Epic, incredibly tasty, and made in just one pan — these oil-free nachos are a healthier take on a party classic. With a rich lentil bolognese-style sauce, creamy cashew queso, and all your favourite toppings, this makes a brilliant shared dish that’s easy to prepare and full of flavour.
Takes 20 minutesminutes
Serves 3
Ingredients
For the Sauce:
1large bunch spring onionsscallions
400gtin kidney beansdrained and rinsed
400gtin cooked lentilsdrained and rinsed
2x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
30ml2 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
15ml1 tbsp maple syrup
8g1 tbsp cumin seeds
8g1 tbsp smoked paprika
8g1 tbsp ground cumin
Salt and black pepper to taste
For the Quick Cashew Cheese (Queso):
175gabout 1 cup cashew nuts
2.5g1 tsp garlic powder
15mlabout 1 tbsp lemon juice (juice of ½ lemon)
2.5g½ tsp salt
2.5g½ tsp black pepper
175mlabout ¾ cup water
To Finish:
200gabout 7 cups corn chips
1ripe avocado
30mljuice of 1 lime
15gfresh coriandercilantro, roughly chopped
1red chillithinly sliced
A few spoonfuls of pickled red onions or chipotle chillies
Instructions
Preheat the oven: Set the oven to 200°C (392°F).
Prepare the sauce: Finely slice the spring onions. In a large casserole dish, combine the sliced spring onions, kidney beans, lentils, chopped tomatoes, tamari, maple syrup, cumin seeds, smoked paprika, and ground cumin. Season with salt and black pepper. Mix well and bake for 15 minutes.
Make the cashew cheese: While the sauce is baking, blend the cashew nuts, garlic powder, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, and water in a blender or food processor until silky smooth.
Prepare the toppings: Peel and thinly slice the avocado. Roughly chop the coriander and thinly slice the red chilli.
Assemble the nachos: Remove the sauce from the oven and stir in half of the corn chips. Drizzle over some of the cashew cheese. Top with sliced avocado, lime juice, sliced red chilli, chopped coriander, and a few spoonfuls of pickled red onions or chipotle chillies.
Serve: Serve immediately and enjoy this one-pan feast while still warm!
So lovely to hear and wow, hats off to your 10 year old! We love keeping things simple and tasty. Great idea on a book for speedy recipes… you never know what might be next 😉 Thanks so much for the support!💚
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Love this one. Great flavours and so easy, my 10yo made it! Wish you had a book for these speedy, easy recipes, I have other books of yoursni love!
So lovely to hear and wow, hats off to your 10 year old! We love keeping things simple and tasty. Great idea on a book for speedy recipes… you never know what might be next 😉 Thanks so much for the support!💚