It was our last day in Toronto and we decided to take the long ride from our hotel by the airport into town for one last shot at what could be the best plate of nachos in Canada. I wasn't ready to say that the Beertown nachos were the best on our trip or that the Snooty Fox in Fredericton were the best in Canada. I was ready to have my mind blown and when it's your last day in a big city, you have to make it count. I wanted these nachos to be on my mind while we are trying to land in foggy Saint John and then rushing to work immediately after landing with my ears still plugged up from the plane. Plus, who knows when we will be in Toronto again? It's between Toronto or Quebec City for our fall marathon next year. They are doing a battle in my mind. We went to Squirly's because the editor did some research and saw that Squirly's might be good. This restaurant had previously closed their doors after 36 years and recently re-opened to be Squirly's 2.0. How were t...
There is one entry that had yet to be in the blog and that was an entry for my own nachos. I have had the following question a couple of times:
-Do you make your own nachos since you have rated everyone else's?
My answer was always "hahaha no I just rate other people's nachos and have never made my own". I will add that I have put cheese on chips and microwaved them for a quick nacho fix, but I never made the homemade nacho experience happen on my own.
Lately I have been trying to cook some food from around the world: chicken tortilla soup, lime soup, chicken afritada, arepas, etc., so I really thought that in the spirit of stepping out of my comfort zone with cooking, it would be only fitting to make my own nachos and add them to the blog.
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| The Nacho Blogger's Nachos - December 2021 |
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| The Nacho Blogger's Nachos - December 2021 |
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| The Nacho Blogger's Nachos - December 2021 |
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| Homemade guacamole on the side |
There I was...in the kitchen all set to put every experience together with the goal of making some excellent nachos. I used ground beef, Que Pasa chips, tomato, cilantro, and Tex Mex cheese. I cooked the ground beef and the vegetables at around the same time. I had the nachos in the oven for 10 minutes and 30 seconds after cooking the vegetables and the ground beef.
I took the first layer and sprinkled some cajun spice on the chips, added all the toppings, and did the same thing with the second layer. I pretty much used the whole package of Tex Mex cheese to make sure it was a very cheesy nacho dish. After 11 minutes, the result was that the nachos were cooked all the way through and there was cheese on every chip. I also made some homemade guacamole to put on the side for some dipping! I enjoyed them and the editor enjoyed them as well!
Some good opportunities would be to put a little more cilantro and tomatoes on them. I would also like to add peppers, refried beans and sour cream (on the side), black olives, and jalapeños. I would also like use steak pieces for the beef instead of ground beef! Finally, I think I have to take it easy on the quantity because we had these at lunch and were not hungry for supper!
I am not grading my own nachos lol
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