Quick Nachos

This is a quick recipe for a snack. You start off with ground buffalo. If you have none available, you can use ground turkey or even ground beef. Keep in mind that ground beef is generally greasy and should be drained well or you risk making your nachos soggy.

Ground buffalo

Brown this in a pan until well done. Make sure to drain any liquids from the pan. Another trick would be to thicken this with finely crushed walnuts to soak up any moisture. Flour or corn starch can be used to thicken it up too, but it adds more carbohydrates to the overall dish. Spices I like to add are turmeric, black pepper, and ancho chili powder.

Browning in a pan

With the heat on low, add in a can of Muir Glen tomato sauce and stir until it just begins to bubble.

Tomato sauce

Get a plate and layer it with your favorite corn chips. Doritos will work fine, but lately I've been on a kick where I don't like eating anything full of chemicals. So I've been using organic blue corn chips, from the Xochitl brand.

Blue corn chips

I scoop the meat and tomato sauce mix on the layer of chips, followed by plenty of shredded cheese. I kind of prefer pepper jack cheese. On top of this I spoon out a lot of pico de gallo and distribute it evenly over the top.

I line my baking pan with parchment paper. This ain't necessary but it makes clean up quicker.

Prebaked

Bake in an oven for about 8 - 10 minutes until the cheese is melted.

Nachos

See how messy the pan is without parchment paper ? This is an earlier batch before I learned to use the paper to make clean up easier.

Ready to eat

Nachos are messy to put on a plate, or at least they are for me. Doesn't matter though because they're going to be really messy once you chew them up and choke them down. These are a fast filling snack and are great to chase them down with your favorite beer. Mine just happens to be Guinness. Almost too thick to drink, but too thin to plow with a mule. It's just right. In my opinion if you can see daylight through your beer it's just flavored water.