25 Best Skillet Nachos Recipes for Every Occasion

Nachos are an all-time favorite and always will be. Nachos generally consist of tortilla chips, ground beef, salsa, shredded cheese. Other toppings are optional, and there are variations of nachos even when it comes to skillet nachos. The following include many, different types of very tasty and nutritional skillet nachos:

1. Taste of Nachos Skillet Nachos

With the Taste of Nachos skillet nachos, you can add other toppings, like sour cream, lime wedges, and shredded lettuce. You can add any combination of these toppings to the usual ingredients.

Cook the ground beef on medium heat in a large skillet. Once the beef is fully cooked, you will chop it up until it’s crumbly and drain off the grease. Other than that, you will stir in different toppings, cook other toppings for a few to 30 minutes, depending on the topping. Then, let it stand for a moment, and serve.

 

2. Steak & Blue Cheese Nachos

This tasty nacho dish will make any mouth water. With this video brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing and Kettle Brand, this scrumptious dish’s unique ingredients are bacon, shallots, jalapenos, garlic, sirloin, cajun seasoning, pepper jack, and parmesan. They also used cream cheese, half & half, and Trail beer to make the cheese sauce.

 

3. Betty Crocker Skillet Nachos-Vegetarian

Vegetarians can also enjoy flavorful nachos. And with this recipe brought to you by Betty Crocker, you know you are in for a special treat. Many of the regular ingredients are included, with the exception of meat. Other than that, some of the unique ingredients include a small zucchini, green pepper, and chili beans. And if desired, you can add sliced ripe olives.

 

4. Easy Campfire Nachos

Video provided by Lone Crow Adventures, this lady used two cast iron skillets. One is used to brown the ground beef that has taco seasoning and the other one is used to cook orange pepper, onions, and other vegetables. After sauteeing and removing from the heat, she mixed the veggies and ground beef. She also added shredded cheese and salsa.

 

5. Keto Skillet Steak Nachos

This dish is a perfect and easily prepared dinner that you can prepare quickly. The ingredients for these nachos are as follows: Steak, butter, ground cumin, garlic powder, chili powder, salt, pepper, Mexican blend shredded cheese, jalapenos, and cilantro. These nachos also have pico de Gallo salsa, sliced, green onions, and slices of fresh avocado.

 

6. Loaded Beef Skillet Nachos

In the video provided by This Farm Wife Cooks, the cook prepared this dish by browning the ground beef halfway and adding diced onions and peppers. Then, she drained it, mixed in all the other ingredients except for tortilla chips, and cooked it on low for five minutes.

Afterward, she used another cast iron skillet with a little olive oil and interchangeably layered crumpled tortilla chips meat mixture and cheese. She then cooked for 10 to 15 minutes in a 350-degree oven and viola!

 

7. Quick Skillet Cheesy Fajita Nachos

You can make this dish and have it on the table in less than 30 minutes. Besides the usual ingredients, this dish has a full range of various seasonings, herbs, vegetables, and more. You also have the option to add other toppings, such as olives, cilantro, and sour cream.

 

8. Skillet BBQ Nachos

If you love barbeque and nachos, what better way to enjoy both at the same time than skillet barbeque nachos? It only takes 10 minutes to prepare this meal and seven minutes to cook. Just preheat the BBQ on medium heat and interchangeably place the chips and cheese in the cast iron skillet. Then, you prepare as instructed with the other toppings and garnish.

 

9. Green Chorizo Skillet Nachos by Rachel

This video was brought to you by the Rachel Ray Show. She stated that the first thing to do in preparing this meal is to chill Chorizo at least overnight. She also stated that you can use turkey or chicken, but she used pork.

To make these nachos, she had the spiced sausage made with peppers and tomatoes. She also topped the warmed tortilla chips from the oven with a creamy spicy queso sauce and more.

 

10. Skillet Nachos by the Food.com- Vegetarian

If you are a vegetarian, this is another tasty nacho dish for you, and it only takes 17 minutes to create. The ingredients for this dish include a tablespoon of olive oil, a cup of chopped green bell pepper, and a cup of chopped zucchini.

It also consists of a cup of pinto beans in chili sauce and a cup of thick and chunky salsa. Other ingredients include four ounces of tortilla chips and 1 1/2 cups of shredded Monterey jack cheese. And if you want, you can add sliced ripe olives.

 

11. 15-Minute Skillet Nachos Recipe- Vegetarian

This is another tasty nacho meal for vegetarians, and it only takes 15 minutes to make. Furthermore, you don’t have to go to the supermarket to get the ingredients.

The recipe for this meal was brought by SideChef where you can also find and shop for the ingredients for this recipe. Otherwise, the instructions to prepare this meal are basically just layering the ingredients in which some ingredients must be drained.

 

12. Shrimp Skillet Nachos

This is another distinctive type of nachos for those who want to change up the way to make nachos. Also, it only takes 20 minutes to prepare this dish. Besides the usual ingredients, the ingredients for these nachos are extra-large shrimps, a large lime, and as an option, red onions.

 

13. Easy Chicken Skillet Nacho Recipe

If you don’t have ground beef or turkey or you just want an alternative, check out this chicken skillet nacho recipe. It’s an easy recipe, and it only takes 20 minutes to make.

Another distinction about this recipe besides it having chicken is that you’ll use the oven for many ingredients in a skillet. Other than that, the recipe includes layering many of the ingredients in the skillet, putting the skillet in the oven for a few minutes, and topping it off with other ingredients.

