella, and jalapeños. Repeat with 2 more layers of chips and ingredients.
• After baking, drizzle with additional barbecue sauce and top with slaw, white onion, and cilantro.
• For the Meat Lover's Pizza Nachos:
• Working in the fourth section, drizzle tortilla chips with one-third of the marinara sauce, then top with one-third of the pepperoni, Canadian bacon, sausage, bell peppers, mozzarella, and Pecorino. Repeat with 2 more layers of chips and ingredients.
• After baking, top with olives, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, oregano, and basil.
• For the Buffalo Chicken Nachos:
• Toss chicken in 1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce in a large bowl. Working in the fifth section, top tortilla chips with one-third of the chicken, Colby cheese, blue cheese, and red onion. Repeat with 2 more layers of chips and ingredients.
• After baking, drizzle with additional wing sauce and top with celery stalks, leaves, and pepperoncini peppers.
• To serve:
• While nachos bake, heat queso dip until hot in microwave or in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of barely simmering water. Place tostada bowl in the center of the baked nachos and fill with queso dip. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until meat is crumbly and no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water and simmer until beef mixture has thickened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Spread tortilla chips on the prepared baking sheet; top with Cheddar cheese and dot with refried beans and ground beef mixture.
• Broil in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, watching carefully to prevent burning, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Top nachos with salsa, sour cream, black olives, green onions, and jalapeno peppers.

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
• Brown ground meat & chopped onions, drain.
• Begin layering ingredients in a 9x13" dish by starting with the layer of refried beans.
• Top with all the drained meat and onions.
• Spread salsa over meat and onions.
• Sprinkle cheddar cheese to top.
• Bake at 400 degrees until bubbly.
• Great with sour cream to finish off.

Steps:

• Crumble beef and sausage into a wide frying pan over medium-high heat; add onion and cook, stirring to break up meat, until meat is lightly browned.
• Spoon off fat; season to taste with salt and hot pepper seasoning.
• Spread beans in a shallow 10x15-inch baking pan or oven proof dish.
• Top evenly with meat mixture, sprinkle with chiles and cheese, then drizzle with taco sauce.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 400° oven for 20-25 minutes or until very hot throughout.
• Meanwhile, prepare garnishes of your choice.
• Remove pan from oven and quickly garnish, mounding avocado and sour cream in the center, and adding other garnishes as desired.
• Quickly tuck tortilla chips around edges of bean mixture and serve immediately.
• If desired, keep platter hot on an electric warming tray.

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the oil, lime juice, chili powder, cumin, salt and garlic. Toss with the shrimp; let rest for 15 minutes. Remove shrimp from the marinade. Sauté in a skillet to cook through, about 2 minutes per side. Halve the shrimp lengthwise and set aside, covered, in the refrigerator.
• Assemble the nachos in batches: Arrange the tortilla chips on baking sheets; place a shrimp half, cut-side down, on each chip. Top each with 1 teaspoon of guacamole; sprinkle with tomato and cheese, then top with a jalapeño slice. Sprinkle with parsley.
• Just before serving, broil the nachos to melt the cheese, about 1 minute. Serve immediately.
• Makes 48 nachos. Per nacho: 35 calories, 3g carbohydrate, 1g protein, 2.5g fat, 5mg cholesterol.

Steps:

• Hand shred chicken into a saucepan, making each piece small enough to fit on a tortilla chip.
• Add to saucepan taco seasoning mix, adding the prescribed amount of water on the taco seasoning packet.
• Heat chicken over a medium-low fire to make seasoning mingle with chicken.
• If desired, add hot sauce to chicken mixture.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Put rack at highest level in oven.
• While chicken is cooking in taco seasoning, line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
• Spray foil lightly but evenly with non-stick spray.
• Line the cookie sheet with a layer of tortilla chips.
• Overlap chips if necessary.
• Sprinkle half of cheese over chips, coating evenly.
• Remove chicken from heat.
• Use a spoon to distribute chicken evenly over tortilla chips/cheese layer, making sure that some chicken is on each chip.
• If desired, drizzle any remaining taco seasoning sauce evenly over chips and chicken.
• Remember that more sauce makes the chips soggy, but some sauce may be desirable.
• If desired, place black olive and jalapeno pepper slices on each chip.
• Evenly sprinkle remainder of cheese over entire cookie sheet.
• Bake in oven on top rack for 10 minutes.
• At the end of 10 minutes, switch oven to"broil.
• "Broil nachos for 2 minutes using an electric oven, 1 minute using a gas oven.
• Watch nachos carefully so that they do not burn!
• Enjoy!
• Serve the sour cream and salsa in separate side dishes.
• Alternative directions#1: Spoon salsa evenly over cookie sheet just prior to placing nachos in oven.
• Alternative directions#2: Substitute browned ground beef for cooked chicken.