CTM Nachos

JohnInCarolina

I’ve been jonesing to do some nachos for awhile now.  @Legume has been bugging me to give nachos on the Roccbox a try for awhile, and it sounded great to me.  Have also seen some great nacho cooks here of late.

We had some leftover tikka masala sauce from the pizzas I made this weekend, and this afternoon it occurred to me that chicken tikka masala nachos was an experiment that needed to be tried.  Of course I texted @caliking and asked what he thought, and I swear he damn near jumped on a plane to RDU.  I think he was only stopped by having to connect through ATL.  

Anywho.... Ashish said hey, if he were to do them, he’d throw on a relish made from red onion, thai chiles, cilantro, lime juice, and a pinch of cayenne.  Sounds great to me I said - I’m stealing that!

I put down a first layer of chips, mozz, and masala sauce, and into the RB it went.  The flame was low and the oven was around 450F:



After those came out (maybe after 5 min tops), I put on the second layer with more chips, cheese, grilled chicken strips, some Nduja, and more tikka masala sauce:

Into the RB again they went, then I topped them with the relish:




I didn’t have Thai chiles so I used jalapeños.

These were pretty awesome.  Flavors are incredible together.  I’m not 100% convinced the RB is the best tool to cook these, but I’ll be trying these again for sure.

GrateEggspectations

Yup. Some good eatin’ there. 

My only question: was puking on the second layer your own idea, or were you inspired by another recipe?

Please don’t ever correct that typo, btw. 

Legume

Dude.

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

Yup. Some good eatin’ there. 

My only question: was puking on the second layer your own idea, or were you inspired by another recipe?

Please don’t ever correct that typo, btw. 

Lol.  That’s the way I’ve always done nachos.

TEXASBGE2018

Nothing special for national nacho day but 2 picky little tex’s will eat them. 

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Yup. Some good eatin’ there. 

My only question: was puking on the second layer your own idea, or were you inspired by another recipe?

Please don’t ever correct that typo, btw. 

Lol.  That’s the way I’ve always done nachos.

How could you!? Damn that blasted edit function!

JohnInCarolina

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Yup. Some good eatin’ there. 

My only question: was puking on the second layer your own idea, or were you inspired by another recipe?

Please don’t ever correct that typo, btw. 

Lol.  That’s the way I’ve always done nachos.

How could you!? Damn that blasted edit function!

I have no idea what you’re talking about

caliking

Goddaamn. Those do make me wanna jump on a plane! Strong work, man. 

And if if you have any CTM sauce left over... sammiches. Even better if you have homemade bread. You’re welcome. 

CtTOPGUN

 You make the nduja or purchase at specialty store?

tarheelmatt

YukonRon

I am so freakin' hungry.
Looks killer John, love those nachos.

JohnInCarolina

CtTOPGUN said:

 You make the nduja or purchase at specialty store?

Purchased at Harris Teeter.

bgebrent

Looks almost as good as the nachos served in the ATL airport John.  Nice effort.

Dyal_SC

Unconventional Nachos!!  Love everything about this.  Well done, sir! Looks awesome. 

thetrim

Puking on your nachos sounds pretty nasty to me???  

 But, Those look amazing.   

Great way way to celebrate National Nacho day.   

Photo Egg

JohnInCarolina said:

I’ve been jonesing to do some nachos for awhile now.  @Legume has been bugging me to give nachos on the Roccbox a try for awhile, and it sounded great to me.  Have also seen some great nacho cooks here of late.

We had some leftover tikka masala sauce from the pizzas I made this weekend, and this afternoon it occurred to me that chicken tikka masala nachos was an experiment that needed to be tried.  Of course I texted @caliking and asked what he thought, and I swear he damn near jumped on a plane to RDU.  I think he was only stopped by having to connect through ATL.  

Anywho.... Ashish said hey, if he were to do them, he’d throw on a relish made from red onion, thai chiles, cilantro, lime juice, and a pinch of cayenne.  Sounds great to me I said - I’m stealing that!

I put down a first layer of chips, mozz, and masala sauce, and into the RB it went.  The flame was low and the oven was around 450F:



After those came out (maybe after 5 min tops), I put on the second layer with more chips, cheese, grilled chicken strips, some Nduja, and more tikka masala sauce:

Into the RB again they went, then I topped them with the relish:




I didn’t have Thai chiles so I used jalapeños.

These were pretty awesome.  Flavors are incredible together.  I’m not 100% convinced the RB is the best tool to cook these, but I’ll be trying these again for sure.

Looks fantastic...Do you think a pan with no handle would work better so it could be rotated 180?
Maybe a higher moisture cheese?
But these have got to be 9 out of 10 at worst. Got to find something to eat now!

JohnInCarolina

Photo Egg said:

JohnInCarolina said:

I’ve been jonesing to do some nachos for awhile now.  @Legume has been bugging me to give nachos on the Roccbox a try for awhile, and it sounded great to me.  Have also seen some great nacho cooks here of late.

We had some leftover tikka masala sauce from the pizzas I made this weekend, and this afternoon it occurred to me that chicken tikka masala nachos was an experiment that needed to be tried.  Of course I texted @caliking and asked what he thought, and I swear he damn near jumped on a plane to RDU.  I think he was only stopped by having to connect through ATL.  

Anywho.... Ashish said hey, if he were to do them, he’d throw on a relish made from red onion, thai chiles, cilantro, lime juice, and a pinch of cayenne.  Sounds great to me I said - I’m stealing that!

I put down a first layer of chips, mozz, and masala sauce, and into the RB it went.  The flame was low and the oven was around 450F:



After those came out (maybe after 5 min tops), I put on the second layer with more chips, cheese, grilled chicken strips, some Nduja, and more tikka masala sauce:

Into the RB again they went, then I topped them with the relish:




I didn’t have Thai chiles so I used jalapeños.

These were pretty awesome.  Flavors are incredible together.  I’m not 100% convinced the RB is the best tool to cook these, but I’ll be trying these again for sure.

Looks fantastic...Do you think a pan with no handle would work better so it could be rotated 180?
Maybe a higher moisture cheese?
But these have got to be 9 out of 10 at worst. Got to find something to eat now!

Darian - thanks!  For sure a pan without a handle would’ve worked better.  And probably if I played more with the temp too.  Next time I’ll probably just try them on the BGE.

thetrim

Could you use a crawfish stirrer to place it in and take it out of the roccbox?

mlc2013

I can now never look at my nachos with pride again   THANKS!!!

JohnnyTarheel

Primo nachos my favorite Dookie! 

bgebrent

ATL airport nachos look better. Just sayin. 

theyolksonyou

Popeyes serves nachos?

bgebrent

theyolksonyou said:

Popeyes serves nachos?

Better than Johns barf dressed nachos. According to an airport insider. 

JohnInCarolina

bgebrent said:

ATL airport nachos look better. Just sayin. 

Is that before or after you pick them out of the trash?