Chicken Nachos (spicy)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 -2 lb chicken breast, if you like a lot of meat use 2 (can use ground beef too, directions are the same)
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) package ortega taco seasoning
• 1 (15 ounce) bag tostitos restaurant style corn chips
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (8 ounce) bag of shredded cheddar cheese
• 2/3 cup water
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 2 teaspoons cayenne pepper (optional)
• 8 ounces sour cream (optional)
• 16 ounces salsa (optional)
• 6 ounces shredded lettuce (optional)
• 4 ounces sliced olives (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pour the 2 tablespoons vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat on medium heat for 2 minutes or until pan is warm.
• 2 add chicken breasts to pan and add salt and pepper to your taste, cook chicken thoroughly so there is no pink in the middle of the breast.
• 3 once the chicken is thoroughly cooked preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• 4 remove the chicken from the pan and cut the breasts into very small chunks.
• 5 optional step: once they are in small chunks if you want a better appearances, take to forks and stick the tines of one fork into the the other fork so they form an x shape over each piece of chicken and then spread the forks apart, this should basically'shred' the chicken into tiny little strips.
• 6 once your chicken is cut/shredded place the chicken back into the frying pan (still on medium) and let it warm again, once the pan is warm stir in the package of taco seasoning with 2/3 cups of water (as directed by the package).
• 7 if you like hot nachos, put in some cayenne pepper (to taste) as well, careful though, it gets spicy quick.
• 8 while the excess water is boiling off of the pan layer a cookie sheet with tostitos (i also put a layer of aluminum foil under the chips so that all the extra melted cheese doesn't stick to the pan and create a huge hassle to clean later).
• 9 once your pan is layered with chips, spread half the bag of chedder cheese onto the chips.
• 10 now take the chicken out of the pan and layer it over the chips evenly.
• 11 next put the rest of the bag of cheese over the nachos.
• 12 now place this in the oven for up to 10 minutes, it might take less, just take it out when the cheese is melted.
• 13 now feel free to add whatever you like to your nachos, in my case it is all the ingredients above that are listed as optional, this should make a great appetizer or even a full meal, kids seem to love it.