i made these nachos for sunday nights super bowl. the photo does not do them justice, they actually looked better in person - and i am not a photographer, so there. as cheesy and decadent as they look, they really weren't over the top fatty. seriously. i bought this 4oz. block of queso melt at whole foods, shredded it and mixed it with some milk and got this fabulous cheese dip. truth is, i wish i had bought two packages of cheese. the queso didn't ooze all the way down to the bottom of the pile, like i hoped it would. i was going to top these babies with avocado, diced tomato, jalapeno, black beans, sour cream, cilantro, etc. but at the last minute (and because i just didn't want to go through the trouble), i decided to keep it simple. sometimes simple is best. (but, not in this case - they would have been over the top with the extras!). i grilled one onion, one green pepper and at the last minute threw in some frozen corn. put all that aside and in the smae pan grilled a sirloin, just salt and pepper. for the chicken, however, i did marinate it overnight in a wonderful marinade. in a food processor i added two chipotle peppers, 3 gloves of garlic, the juice of one lime and olive oil. mixed it all together and threw everything in a zip lock bag overnight. the flavor was outstanding. i bought blue corn chips and topped one side with chicken and the other with beef. there wasn't a crumb left over.
