Recipe: Patriotic Nachos

Patriotic Nachos
The Better Chip provided me with product and/or compensation for this post, however the opinions I shared are my own.


Have you caught World Cup fever? If you’ll be cheering on Team USA this week, here’s some awesome game day grub for you to cook up: Patriotic Nachos! These nachos are unique, easy to make, and feature The Better Chip, a delicious line of chips that are gluten free, non-GMO and vegan-friendly – well, until you cover them in cheese to make nachos, but just omit that part to keep them vegan. 😉

The Better Chip
I received a fun World Cup package from The Better Chip, containing bags of their chip flavors along with a caxirola, which is the official noisemaker of the World Cup. Good thing it’s not a vuvuzela, right? 😉 The flavors included Fresh Corn, a classic, tasty chip; Spinach & Kale, a different, green kind of chip that was nice; Beet Chips, which might be the best beet has ever tasted; Chipotles, a super spicy and smoky chip, and Jalapenos, which has a slightly milder spicy kick to it. I nibbled on each flavor while preparing my nachos and thought they were super yum!

Better Chips
To create my original nacho recipe, I wanted something that would work for both Team USA and the 4th of July this week: Hence, Patriotic Nachos were born! What makes them patriotic, you ask? Because they are red, white and blue!

Nachos
Red: Kidney beans, salad tomatoes
White: White beans, white onion, mozzarella cheese
Blue: Blue cheese

Patriotic Nachos

Patriotic Nachos

Ingredients

  • 2 oz bag The Better Chip Corn Chips
  • 2 oz bag The Better Chip Jalapenos Chips
  • 2 oz bag The Better Chip Spinach & Kale Chips
  • 2 oz bag The Better Chip Beets Chips
  • 2 oz bag The Better Chip Chipotles Chips
  • 1 can kidney beans
  • 1 can white beans
  • White onion, peeled & chopped
  • Package of salad tomatoes
  • Bag of mozzarella cheese
  • Package of blue cheese

Instructions

  • Layer all chips in a large, foil-lined pan, arranging in strips by color.
  • Rinse kidney & white beans, layer over chips.
  • Peel & chop a white onion, sprinkle over the chip & bean layer.
  • Rinse salad tomatoes and add to nachos.
  • Cover nachos with mozzarella cheese, then sprinkle with blue cheese as the finishing touch.
  • Cook at 350 degrees until cheese begins to lightly brown around the edges - roughly 20 minutes.
  • Note: These ingredients aren't listed in specific quantities, because nachos are best made to taste - add as much of each item as you want!
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I cooked up a tray of these nachos for my family tonight, and it was a big success! Everyone loved it – they thought the dish was really good, and quite different from what you usually think of when you make nachos, making it a simple recipe to prepare yet still unique. My family also noted that they really liked all the different flavors of chips.

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