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Copycat Trash Can Nachos Recipe
Guy Fieri's Trash Can Nachos are legendary and I made them at home - so simple and really delicious - all the layers are perfect! The key is all in the layering - which gives you the perfect cheese to chip ratio!
Ingredients
Super Melty Cheese
- 2 cups half and half
- 1/2 pound Velveeta cubed
- 1/2 pound Smoked Gouda shredded
- 1/2 pound White Cheddar shredded
- 1 tsp Worcestershire
- 1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
Black Bean Puree
- 2 15 oz cans Black Beans drained and rinsed
- 1/3 cup Chicken stock
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp Chipotle Pepper seasoning
- 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
Pico de Gallo
- 2 cups Roma tomatoes finely diced
- 1/2 cup white onion finely diced
- 2 jalapenos seeded, minced
- 2 tbsp cilantro chopped
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Nachos
- 16 oz corn tortilla chips
- 3 cups Super Melty Cheese recipe above
- 2 cups Black Bean Puree recipe above
- 2 cups meat of your choice brisket, steak, chicken, pulled pork
- 1/2 cup brown sugar bbq sauce
- 2 cups cheddar cheese shredded
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 2 cups Pico de Gallo recipe above
- 2 jalapenos thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp pickled red onions
- cilantro
Instructions
- Make Ahead: You can (and should) make your meat, black bean puree, pico de gallo and pickled red onions ahead of time
Pickled Red Onions - use the red onions from this refrigerator pickle recipe
Black Bean Puree
- Using a blender or food processor, add 3/4 of the rinsed beans, chicken stock and spices
- Blend into a puree
- Fold in remaining beans for texture
Super Melty Cheese Sauce
- Place a small pot on medium heat and bring the half and half to a simmer
- Reduce heat to low and whisk in Velveeta until melted
- Add in gouda, white cheddar, Worcestershire and Tabasco
- Whisk until all cheese is melted
- Set aside and keep warm
Trash Can Nachos!
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- On a baking sheet - lay out your chips in a thin, one-chip layer
- Drizzle the warm cheese sauce over the chips - make it a heavy drizzle (reserve one spoonful for your plate)
- Follow with layers of black beans, shredded cheese, diced meat and bbq sauce
- Place nachos in the oven for 5-7 minutes until shredded cheese melts
- While the nachos are heating - spoon the remaining cheese sauce on your serving plate
- Place your can on the plate (see notes for where to find your own "trash can") over the cheese circle
- Remove the nachos from the oven and using a spatula - layer the baked nachos into the can nearly all the way to the top
- Garnish the top with sour cream, pico de gallo, jalapenos, pickled red onions and cilantro
- Lift the can to reveal your stack of Trash Can Nachos
Notes
Ingredient Swaps - want to make this quicker?
- Black Bean Puree - just use a can or two of black beans, rinsed & drained
- Cheese Sauce - just use a jar of nacho cheese instead of making your own
- Cheese Sauce Swap 2 - make my favorite queso recipe
- Smoked Meat - use Curly's pre-made pulled pork
- #10 can (i.e. big tin can) - remove the top and bottom and be sure you've removed any sharp edges so you don't cut yourself
- Chimney Starter - if your chimney starter is clean - use it! If it's not - line it with foil
- Screw the can and just make a stack yourself!
Nutrition
Serving: 1.5cupsCalories: 1200kcalCarbohydrates: 67.8gProtein: 59.6gFat: 68.3gSaturated Fat: 39.8gCholesterol: 255mgSodium: 2244mgPotassium: 466mgFiber: 7.3gSugar: 22gCalcium: 961mgIron: 4mg
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