Nachos Pie Recipe

All of the flavour of Nachos….with far much less guilt! That is how one can get your Nachos repair midweek. A giant slice of this Nachos Pie has solely has 420 energy!

Nachos is a type of common meals that everybody loves, whether or not well being aware or not! However let’s face it – the energy in a pile of nachos goodness isn’t the most effective for our well being. Does it cease us? By no means! BUT it means we are able to’t eat nachos as typically as we like.

So I current to you….midweek Nachos Pie! All of the flavour, a lot of the crunch, with far much less energy to fulfill your Nachos craving any day of the week!

This is sort of a mash up of lasagne and Nachos. Nachos flavoured floor/minced beef cooked with beans layered between tortillas, topped with corn chips, cheese and an avocado pico de gallo. I like that it may be sliced and served up like a pie!

You will be as beneficiant as you need – or not – with the corn chips. With a dish like this, 6 or so corn chips per serving appears to go a great distance and that could be a LOT lower than the 20 30 or so I’d ordinarily scoff down for Nachos!

It’s additionally shocking how far this recipe goes. I used to assume it was only for 4 – however actually, it serves 6 fairly generously. And even 8 for bizarre individuals.

I stuffed out the meat filling with purple kidney beans however you’ll be able to substitute with any kind of beans you need. Or you can even lower down the quantity of beef on this even additional and add different greens – corn, diced zucchini and bell peppers (capsicum) can be fabulous on this!

You will see the filling very saucy. The reason being that the additional sauce is used to high the ultimate layer. The choice is to make the filling and a separate sauce, however to me that’s simply an excessive amount of effort for midweek! So I make it multi function pan then use a slotted spoon to scoop out meat for the layers with out an excessive amount of sauce, then pour the sauce over the ultimate layer.

SO TASTY! I may eat this each evening. I simply adore Mexican meals (actual and Tex-Mex!).

Nachos Pie Recipe

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Serves: 6 Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 40 minutes 40 minutes

Nutrition facts: 420 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion , diced (brown, yellow, white)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 13 oz / 400 g ground/mince beef (use lean!)
• 1 oz / 28 g packet Taco Seasoning OR make your own - see Note 1
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 700 g / 24oz tomato passata or pureed canned tomatoes (Note 2)
• 1/2 cup water
• 14 oz / 400 g canned red kidney beans (or any other beans), drained
• 3 - 4 soft tortillas (flour or corn) - for layering
• 1 cup grated cheese (I used mozzarella, but any melting cheese is fine)
• 2 oz / 70 g corn chips
• 1/2 avocado , diced
• 1 large tomato , deseeded and diced (Note 3)
• 1/4 spanish (red) onion, diced
• 2 tbsp lime juice (fresh or bottled)
• 3 tbsp fresh coriander leaves
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Sour cream

Instructions

1. Preheat the over to 350F/180C.
2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over high heat.
3. Add the garlic and onion, and cook until translucent.
4. Add the beef and cook, breaking up into pieces, until browned. Add the Taco Seasoning and pepper about halfway through browning the beef.
5. Add the tomato passata, water and beans. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened but still very saucy. Remove from heat.
6. Lay a tortilla in a pie dish (24 cm / 9 inch diameter). Use a slotted spoon to top with just under 1/2 the meat. Try to avoid using too much sauce so sort of "shake" each spoonful to drain out sauce.
7. Top with another tortilla + torn/cut pieces of another tortilla to cover completely.
8. Top with the remaining meat, again avoiding the sauce.
9. Top with remaining tortillas, then pour over all the sauce (and any residual meat).
10. Place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. If you're worried about overspill, place it on a baking tray.
11. Remove from the oven, cover with corn chips then scatter with cheese. Bake until the chips are a bit golden and the cheese is melted - 10 to 15 minutes.
12. Serve, topped with Pico De Gallo and Sour Cream on the side, if using.
13. Combine ingredients in a bowl. Toss and adjust salt/pepper to taste.

Notes

1. Homemade Taco Seasoning:1 tsp onion powder2 tsp paprika1 tbsp dried oregano1 tbsp ground cumin1 1/2 tsp sea salt + more to taste
2. Tomato passata is just pureed tinned tomatoes. Nowadays it is readily available in supermarkets, usually alongside pasta sauces. It costs just a tiny bit more, sometimes the same, as canned tomatoes. If you can't find it, puree canned tomatoes or use crushed canned tomatoes.
3. To desseed a tomato, cut it in half and use a teaspoon to scoop out the watery seeds inside.
4. Make it gluten free by using corn tortillas.
5. Nutrition assuming 6 servings, excluding sour cream.