Pizza Nachos Let You Have Your Two Favorite Foods at Once

By Tanner Saunders
Food Steez

“P-I-Z-Z-A, GIMME PIZZA!” sang Mary-Kate and Ashley in the 1995 (probably) hit straight-to-VHS film You’re Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley’s Sleepover Party. They were right, but also, they were missing a key food item in their melody: nachos. Now you can have both by creating delectable pizza nachos. But this dish is way more than just cheese and pepperoni on some chips -- it's a god damn topping party. Garlic cream sauce? Put it on the pizza nachos! Green bell peppers? Put it on the pizza nachos! Pepperoni... You probably get it.

Pizza Nachos

Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: Serves 4

INGREDIENTS:
  • 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1⁄2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
  • 1⁄4 cup 2% milk
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch cracked black pepper
  • 1 pinch red pepper flakes
  • 1⁄4 cups Parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1 bag of your favorite tortilla chips
  • 1⁄4 cup onion, diced
  • 1⁄2 cup pepperoni, cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1⁄2 cups black olives, sliced
  • 1⁄2 of a green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 cup colby jack cheese, shredded
DIRECTIONS:
  • Preheat oven to 400F.
  • Make your garlic cream sauce: Melt the butter in a large sauce pan and add the olive oil to the pan. Once the butter is melted add in the minced garlic and make sure the heat is at medium to medium-high. Add in the cream and milk and stir to combine. Keep stirring until the mixture comes to a boil. Toss in the salt, pepper, and chili flakes. Then add in the Parmesan cheese and continue stirring. Once the sauce thickens, this will happen quickly, remove from the heat and set aside.
  • Grab a small cast iron skillet or a cookie sheet. Cover it with a layer of chips.
  • Drizzle the chips with ½ a cup of the garlic cream sauce.
  • Top with onions, pepperoni, black olives, green pepper. Don’t be shy about going heavy on the toppings.
  • Cover the chips and the toppings with the colby jack cheese.
  • Put the tray in the oven and bake until the cheese is melted and bubbly, about five to seven minutes. Let it cool and then revel in your good life decision.


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