Loaded BBQ Chicken Nugget Nachos (with vegan/GF options)

If you want to add more Mexican recipes to your recipe box, Loaded BBQ Chicken Nugget Nachos (with vegan/GF options) might be a recipe you should try. For $1.63 per serving, you get a side dish that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 13g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 517 calories. This recipe is liked by 2634 foodies and cooks. Head to the store and pick up avocado, shredded cheese, bell peppers, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Averie Cooks. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 67%, which is good. Try Loaded BBQ Chicken Nachos, Healthy Loaded Vegan Nachos, and Potato Nugget Nachos for similar recipes.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 10 minutes

Cooking duration: 18 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 medium ripe avocado, peeled, de-seeded, and diced into 1/2-inch pieces

about 1 cup bbq sauce

1/2 cup black beans, jalepenos, black olives, or diced bell peppers, all optional

cilantro, sour cream, salsa, guac, pico de gallo, all are optional for garnishing and serving

4 to 5 cups corn tortilla chips, or enough to cover pie dish base with some overlapping

1/2 cup corn (fresh, frozen, or canned)

6 ounces shredded (vegan) cheese, divided

1 medium ripe tomato, diced into 1/2-inch pieces

8 ounces chicken(less) nuggets, thawed and diced into 1/2-inch pieces (shredded chicken may be substituted)

Equipment:

pie form

oven

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly spray a 9-inch round pie dish with cooking spray; set aside. Thaw and then dice the chicken nuggets into 1/2-inch pieces. Place nuggets in a medium bowl, cover with about 1 cup bbq sauce, and toss gently to evenly coat. Use enough bbq sauce so the nuggets are really juicy and well-coated. Set bowl aside while assembling the nachos; nuggets will soak up some of the bbq sauce. Add corn chips to prepared pie dish, arranging chips so the base of pie dish is completely covered. Chips need to overlap in places so there aren't gaps. I made a double-layer of chips. Evenly sprinkle about 4 ounces cheese over chips. Evenly sprinkle the tomato, avocado, corn, and any optional toppings. Evenly sprinkle with the chicken nuggets. My nuggets were very moist and drippy, and I drizzled on of the residual bbq sauce from the marinating bowl. Evenly sprinkle with the remaining cheese, about 2 ounces. Bake for about 18 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly, melted, and nachos are done. Baking times may vary widely based on brand and type of cheese used, juiciness of nuggets, moisture level in tomato, avo, corn, if optional ingredients were used, climate and oven variance, etc. Watch your nachos, not the clock. Optionally, garnish and serve nachos with cilantro, sour cream, salsa, guac, pico de gallo. Nachos are best fresh and warm.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat oven to 375F. Lightly spray a 9-inch round pie dish with cooking spray; set aside. Thaw and then dice the chicken nuggets into 1/2-inch pieces.

2. Place nuggets in a medium bowl, cover with about 1 cup bbq sauce, and toss gently to evenly coat. Use enough bbq sauce so the nuggets are really juicy and well-coated. Set bowl aside while assembling the nachos; nuggets will soak up some of the bbq sauce.

3. Add corn chips to prepared pie dish, arranging chips so the base of pie dish is completely covered. Chips need to overlap in places so there aren't gaps. I made a double-layer of chips. Evenly sprinkle about 4 ounces cheese over chips. Evenly sprinkle the tomato, avocado, corn, and any optional toppings. Evenly sprinkle with the chicken nuggets. My nuggets were very moist and drippy, and I drizzled on of the residual bbq sauce from the marinating bowl. Evenly sprinkle with the remaining cheese, about 2 ounces.

4. Bake for about 18 minutes, or until cheese is bubbly, melted, and nachos are done. Baking times may vary widely based on brand and type of cheese used, juiciness of nuggets, moisture level in tomato, avo, corn, if optional ingredients were used, climate and oven variance, etc. Watch your nachos, not the clock. Optionally, garnish and serve nachos with cilantro, sour cream, salsa, guac, pico de gallo. Nachos are best fresh and warm.


Nutrition Information:

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516 Calories
13g Protein
25g Total Fat
62g Carbs
9% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
516
26%

Fat
25g
40%

  Saturated Fat
5g
33%

Carbohydrates
62g
21%

  Sugar
15g
17%

Cholesterol
16mg
6%

Sodium
746mg
32%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
13g
27%

Fiber
7g
31%

Magnesium
106mg
27%

Iron
4mg
26%

Vitamin E
3mg
24%

Calcium
226mg
23%

Phosphorus
224mg
22%

Vitamin C
17mg
21%

Copper
0.39mg
20%

Vitamin K
20µg
19%

Potassium
574mg
16%

Zinc
2mg
16%

Vitamin A
705IU
14%

Vitamin B6
0.27mg
13%

Vitamin B5
1mg
12%

Selenium
8µg
12%

Vitamin B12
0.69µg
12%

Folate
44µg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.19mg
11%

Vitamin B3
1mg
9%

Manganese
0.13mg
7%

Vitamin B1
0.06mg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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