Chorizo nachos are a flavorful twist on the classic appetizer. These fully loaded nachos are packed with beans, verde salsa, sour cream, cheese, and fresh vegetables.
Each bite is piled with crumbled chorizo sausage and fresh toppings on crunchy tortilla chips, rather than using ground beef flavored with taco seasoning, like traditional nachos. Best of all, this awesome recipe can be customized with your favorite nacho toppings.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Tortilla chips - This recipe could also be used to make Doritos Nachos.
- Mexican chorizo sausage - You want to purchase raw pork chorizo in casings, since you are looking to cut it out of the casing to fry up like ground hamburger. If your store sells bulk chorizo without casings, that is even better! Buy extra and make my chorizo chili recipe too!
- Black refried beans - Refried beans go great on any nachos, but black refried beans pair particularly well with verde salsa and chorizo.
- Verde salsa - The tangy flavor of tomatillo salsa is best, but you can substitute traditional salsa or Pico de Gallo instead.
- Nacho cheese sauce
- Shredded cheese - Use your favorite cheese, whether that is taco cheese, cheddar, pepper jack, or a mix of each.
- Sour cream - You can substitute my cilantro lime sour cream.
- Fresh vegetables - Red or white onion, green onions, jalapeno, creamy avocado, and cilantro are perfect for finishing off chorizo nachos.
- Optional toppings - Add any of your favorite toppings like black beans, fresh tomatoes, or sweet corn.
Idea: Other creative ways to make nachos would be to use Mexican shredded beef or the shredded pork from any leftover posole. Or go a completely different route with my BBQ Irish Nachos.
How to make them
Make this delicious chorizo nachos recipe by first browning your chorizo in a large frying pan over medium heat with the chopped onion. Break the chorizo apart with a wooden spoon as it cooks.
As the chorizo finishes cooking, bake your tortilla chips in an even layer on a large baking dish for 3-5 minutes at 350 degrees, or until warmed. Then assemble your nachos.
The most important trick for making the best nachos is to layer the chips. This prevents the chips on top from being covered in all the toppings and the chips underneath lie bare. To do this, I spread half of the chips on my serving tray, then sprinkle with the chorizo and beans. Next, I pile on the remaining layer of chips and add the rest of the toppings on top of the nachos.
You can choose to layer more ingredients as well, it is just mainly important you put the chips down in two layers with something else in between.
Storing Leftovers
Leftover nachos do not store well because the chips will get soggy as they absorb the moisture from the nacho toppings. It is best to refrigerate the leftover toppings in an airtight container and use fresh tortilla chips when enjoying the leftovers.
Chorizo Nachos
Equipment
- Large skillet
Ingredients
- 14 ounce bag tortilla chips
- 1 pound chorizo (casings removed)
- ½ cup chopped red onion
- 15 ounce can black refried beans
- 16 ounce jar verde salsa
- 15 ounce can nacho cheese sauce
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ½ cup shredded cheese
- 1 ripe avocado (chopped)
- 1 lime (juiced)
- 1 jalapeño pepper (thinly sliced)
- 1 green onion (thinnly sliced)
- ¼ cup loosely packed chopped cilantro leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add chorizo and red onion to a skillet set over medium heat. Cook until chorizo is cooked through and onion is tender.
- Pour bag of tortilla chips on a large sheet pan. Bake in the oven for 3 minutes, or until tortilla are warm to the touch.
- Heat refried beans and nacho cheese sauce in small saucepans on the stovetop, or in bowls in the microwave.
- Peel and chop the avocado and toss it in the juice of one lime. The lime juice will prevent browning and add additional flavor to your nachos.
- Assemble the nachos by placing half of the chips on your serving tray. Top evenly with chorizo and refried beans. Then add a second layer of tortilla chips and top with salsa, cheese sauce, sour cream, shredded cheese, and fresh vegetables.
Nutritional Information
This post was originally published on April 10, 2020.
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