Vegetarian Nachos

Recipe: Vegetarian Nachos

Vegetarian Nachos is an easy throw together kind of dish to serve as starters for your party or enjoy it as a meal during the lazy weekend as it is loaded with veggie and beans. If  I am making it as a meal to take care of tortilla chips craving, I prefer to make individual portions in small baking trays. That way we’re not fighting for the toppings, and pulling off the melted cheese from each others tortilla chips. But today it is a trayful of  veggies, beans, cheese and chips.

 

Some More Tex Mex Recipes On My Blog

When it comes to Tex Mex food, I love it. Love how the  all the different ingredients come together to create an explosion of flavours.

Sharing This Recipe With Sunday Funday

January 29th is National Corn Chip Day (in US). Stacy who blogs at Food Lust People Love suggested “Corn chips include ones like Fritos or any kind of fried tortilla chip, made from blue corn, white corn, yellow corn. Crush them to add to the top of a casserole, or roll your chicken nuggets in them for crunch. Float them on soup or add them to a sandwich. Your corn chip of choice must be used as an ingredient in the recipe, not just to accompany dip or salsa on the side.”

Have not used fritos as such in my cooking. For me it was snack that my kids loved when they were younger. Can’t remember when I bought a packet last. But tortilla chips, that is a different story. But looking forward to learning how to use Fritos in a dish from fellow members of Sunday Funday.

How Fellow Members Of Sunday Funday Celebrating National Corn Day

• Chili-Fritoque from Food Lust People Love
• Frito Corn Salad from Amy’s Cooking Adventures
• Onolicious Furikake Chex Mix from Culinary Cam
• Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Frito Casserole from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
• Spicy Korean Chicken Fritos from Palatable Pastime
• Vegetarian Mexican Tortilla Soup from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Vegetarian Nachos from Mayuri’s Jikoni
• Walking Tacos/Tacos in a Bag from Sneha’s Recipe

What Is Nachos?

As the story goes, this popular dish was created as a quick fix at a restaurant Victory Club in 1940 by Ignacio Anaya Garcia. Back then he was a maître d at the restaurant.  Mamie Finan and a group of U.S. military officers’ wives who husbands were stationed at the nearby U.S. Army base Fort Duncan went to the restaurant. Anaya was not able to find the cook. He went to the kitchen saw some tortilla. He cut into triangles, deep fried them, added grated cheese and jalapeno and bell peppers. Reheated the whole dish and served it. After tasting the dish Finan asked what it was called and Anaya quickly answered Nachos.. the common Spanish nickname for Ignacio.

Nachos Variations

If you scan the website, there are numerous toppings that are added to nacho dish. With minced meat, a variety of vegetables, different kinds of cheeses, sauces, salsa, cooked pulses.  This is one dish that allows you to create your own version. I prefer to use shredded cheese as opposed to cheese sauce.

Also, I find it is an excellent way to add loads of veggies and beans. During corn season, I make a huge corn salad and add that as a topping with some feta and sour cream. Sometimes leftover bhaji from Pav bhaji becomes a topping. With a generous amount of chopped onion, some chillis and cheddar cheese, it is superb.

 

Ingredients Required For Vegetarian Nachos

Tortilla Chips

I like using whatever corn chips are available.

Cooked Beans

Use red, black or for a change use garbanzo or chickpeas. I have used canned black beans.

Corn

Whenever available I like to use fresh corn. This time round have used frozen corn. I cooked it in the microwave for 2 minutes. Can also used canned corn.

Salsa Sauce | Salsa Roja

Cooked Salsa. I have used ready made salsa roja.

Pico De Gallo

Pico De Gallo or raw salsa as we commonly know it as. To make Pico De Gallo you will need fresh tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, lime juice, salt, pepper and cilantro.

Cheese

Grated or shredded cheese. I like to use a mixture, cheddar and Jack Monterey. Sometimes I use the ready made Tex Mex blend of grated cheeses. If you wish, can use cheese sauce but I not a big fan of it.

Avocado

Just love adding chopped avocado. Adds an amazing creamy bite to the nachos.

Cilantro |Fresh Coriander

Add for that earthy flavour.

Spring Onion

Optional. But if you have some at hand add to the nachos. Adds a flavourful crunch.

 

 

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