Carnitas Nachos is a dish that follows after carnitas. While this recipe is toasted or oven-baked tortilla chips with carnitas & cheese. Topped off with pico de gallo, choice salsa, and dollops of sour cream and guacamole. There really are numerous ways you can top off these carnitas nachos for many different flavors. Add what you like. The main thing to keep in mind is that all the warm ingredients top the nachos to go into the oven at 400F for 5 minutes. Then additional cold toppings are layered on and served. Optionally garnished with parsley or cilantro and chili flakes for some heat.
Servings: 1
Ingredients
- 1-2 Handful Tostitos - per serving
- 1 Handful Leftover Carnitas
- 1 Handful Cheddar Cheese - or drizzle the desired amount of warmed Nacho Cheese
- As Desired Salsa - or Homemade Salsa or Red Taco Sauce or Poblano Salsa, or Verde Salsa
- 1 Handful Pico de Gallo
- As Desired Sour Cream
- 1 Spoonful Guacamole
Instructions
- Hot Nachos: Preheat the oven to 400°F with the rack in the middle position. On a 10" to 12" pizza pan for personal serving or a baking sheet or larger pan for everyone to help themselves, add the tortilla chips and shredded cheese and top with carnitas. Place into the oven for 5 minutes or until the cheese is nicely melted.
- Cold Nacho Toppings: Remove from the oven and top with salsa, pico de gallo, sour cream, and optionally guacamole. Garnish with cilantro or parsley to serve.Add some heat with red chili flakes, crushed chilies de arbol, or fresh or pickled jalapeños or serrano peppers.
Notes
Cheese: Exchange the Cheddar cheese for others like Monterey or Pepper Jack, Colby Jack, or a 3-cheese Tex-Mex blend.
Carnitas Cheese Nachos: Place into the oven the chips & carnitas to toast for 5 minutes at 400°F. Meanwhile, heat the Nacho Cheese up. When the nachos come out of the oven, drizzle hot nacho cheese and top with additional toppings.
Sour Cream: You can also place the sour cream in a squeeze bottle so that sour cream can be drizzled over the nachos.