I love nachos and I’m pretty sure the whole world loves nachos too. Case in point: my dad, who makes it a point to only consume Asian food, loves nachos. I introduced them to him many, many years ago on a family cabin trip. Stuck by a lake with no means of other entertainment or Asian food, my family spent 3 days playing cards and pigging out on nachos. It was fantastic.
I thought everyone knew how to make nachos, but it turns out to be untrue. We had a movie night on Sunday and a quick poll revealed that out of the four of us, I was the only nacho ninja. As I layered spicy sriracha beef, cheddar cheese, and jalapenos, there were questions about the microwave, soggy chips and cheese whiz.
Everyone should know how to make nachos! They’re simple, easy and delicious. The key to good nachos is layering. It’s a travesty when you reach into a plate of nachos and pick up a plain chip. That should never, ever happen. In fact, if I’m making nachos for myself I often layer each chip perfectly. Unfortunately, that method is a little obsessive and isn’t really helpful when you have hungry people looking forward to nacho-goodness.
These nachos were the perfect accompaniment to a certain zombie block buster that just came out on DVD. I don’t want to give anything away, but the nachos, not the movie ended up being the highlight of my evening. The sriracha beef was spicy and addictive, the cheese deliciously gooey, and the cilantro fresh and bright.
i am spicy, i am addictive: i am sriracha beef nachos!
Sriracha Beef Nachos
serves 4-6Sriracha Beef
- oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 small shallots, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/3 cup sriracha
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
Nachos
- 14 ounce bag of your favorite tortilla chips
- 1 cup sliced green onions
- 3 jalapeños, sliced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 1 1/2 cups grated cheddar
- 1 1/2 cups grated mozzarella
- 1 cup roughly chopped cilantro
- sour cream, salsa and guacamole, if desired
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with foil or parchment paper.
In a skillet over medium-high, heat up a bit of oil. Add the onion and shallots and cook until translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes. Add the beef and brown. Drain off the fat and stir in the sriracha and soy sauce.
Place a single layer of chips on your foil-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle on some sriracha beef, green onions, jalapeños, red pepper, cheddar and mozzarella. Repeat until all of your ingredients are gone.
Bake for 5-7 minutes, or until the cheese is gooey and melted. Top with the cilantro and enjoy immediately with sour cream, salsa and guacamole if desired.
These sound and look amazing. It has been so long since I have had nachos. These are a go!
Spicy sriracha beef??? Thank you for this.
crispy and spicy sriracha beef, even a vegan person would eat this, looks amazingly yummy!
How can anyone not love nachos? For me, its the perfect accompaniment for watching International Rugby Union games and downing a few beers on the couch with mates.
Quick question though. As far as I’m aware, we don’t get sriracha down in Oz, so can anyone recommend a substitute?
You can pick up sriracha in some Asian food places, I’m in Perth – there’s a place in joondalup that sells it. There can be no substitute!
I loved this recipe! i wanted to do nachos but didnt know if it would be enough for dinner sooooo i made this into a pizza! I got dough from trader joes and used pizza sauce and mozarella cheese. I used ground turkey instead of beef as well. So really it was ground turkey with siracha, garlic, cilantro and jalapenos. I also added an egg on top towards the end of the baking because i like eggs and I knew it would go well with the combination. And it was so delicious, I was very surprised at how well it turned out with pizza. So I encourage anyone to try it with pizza and eggs!
One of my absolute favorites! So so so so goooood!!
They look so heavenly, nachos has been on my mind lately, and this looks like a perfect one.
Two of my favorite things. Nachos and Sriracha! Yum!