February 8, 2008: Nachos, Cindy-Style

On Fri nosotros had a nerdy dark in, eating nachos on the couch piece watching Dr Who on DVD. While one-half the betoken is to live on slothful as well as self-indulgent, I don't intend that nachos quest to live on a consummate guilt trip. Chips as well as cheese are essential of course, but I similar to hit total out the middle alongside refried beans as well as chopped veges. It takes a piddling longer than the version I unremarkably come across at pubs - consisting of supermarket salsa, oily cheese as well as sour cream - but yous tin sack nevertheless gear upwards it inside thirty minutes as well as I view you'll live on far to a greater extent than satisfied alongside the result. To speed things upwards a little, yous tin sack layer upwards the diced veges raw rather than pre-cooking them.

This would live on delicious alongside home-made salsa, but that would larn inwards fifty-fifty to a greater extent than fourth dimension consuming. Instead Michael picked out the Chilli Factory's capsicum salsa to serve on the side.

Nachos, Cindy-style

1 ruddy capsicum
1 medium zucchini
vi mushrooms
a splash of olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
750g tin sack kidney beans (or dark beans, if yous tin sack abide by them), drained
a few shakes of powdered garlic
a few grinds of pepper
200g bundle corn chips
1 loving cup grated cheese
salsa, to serve
sour cream or avocado, to serve (I know yous desire both, but yous don't quest that much fat. Really!)

Finely die the capsicum, zucchini as well as mushrooms. Heat the petroleum inwards a large frypan as well as gear upwards the capsicum over medium rut until soft. Add the zucchini as well as mushrooms as well as gear upwards for a few to a greater extent than minutes. Stir inwards the minced garlic as well as gear upwards for 1 final minute, therefore transfer the veges to a plate or bowl.

Throw the beans into the frypan as well as stir them unopen to for a minute. Add one-half a loving cup of water, as well as laissez passer on them a fight of a mash. Stir as well as squelch as well as add together extra H2O to larn a consistency that yous similar - I similar a fight of texture to remain, therefore I don't squelch likewise much. Stir through the powdered garlic as well as pepper, therefore accept them off the heat.

Get yourself a baking tray alongside walls well-nigh ii inches high. Spread the chips inwards a layer over the bottom of it. Next layer the beans over the chips, therefore the veges on peak of the beans. Finally, sprinkle over the cheese.

Put your nachos nether the grill until the cheese melts, well-nigh 5-10 minutes. Keep a unopen oculus on them because the fourth dimension required is highly sensitive to the distance to the grill chemical ingredient as well as its temperature.

Serve alongside salsa, sour cream or avocado, forks as well as napkins.