These Nachos come together in 30 minutes. Make the nut-free Nacho cheese sauce in 10 mins,spice up beans, prepare the toppings, layer and serve.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 15 minutes
  • Cook time: 30 minutes
  • Total time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 3
  • Category: Snack
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

For the Black Beans

  • 1 tsp organic canola (or safflower oil)
  • 2 cloves of garlic (chopped)
  • 1/2 cup chopped tomato
  • 1/2 tsp chipotle pepper powder
  • 1/4 tsp cumin powder
  • 1/4 to 1/2 tsp salt
  • 15 oz can black beans (drained and rinsed ot 1.5 cups cooked black or pinto beans)
  • 2 Tbsp water

For the Nut-free Nacho Cheese sauce

  • 1.5 cups non dairy milk
  • 2 Tbsp chickpea flour (or other flour like unbleached white)
  • 1 Tbsp cornstarch (or arrowroot starch)
  • 1/2 tsp mustard powder
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder or paste (or 1 small clove)
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/4 tsp chipotle pepper powder
  • 1/2 tsp paprika or smoked paprika
  • 1/4 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 Tbsp pickled jalapeno (or 1 tsp fresh jalapeno)
  • 3 Tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 2 -3 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 Tbsp chopped tomato (or chunky salsa)
  • 1/4 tsp turmeric (optional for color)
  • 1/2 tsp salt or to taste

For the Nachos

  • Tortilla Chips
  • Spiced Black Beans (Recipe Above or Refried Pinto Beans)
  • Nacho Cheese Sauce (Recipe Above)
  • pico de gallo or any chunky salsa
  • guacamole (or mashed avocado mixed with lime juice and salt)
  • fresh or pickled jalapeno slices (cilantro and hot sauce (optional))

Method

Make The Beans

  1. Heat oil in a skillet at medium heat. Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Mash some of the beans. Taste and adjust salt and spice.

Make the Nacho Cheese Sauce

  1. Blend everything in a blender until smooth. Pour into skillet at medium heat. Keep stirring and cook for 5 to 6 minutes so the flour gets cooked through. The mixture will thicken to smooth sauce.
  2. Carefully taste. Add more salt or spice(chipotle pepper), or lemon juice or vinegar for sour. Use immediately on Nachos.

Make the Nachos

  1. Warm the tortilla chips in the oven for 5 minutes.
  2. Layer the chips, beans, nacho cheese sauce, salsa/pico de gallo, another layer of chips, cheese sauce, salsa, then guacamole or mashed avocado, fresh or pickled jalapeno and serve. Add a drizzle of vegan sour cream (optional).

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.