{"id":996,"date":"2015-08-18T09:13:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T14:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2018-03-22T16:34:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T21:34:39","slug":"mexican-nachos-chicken-black-beans-salsa-cheese-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Nachos: Chicken, Black Beans, Salsa, Cheese, and More! * (Not IC Safe)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pf-content\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mexican-bake-8-17-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-997\" src=\"http:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mexican-bake-8-17-15-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Mexican-bake-8-17-15\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mexican-bake-8-17-15-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Mexican-bake-8-17-15.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This finished dish never lasts more than two days in our house. \u00a0It&#8217;s that tasty. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to even put it in the fridge, you just want more. \u00a0It&#8217;s a perfect meal: protein of the beans and chicken, carb of the tortilla chips, fat of the cheese (and optional sour cream), and veggies: salsa, green onion, and beans (which have fiber too). \u00a0It&#8217;s just perfect, believe me. \u00a0You can health it up by doing multigrain or high fiber tortilla chips.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;I put some ground cumin on my raw chicken, pan-fried it with some olive oil (via the Misto), let it rest 5 mins, then I chopped it into bite-sized pieces. \u00a0I am not often a fan of shredding, it takes forever.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;I used organic low sodium black beans. \u00a0If you only have regular black beans, drain and rinse them multiple times &#8211; it removes 40% of the salt!<\/p>\n<p>Makes 6 servings<\/p>\n<p>Prep Time 10 Mins.<\/p>\n<p>Oven Time 15 Mins.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>INGREDIENTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>6 oz. baked or regular tortilla chips (c&#8217;mon put some more in the pan, live a little. I did probably 10 oz.)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups (8 oz.) cooked shredded chicken<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15 oz) black beans, rinsed and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DRAINED**<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1 cup jarred salsa or Picante sauce (or add more!)**<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded reduced-fat or regular Mexican cheese blend**<\/li>\n<li>4 scallions, trimmed and thinly sliced (I used green onions)**<\/li>\n<li>Optional: sour cream as a topping right before serving<\/li>\n<li>Optional variation: replace chicken and beans with 1\/2 LB. coarsely chopped cooked shrimp and 1 can (8 oz.) drained crushed pineapple**<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**Known IC irritants, tread carefully!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>DIRECTIONS:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<\/li>\n<li>If you do not already have your chicken cooked and ready, cook it now. \u00a0Let it rest a few minutes before chopping or shredding.<\/li>\n<li>Line bottom of a 13x9x2&#8243; baking dish with tortilla chips.<\/li>\n<li>Scatter cooked chicken and beans over the chips.<\/li>\n<li>Spoon salsa over the beans and top with cheese and scallions (or green onions).<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350 for 15 mins. until heated through and cheese is melted.<\/li>\n<li>Serve immediately! \u00a0(Who could wait anyway?)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This finished dish never lasts more than two days in our house. \u00a0It&#8217;s that tasty. \u00a0It&#8217;s hard to even put it in the fridge, you just want more. \u00a0It&#8217;s a perfect meal: protein of the beans and chicken, carb of the tortilla chips, fat of the cheese (and optional sour cream), and veggies: salsa, green <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/?p=996\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1619,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996\/revisions\/1619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tiffanycooks.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}