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Chicken Nachos

This gluten-free chicken nachos recipe with smokey chipotle sauce, beans, sweet corn, avocado, and spicy chilis is a 10-minute appetizer. 
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time2 minutes
Total Time7 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American, Mexican
Keyword: chicken nachos, chicken nachos recipe, easy chicken nachos
Servings: 8
Author: Amy

Equipment

  • Baking Sheet

Ingredients

Chipotle Sauce:

  • 2 limes
  • 2 adobe chilis in sauce
  • pinch of kosher salt
  • pinch of ground black pepper
  • 2 bags Tyson® Grilled and Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Fajita Chicken Strips or Tyson® Grilled & Ready® Fully Cooked Refrigerated Oven Roasted Diced Chicken Breast {either will work}

Nachos:

  • Thick Gluten Free Tortilla Chips
  • Grated Mozzarella & Parmesan Cheese mix
  • 1 14.5 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup red onion diced {1/4 of medium sized onion}
  • 1/2 cup frozen corn rinsed
  • 1 jalapeno pepper or serrano chili trimmed and thinly sliced
  • 1 avocado diced
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped

Instructions

Chipotle Sauce:

  • Add all ingredients in a blender and process until completely blended.
  • In a medium bowl tear chicken into smaller pieces, pour chipotle sauce over chicken and stir to coat. Set aside.

Nachos

  • Preheat oven to broil.
  • On a baking sheet spread out tortilla chips and top with cheese {as much as you like}. Place in oven for 1 minute to melt the cheese. Remove.
  • Evenly spread chicken, black beans, corn, red onion, jalapeno and avocado over nachos.
  • Place back in the oven to warm all your ingredients for about a minute.
  • Remove top with cilantro and serve and enjoy.