Nachos

Recipes / Vegetarian

This easy nachos recipe is loaded with fresh veggies and spices. It uses pita bread to serve this fabulous Mexican feast.

Recipe «Nachos» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 4 large wholemeal pita bread, 1/2 onion, chopped, 1/2 red capsicum, seeded, sliced, 400g can kidney beans, rinsed and drained, 1/4 tsp ground cumin , 1 long red chilli, seeded and finely chopped, 2 tbsp salt-reduced tomato paste, salt and cracked black pepper , 1 cup low-fat grated Tasty cheese, 3 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped, 2 tsp finely chopped coriander, 2 avocadoes, mashed, 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream.

Ingredients:

  • 4 large wholemeal pita bread 
  • 1/2 onion, chopped 
  • 1/2 red capsicum, seeded, sliced 
  • 400g can kidney beans, rinsed and drained 
  • 1/4 tsp ground cumin 
  • 1 long red chilli, seeded and finely chopped 
  • 2 tbsp salt-reduced tomato paste 
  • salt and cracked black pepper 
  • 1 cup low-fat grated Tasty cheese 
  • 3 roma tomatoes, seeded and chopped 
  • 2 tsp finely chopped coriander 
  • 2 avocadoes, mashed 
  • 1/2 cup low-fat sour cream 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Tear the pita bread into large pieces and place on a baking tray. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until crisp. Remove and set aside.
  2. Heat a saucepan over medium heat and spray with oil spray. Add the onion and capsicum and cook for 3-4 minutes until softened. Add the kidney beans, cumin, chilli, tomato paste and 1/2 cup (125ml) water. Simmer for 5 minutes or until most of the liquid has reduced. Remove from the heat.
  3. Spread the pita pieces on a large heatproof serving plate. Top with the kidney bean mix, then sprinkle with the cheese. Bake for 5 minutes or until cheese has melted.
  4. Meanwhile mix the chopped tomatoes with the coriander and set aside.
  5. Serve the nachos topped with tomato and coriander, mashed avocado and sour cream. Serve immediately.