 

14. Ground Beef Skillet Nachos

With Ground Beef Skillet Nachos, you’ll only need six ingredients, and it is prepared in 30 minutes. All you need for this meal is ground beef, diced yellow onion, taco seasoning, tortilla chips, and cheddar cheese. However, there are optional toppings you can put on these nachos, like sour cream, avocado, salsa, and diced bell peppers.

 

15. Chicken Skillet Nachos with Avocado Sauce

This dish is not only tasty but it’s also filled with great nutrition. This recipe uses shredded chicken and sweet potato chips along with various veggies, tomato paste, and taco seasoning.

This recipe also has its own specially made avocado sauce and homemade taco seasoning. The avocado sauce ingredients include avocado, cilantro, garlic clove salt, lime juice, water, and paleo mayo. The ingredients for the homemade taco seasoning are salt, chili powder, oregano, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin, thyme, and red pepper flakes.

 

16. Super Nachos by the Food Network and Rachel Ray

With these nachos provided by Rachel Ray on the Food Network, you know you can’t go wrong with this dish. This dish lives up to its name with different types of tortilla chips of different colors or flavors, its specially made Pico de Gallo Salsa, specially made cheese sauce, and more.

 

17. Nachos 4 Ways

Talking about changing things up when making nachos-this video shows four variations of skillet nachos. The four ways are BBQ Cheeseburger Nachos, Buffalo Chicken Nachos, Steak Fajita Nachos, and Pizza Nachos.

Each way is unique when it comes to making each variation, of course. However, after cooking and draining accordingly as well as having toppings available a la carte, you must layer each ingredient in a skillet. Then, you must put it in the oven for 15 minutes at 350 degrees and enjoy.

 

18. Skillet Chili Nachos by Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart always comes through with delicious meals, and this is no different with her Skillet Chili Nachos. It only takes 20 minutes to prepare these nachos, and it includes layering meat with cheese, beans, and tortilla chips. Furthermore, with chili being one of the main ingredients, these nachos recipe only consists of six ingredients.

 

19. Cast-Iron Skillet Nachos- Vegan

Even vegans can enjoy tasty nachos by using vegan shredded cheese by queso. With a cast-iron skillet, the creator layered tortilla chips, vegan shredded cheese, Soyrizo, diced tomatoes, etc. More details can be found on the creator’s website and Instagram, as described in the video.

 

20. Skillet Nachos With Pulled Pork

This recipe is another alternative you can use, if you like, instead of the standard ground beef or ground turkey. You must first roast a pork butt slowly on a grill to make a good serving size of amazing nachos.

Then, you will prepare accordingly with pulled pork, tortilla chips, and other hearty toppings. And if you prefer, you can get smoked pork from a pitmaster or choose veggies or another grilled protein for the pork butt.

 

21. Skillet Loaded Taco Potato Chip Nachos

Who says you have to use tortilla chips, or even Doritos, to make nachos? This recipe uses classic Lays Potato Chips. To make this delicious treat, do the following:

• Put a layer of potato chips with taco beef.
• Sprinkle a generous amount of shredded cheese.
• Put pickled onions and pickled jalapenos on top and add more cheese.
• Warm this dish up in the oven
• Take it out and top it off with pico de Gallo, sour cream, and guacamole

 

22. Super Bowl Nachos Recipe

These nachos are considered some of the best nachos ever by many people. Even the tortilla chips are made by this guy on the video using tortilla shells. He also made his own guacamole, and he added some unique ingredients, such as Fire-Roasted Rotel salt, cayenne pepper, and cumin.

 

23. Baked Hawaiian Skillet Nachos

Many people also consider these Baked Hawaiian Skillet Nachos to be some of the best ones. The ingredients to create this masterpiece include Tostitos Restaurant Style tortilla chips, shredded chicken, smokey BBQ sauce, and chopped pineapple.

Other ingredients include chopped red pepper, chopped red onion, shredded mozzarella cheese, and fresh cilantro or chopped green onion. Take it out and let it stand for five minutes. And as an option, sprinkle with cilantro or green onion.

 

24. Ultimate Veggie Skillet Nachos

This nacho recipe is filled with veggies as well as shredded aged white cheddar cheese. Additionally, it only takes 25 minutes to prepare this dish. The list of ingredients are as follows:

• Large tortilla chips
• Shredded aged white cheddar cheese
• Red bell peppers, diced
• A small red onion, thinly sliced
• A scallion, thinly sliced
• Jalapeño with seeds, sliced
• Pitted black olives, sliced
• Corn kernels
• Sour cream
• Small tomatoes, sliced
• Avocado,
• Cilantro, lime wedges, and Thai basil and lime wedges, for serving

In a cast-iron skillet, you must layer cheese, tortilla chips, corn, jalapeno, red onion, bell peppers, scallion, and black olives. Let it cook at 400 degrees for eight to 10 minutes. Then, remove it and top it off with the rest of the ingredients.

 

25. BBQ Chicken Skillet Nachos

This is another great dish where you’ll have two favorites combined together: BBQ and nachos. This meal only takes 25 minutes to make. After making the chicken mixture, layer the chips with the chicken mixture interchangeably and bake for 15 minutes. Use finely chopped cilantro and a dollop of sour cream for garnish and enjoy!

Summary

Nachos are and always will be an all-time favorite. And with all the variations of nachos, nacho lovers can always change nachos up when they want to. These skillet nachos above prove this sentiment. Whether you are a vegetarian, a vegan, a BBQ lover, or others, there is a choice just right for you and your loved ones.