Chorizo Nachos

If you have about 40 minutes to spend in the kitchen, Chorizo Nachos might be a tremendous gluten free recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains roughly 32g of protein, 55g of fat, and a total of 829 calories. This recipe serves 4. For $2.56 per serving, this recipe covers 28% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 12 people were glad they tried this recipe. If you have avocado, chorizo, canned corn, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It works well as an affordable main course. It is brought to you by Will Cook for Smiles. This recipe is typical of Mexican cuisine. Overall, this recipe earns a solid spoonacular score of 72%. Similar recipes include Chorizo Nachos, Chorizo Veggie nachos, and Chorizo-Beef Nachos.

Servings: 4

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 30 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 avocado

1/2 cup black beans canned and drained

1/2 cup corn canned and drained

1 tsp chipotle chili powder

Cooked chorizo from above

1/2 lb chorizo sausage

3 cloves of garlic minced

2 jalapeno peppers sliced

Juice from about 1/2 lime

1 1/2 cups shredded Mexican cheese mix

1 large tomato (seeds taken out and diced)

8 oz round tortilla chips (or other chips)

1 small yellow onion diced

Equipment:

baking sheet

oven

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

Instructions Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a baking sheet (about 9x13 in. rimmed baking sheet will work fine). Chorizo: Preheat a medium cooking pan over medium heat. Add a little oil for cooking. Take sausage out of packaging and break it up. Dice onion and saute until transparent. Add minced garlic and saute until fragrant. Add sausage to the pan, break up all the lumps as you cook it. Season with chipotle chili powder. Cook until sausage is done and take off heat. Nachos: Layer half the chips in one even layer in the baking sheet. Spread half the chorizo sausage over the chips. Spread half the corn, beans, jalapenos, and tomatoes. Sprinkle half the cheese over veggies. Repeat the second layer the same way and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. Skin, pit, and dice avocado and sprinkle it with some lime juice. Spread avocado over baked nachos and serve right away.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 350 and lightly grease a baking sheet (about 9x13 in. rimmed baking sheet will work fine).


Nachos

1. Layer half the chips in one even layer in the baking sheet.

2. Spread half the chorizo sausage over the chips.

3. Spread half the corn, beans, jalapenos, and tomatoes. Sprinkle half the cheese over veggies.

4. Repeat the second layer the same way and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes.

5. Skin, pit, and dice avocado and sprinkle it with some lime juice.

6. Spread avocado over baked nachos and serve right away.


Chorizo

1. Preheat a medium cooking pan over medium heat.

2. Add a little oil for cooking.

3. Take sausage out of packaging and break it up.

4. Dice onion and saute until transparent.

5. Add minced garlic and saute until fragrant.

6. Add sausage to the pan, break up all the lumps as you cook it. Season with chipotle chili powder. Cook until sausage is done and take off heat.


Nutrition Information:

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570k Calories
18g Protein
33g Total Fat
54g Carbs
20% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
570k
29%

Fat
33g
51%

  Saturated Fat
10g
63%

Carbohydrates
54g
18%

  Sugar
3g
4%

Cholesterol
40mg
14%

Sodium
674mg
29%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
18g
36%

Calcium
407mg
41%

Phosphorus
379mg
38%

Fiber
9g
37%

Vitamin C
26mg
33%

Magnesium
128mg
32%

Vitamin E
4mg
29%

Vitamin K
29µg
28%

Copper
0.5mg
25%

Folate
89µg
22%

Zinc
3mg
22%

Vitamin B6
0.42mg
21%

Vitamin A
1018IU
20%

Potassium
679mg
19%

Vitamin B2
0.31mg
18%

Vitamin B5
1mg
16%

Selenium
11µg
16%

Iron
2mg
15%

Manganese
0.27mg
14%

Vitamin B3
2mg
12%

Vitamin B12
0.72µg
12%

Vitamin B1
0.12mg
8%

Vitamin D
0.21µg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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