Burn up your summer time zucchini and whip up this straightforward, tacky BBQ hen zucchini nachos recipe! They make for an amazing celebration appetizer or a fast, wholesome dinner!
I initially posted this recipe again in 2018 with the assistance of my candy buddy Kristy Denney. She is the most effective and at all times has the most effective wholesome dinner concepts! Since then, I’ve modified the recipe a bit, added a couple of extra toppings, and they’re higher than ever. Zucchini nachos are the right method to make use of up your summer time squash and take pleasure in a barely more healthy model of nachos. As a result of truthfully, who doesn’t love nachos?!
I really like good meals however I find it irresistible much more when it’s straightforward and wholesome…or not less than healthy-ish! These could be a nice game-day or celebration app, a fast lunch for mother (simply make a smaller model), or make an enormous pan for dinner for the household! Straightforward, tacky, good!
All you actually want is a couple of zucchinis and a few cheese to make zucchini nachos, however why cease there when you may load them up with BBQ hen, black beans, grilled corn, tomatoes, and so on.? Right here is the complete elements checklist:
- Zucchinis – picked contemporary from the backyard or purchased from the grocery retailer
- Olive Oil – helps prepare dinner the zucchini on the grill and retains them from sticking
- Salt and Pepper – provides taste
- Garlic Salt – provides taste to the zucchini
- Chicken – you should utilize rotisserie hen, grill your personal hen, or use canned hen
- BBQ Sauce – decide your favourite BBQ sauce or make your personal
- Monterey Jack Cheese – we love monterey jack for nachos, however you might use no matter cheese you need
- Bleu Cheese Crumbles – we love the creamy umami burst the bleu cheese crumbles add, and they’re completely non-obligatory you probably have bleu cheese haters in the home
- Black Beans – drain and rinse the beans in order that they don’t add any moisture to the nachos
- Grilled Corn – you may grill your personal corn on the cob or purchase grilled corn from the shop
- Tomato – okay, I do know there aren’t tomatoes in these photographs, however I really like some diced tomatoes on prime
- Pickled Onions – these are fast and simple to make and add the most effective burst of taste
- Pink Onions – diced and sprinkled on prime
- Bleu Cheese Dressing – I’ve linked to our do-it-yourself dressing, however you might additionally purchase your favourite model
The measurements for every ingredient will be discovered within the recipe card on the finish of this submit. You may as well add to or change the toppings to your liking.
Learn how to Make Zucchini Nachos
Zucchini nachos are so loopy straightforward to make. Even this tacky bbq hen zucchini nachos recipe! We prefer to grill the sliced zucchini first and pile them up with the toppings and stick them within the oven for a couple of minutes to soften the cheese and get all the things crispy.
Can You Make Zucchini Nachos Forward of Time?
You’ll be able to definitely save a bit time whipping up these BBQ Hen Zucchini Nachos through the use of pre-cooked and shredded rotisserie hen or the shredded, canned hen from Costco. No disgrace in my sport here- I take advantage of that stuff usually. Life is busy, so take all of the shortcuts you need!
It’s not an excellent concept to make zucchini forward of time because it cools shortly and turns mushy.
Additionally, you may preserve these tremendous easy with simply the hen, cheese and blue cheese or you may load them up with much more toppings!
Toppings for Nachos
Perhaps you need to add a bit avocado, jalapenos, or BACON! We preserve them fairly primary so our youngsters usually tend to eat them. However once more, you might additionally simply whip up a few totally different batches to everybody’s likings!
Should you’re anxious concerning the youngsters not likely loving these nachos, you may first attempt cooking a portion of the zucchini with just a bit little bit of cheese on them, and serve the bbq hen individually for the children. Or, these will be an adults solely nacho celebration and you can also make the children their very own model with common tortilla chips!
Tip: Strive making these nachos with our Carolina-Style BBQ Sauce!
Can Zucchini Be Frozen?
This seems to be like such a easy meal to slice up, freeze and throw within the oven at any time, nonetheless it actually doesn’t freeze properly. There’s an excessive amount of water in squash to freeze it except it’s a butternut squash or shredded zucchini, however even then it will get a bit loopy to attempt due to all that water.
Alright, now inform me are you guys doing together with your summer time zucchini? Will you dish your favourite recipes ’trigger I’m on a zucchini kick!
Wholesome nachos…I wager you by no means thought there may very well be such a factor! This tacky BBQ hen zucchini nachos recipe is my new favourite method to make use of up all of the zucchini we’re getting from the backyard. And the bonus is that the children love them!
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Description
Take pleasure in nachos with these Tacky BBQ Hen Zucchini Nachos! It is a wholesome dinner concept that the children will love simply as a lot because the adults!
- 3 Zucchinis, medium to massive
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil, additional virgin
- Salt + Pepper, to style
- 1/4 teaspoon Garlic Salt
- 12 oz Chicken, I want to make use of rotisserie hen or the grilled hen I’ve linked to right here
- 1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce, plus additional for drizzling excessive
- 3/4 Cup Cheese, shredded Mexican or Monterey Jack
- 1/3 Cup Bleu Cheese Crumbles
- 1 Can Black Beans , drained
- 1 Ear Grilled Corn, or 1 cup frozen grilled corn (most shops, even costco and dealer joes at the moment are promoting this)
- 1 Massive Tomato, diced, *non-obligatory
- Pickled Onions
- 1 Tablespoon Pink Onion, minced
- Bleu Cheese Dressing
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Preheat oven to 425 and warmth up the grill to medium excessive warmth.
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Rinse and dry the zucchini. Slice into 1/4 inch rounds. Place in a medium bowl and toss with olive oil, a splash of salt and pepper, and garlic salt.
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Grill till grill marks seem, flip and grill once more, about 3 minutes per aspect. Take away to a cookie sheet.
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In one other bowl, mix the hen and barbecue sauce till sauce is evenly distributed.
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Take away the zucchini chips from oven. Cowl with shredded cheese, the bbq hen, then prime with blue cheese crumbles, black beans, diced tomatoes and grilled corn.
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Place within the oven for 7-10 minutes or till the cheese is melted. I like to show my oven to broil for one final minute to get the cheese good and bubbly!
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Take away from oven and serve with a further drizzle of bbq sauce and bleu cheese dressing and sprinkle with the diced tomatoes, onions and cilantro!
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Be at liberty to fancy ’em up with every other toppings you could have readily available: avocado, inexperienced onion, chopped lettuce.
Retailer any left overs within the fridge.
Energy: 322kcal
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