Corn chips nachos - the pride of Mexican cuisine, because toasted pieces of tortilla with a variety of toppings have gained popularity not only in their homeland, but throughout the world.
A bundle of purchased nachos is a pleasure not cheap and considering all the costs it turns out that it is much cheaper to cook a snack yourself, and this process does not represent any complexity. We will devote this article to how to prepare nachos ourselves.
Chips Nachos - recipe
Traditionally, a tortilla cake is made from corn flour, which is sometimes mixed with wheat flour and various spices.
Ingredients:
- cornmeal - 1¼ tbsp .;
- wheat flour - 2/3;
- vegetable oil - 4 tsp.
- Indian cumin (azhgon) - 1 ½ tsp;
- cumin - ½ tsp;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Mix two kinds of flour and add vegetable oil and salt. To the received weight we pour 2 glasses of water, kneading dough in such a way, to receive enough dense and elastic kom.
The finished dough is divided into portions, each and which should be rolled into a thin cake. They, in turn, are cut into triangles, which afterwards must be fried in a large amount of vegetable oil until golden in color and crisp texture.
Sauce for chips nachos
So, how to make chips nachos we learned, but their main highlight is sauces, the most popular of which we'll talk about below.
Guacamole sauce
Ingredients:
- avocados - 2 pieces;
- red onion - 1 pc .;
- coriander (chopped) - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt pepper;
- lime juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon.
Preparation
Red onion as much as possible grind and add to the paste and carefully grated avocado. Season sauce with salt, pepper and lime juice, sprinkle with chopped coriander before serving.
Salsa sauce
Ingredients:
- onion - ½ pcs .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- tomatoes - 3 pieces;
- chili pepper - 1 pc .;
- parsley - ½ beam;
- lime juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Chili pepper is purified from seeds and films and is as much as possible chopped, literally crumbs together with all other vegetables. If you have a hand blender with low power, use it, but make sure that the sauce does not turn into a homogeneous mass. Ready "salsa" is filled with vinegar or lime juice, salt and pepper and serve hot nachos.
Besides the listed sauces, Mexicans also like to serve crunchy nachos, covering them with a layer of melted cheese, and also in addition to simpler cream sauces or sour cream. Bon Appetit!