Easy Chicken Nachos For Your Football Party
October 12, 2009 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Food and Drink, Recipes
What happens when you suddenly find out you’re having a group of friends over to watch the big game on Sunday, and you need to come up with some last minute snacks to feed them?
These Chicken Nachos are a great spur-of-the-moment party food, since you’re likely to have all of the ingredients right in your pantry. If you don’t you should stalk up now, it’s an easy recipe to make at the last minutes if you have all the ingredients on hand.
The best part is these nachos are really quick and easy to make. The recipe is part of Mealtime.org’s Kitchen Countdown, which features 1 pot; 5 ingredients; cost 10 dollars or less; take 15 minutes or less to prepare and have 400 calories or less per serving.
Chicken Nachos
Ingredients:
- 5 oz (about 4 dozen medium) unsalted tortilla chips
- 1 can (9.75 oz) white premium chunk chicken breast in water, drained
- 1 cup drained and rinsed canned pinto beans
- 1 cup drained canned diced tomatoes with jalapenos
- 3 ounces pepper jack cheese, shredded (about 3/4 cup)
Total cost: $7.99
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 4 minutes
Preparation:
Arrange chips on a large, microwave-safe platter.
Break the chicken in pieces and scatter over the chips. Scatter the beans over the chicken and the tomatoes over the beans. Top with an even layer of cheese and microwave at full-power until the cheese is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Servings: 4
Serving size: 2 cups
Image: Mealtime.org
