Description
What better way to ‘fiesta’ than with this beautiful plate of alternative nachos? This will make a very delicious change of pace to the traditional version. Each nacho is separate from the next so you don’t end up with a plate containing one giant nacho that you have to pull apart.
Ingredients
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ avocado, peeled and pitted
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 pound small Gulf shrimp (50 to 60 per pound), thawed and drained
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ¼ teaspoon ground dried chipotle pepper
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 50 large (restaurant-style) tortilla chips, or as needed
- 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and very thinly sliced
- 3 ½ cups shredded pepperjack cheese, or as needed
- 15 cherry tomatoes, sliced – or as needed
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Combine sour cream
- avocado
- and lemon juice in a blender or food processor; blend until smooth and creamy. Transfer into a plastic decorating bottle with a long tip. Refrigerate avocado-cream sauce until needed.
- Place shrimp into a bowl; combine with vegetable oil
- ground chipotle pepper
- salt
- black pepper
- and cayenne pepper.
- Place a large nonstick pan over high heat. Cook shrimp in the hot pan in a single layer until barely cooked through and pink
- about 1 minute per side. Transfer to a plate and let shrimp cool.
- Preheat the oven’s broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly grease the foil.
- Lay tortilla chips onto the prepared baking sheet in a single layer. Place 1 shrimp onto each chip. Add 1 slice jalapeno and 1 large pinch pepperjack cheese on top of each shrimp.
- Broil under preheated broiler until cheese is melted and chips are lightly toasted
- about 1 minute. Watch carefully; chips will burn quickly.
- Remove nachos from baking sheet and arrange onto a serving platter; drizzle with avocado-cream sauce and sprinkle with cherry tomatoes and cilantro before serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Total Time: 25 mins
Servings: 15