the nachos question

[glitchy]

Tortilla chips, cheese, and salsa might be my three favorite non beef food items. If I make nachos at home, it’s almost always seasoned ground beef and shredded cheese (with various combinations of salsas, hot sauces, jalapeños, sour cream). When there’s leftover shredded beef of pulled pork, I’ll occasionally use that. However, I’ll eat concession stand nachos, fast food nachos, bar and grill nachos, Mexican restaurant nachos. I’ll even eat soggy cheese sauce nachos, because they are still better than no nachos.

Just keep your grubby hands off my Not Yo’s...well if the platters big enough maybe I’ll share a few, but the sour cream and jalapeños are mine.

[MBMorgan]

Melted cheese is the only way to go here ... either good cheddar or Jarlsberg (can I get an "Uff Da?!?!?") or sometimes both.

[jharner]

Shredded cheese over chips layered with ( not ground beef ) but pulled pork. Best Nachos ever.

[HouseHomey]

Shredded and Salty AF Cotija too.

And don’t show up with no white corn Tostitos. You best be frying yellow corn tortillas in lard and have your bean game on point.

I just had an apple in some yogurt with chia seeds and boy I regret clicking on this thread.

That’s it, I’m reading a book instead!!

what the heck is white corn anyway? Never heard of or had that growing up and then.... boom, white corn everything??ðŸ¤·â€â™‚ï¸ðŸ¤·â€â™‚ï¸ðŸ¤·â€â™‚ï¸ 

[HouseHomey]

barelfly I wouldn’t spit it out but... Nope. If I make it it needs to be yellow corn.

There is just something about that smell of corn cooking in lard that makes life right.

I make about 500 tortillas a week and it’s white corn... people like that. So I load it with lard, butter and salt. It works.

[barelfly]

For tacos, I’m with you, just regular ol corn tortillas! Masa or maseca and a press, heat and a griddle

But for some chips and salsa, or even the blue corn green chile chicken enchiladas

[HouseHomey]

barelfly I swear this is the worst thread ever. I came home and showered the grease off me and this post made me starving like I haven’t eaten in a week. I could use those blue corn nachos right now!! Geeze man, pink corn, purple flour burrito or even an orange tamale. I would kill for Chile verde.

[DogFaced PonySoldier]

Haha, HH, that's some funny chit right there!

We use a ¼ sheet pan, layer chips (On The Border tortilla chips, Cafe Style, slightly thick) all over to cover it, sprinkle taco seasoned ground beef, then cover with cheese, into the oven at 425 for 2-4 minutes or so.

Sometimes we do refried beans on them, but it's a bit labor intensive to spread on every chip, and it kinda makes 'em a bit soggy, too. If I thin the beans out a bit, I can sorta 'sprinkle/glop' it on with a spoon and speed the process, but that definitely makes 'em soggier quicker. And Old El Paso canned refried beans changed their recipe a couple years ago, the texture just ain't the same anymore - not as smooth, almost grainy. We try to season them up with some garlic powder and onion powder, maybe some Tony's, but it just isn't quite right - so we leave the beans off most of the time.

Add in some sliced pickled jalapenos on top only about about 2/3 of the pan for me - wife doesn't like 'em.

For cheese I use a mix of mozz and fiesta/Mexican shredded.

If'n I'm real lucky, I've got some block muenster I can grate up. That's 10x better on Mexican!

[HouseHomey]

I’d eat that. You are also taking to the guy who likes day old soggy sandwiches and salads.

[cashelton]

For me, when it comes to nachos there are no rules...but my least favorite combo is Nacho Cheese Doritos and American Cheese

[ssandy_561]

Both

[Mr. Bones]

Yum!!!!

Way To Go, O-Hi-O!!!

[jhoskins]

I’m a melted cheese guy... I also use Chorizo and then quick sauté some onions and peppers in with the chorizo juice... then hit the nachos with cilantro and some lime after you melted everything together... I get rave reviews that way

[HouseHomey]

That sounds fantastic!!

[JeffJ]

Sauce on the side. Melted cheese. I agree with the premise though - single layer with everything equally distributed. Good nachos aren't just thrown together - it takes care and effort.

[Clark]

I don't like eating sloppy foods, especially so called nachos that are just a bowl of chips with something poured on top. Half are messy and half are just chips.

Mine are always individual round chips laid out in rows in a pan. Smear refried beans on each, add 2 jalapeno slices on each, cover each with shredded mexican cheese, and bake for 3-4 minutes.

Simple, non-messy finger food, and tasty.

[Bkhuna]

I don't order nachos when we go out because as some have already stated, they're usually pretty bleak.

My wife and I make our own on occasions.

Start by making a pot of pintos and making refried beans. We almost always have a container of cooked pintos in the fridge.
Cut up corn tortillas into quarters and fry. Just by making your own chips, you amp up the quality of the whole dish.
Base layer of refried pinto beans onto tortillas followed by beef, diced jalapeno and red onion, and queso oaxaca. Top with a single black olive slice.
Single layer on a cookie sheet. Bake until cheese is starting to melt.

Serve with avocado salsa,red jalapeno salsa and Mexican creme or sour creme, for toppings.

[Steve B]

Ok. You guys made me do it.
All this talk about nachos got to me.
And yes there is melted cheddar and queso cheese sauce. So there. 😁

[Sam6687]

if i am making them for a big group, i put chips on a sheet pan and shredded cheese with all the other toppings and pop it in the oven for a quick and easy method. for small batches i have started using the "scoops" type tortilla chips and filling each chip with some jalapeno, cheese, etc what ever you like, broil in oven for a few minutes and then drizzle with a little sour cream.

[chudzikb]

Seriously, there is debate over this issue? Melted cheese is the ONLY way it should be done, ever! layer, chips, cheese, and hot peppers, pulled pork, more cheese, bake in the oven for about 15 minutes, then guac, salsa cut real tomato's, romaine, and sour cream, done. It is the way... Some variation is acceptable, but, in those variations cheese sauce is NEVER EVER used!
Whenever out, I always ask, cheese sauce or real melted cheese? If answer is sauce the solution is something else.

[Mr. Bones]

Previous local missive, one take, on th subject... >>LINK<<

Certainly, not summa my Best Works, jus a utilitarian response to some hongry, at th time...

I make plenty 'Hand-crafted, Artisinal' nachos, as time allows...

Might jus take some pitchers, post em up, when I'm all up on my A Game, like