The best sauce to put on nachos is Chile verde meat sauce, creamy queso nacho cheese and fresh, bright salsa.
Pairing creamy queso nacho cheese and fresh, bright salsa balances rich, savory flavors with acidity to keep the chips from feeling heavy.
You can make a good melty cheese sauce for your nachos by melting sharp cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses with a roux butter, flour, milk mix and a splash of pickled jalapeno juice for a tangy kick.
You can also buy ready to heat canned or jarred sauces, which are great for quick nachos, which include Ricos Cheddar Gourmet nacho Cheese Sauce and Tostitos Salsa Con Queso.
And to cut through the heavy cheese, you need soem acidity and freshness of a tomato based salsa or pico de gallo, and the chunks of onion, cilantro and jalapeno add the necessary texture and bite.
The chips that you eat with nachos are Tortilla Chips or even some Fritos Scoops.
I love Fritos Scoops with my nachos, but any other Tortilla chips also go well with nachos.
I've even used some corn chips and made them into nachos with all the ingredients.
But commonly, Tortilla chips are used.
Good store bought chips for nachos are Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips, Mission Rounds Tortilla Chips and Vista Hermosa Totopos chips.
The correct order to layer nachos is to start with the chips and make a sturdy and even base of tortilla chips.
Then if using beans, add a thin layer of refried beans or black beans, which anchors the chips and soaks up any excess juice so that they don't become soggy.
Next sprinkle on the already cooked seasoned beef, chicken or pork.
After that, then you cover the ingredients for the nachos with some shredded cheese, like cheddar, Monterey Jack Cheese or a Mexican blend as the cheese acts as a glue.
You can also use canned nacho cheese, but melted shredded cheese tastes much better and makes for better nachos.
After the cheese, you can then layer more chips over the melted cheese/baked base and repeat with the beans, meat and cheese sequence until the pan or tray is stacked to your liking.
Then place the nachos in the oven and bake the nachos at 375 F for 8 minutes to 10 minutes until the cheese is bubbling and also melted completely throughout.
After the nachos are done in the oven and the cheese is melted, you can then add cold toppings like vegetables such as pickled jalapenos, jalapeno peppers, olives, diced onions, Pico de gallo.
You can also add some guacamole and sour cream or a drizzle of liquid cheese sauce. crema.
Salsa also goes well with nachos or even sprinkle on a bit of hot sauce.
I also like to add a bit of broken up bacon slices to my nachos and even sometimes pour a bit of bacon grease over the nachos after they are done in the oven.
The bacon and bacon grease goes really well with the nachos and adds a great flavor as well.