It’s tough to beat the combo of warm tortilla chips, melted cheese, and spicy black beans. In other words, NACHOS!!
Ingredients
1 can black beans
1/2 Onion
2 Garlic cloves
2 Chipotles in adobo
1 tbsp. adobo sauce
1/2 tbsp. cumin
1/2 tbsp. salt
Freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup water (or stock)
1 bag tortilla chips
4-5 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
oil
Jalapeno slices (optional)
Chopped cilantro (optional)
Avocado Salsa Verde
4 Tomatillos
1/2 Onion
1 Garlic clove
1/2 Jalapeno
10-12 Sprigs cilantro
1 Avocado
Salt to taste
Pico de Gallo
1 Tomato
1/4 Onion
1/2 Jalapeno
10-12 Sprigs cilantro
Juice of 1/2 lime
1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Roughly chop 1/2 an onion and peel 2 garlic cloves
- Sauté the onion and garlic in a dollop of oil over medium heat for 5-7 minutes
- Drain and rinse one can of black beans
- Add the black beans to the onion mixture along with 2 chipotles in adobo, 1 Tablespoon adobo sauce, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, freshly ground pepper, and 1/2 cup water (or stock).
- Simmer for a few minutes until heated though
- Combine the bean mixture in a blender or food processor
- Salt to taste (I added another pinch for this recipe)
- Shred 4-5 cups of Monterey Jack cheese. This is enough cheese for three single layer batches.
- Add a dense, single layer of chips to a sheet pan. (You can line the sheetpan with foil or parchment paper if you want to make cleanup easier).
- Drizzle some of the beans over the chips. Note: you have enough beans for three single-layer batches.
- Add a layer of cheese to the chips
- Bake in the oven at 400F for 5-7 minutes or until all the cheese is melted
Avocado Salsa Verde
- Roast the tomatillos in the oven at 400F until cooked through and they start to turn army green.
- Add the roasted tomatillos to a blender along with ½ onion, 1 garlic clove, 10-12 sprigs cilantro, and ½ of a jalapeno pepper.
- Pulse blend and taste for heat, adding the additional ½ of the jalapeno if you want more heat. Add the avocado to the blender and combine well.
- Salt to taste.
Pico de Gallo
- start by finely chopping the tomato, 1/4 onion, and 1/2 jalapeno into ¼” sized chunks
- Finely dice the cilantro
- Combine the tomato, onion, jalapeno and cilantro in a mixing bowl
- Add ¼ teaspoon salt and the juice of a ½ lime
- Mix together well and taste for seasoning
- Add additional salt and lime if necessary
Now, that looks delicious.
Tastes awesome too!!!