Nacho Abuelitos Grilled Cheese
- Level: Easy
- Total: 40 min
- Active: 40 min
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 pound ground fresh Mexican chorizo
8 slices good quality white bread, such as Arnold Country White Sliced
8 ounces shredded Chihuahua cheese
1/2 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup pickled jalapenos, sliced
4 tablespoons salted butter, softened
Restaurant-style tortilla chips, such as Donkey corn tortilla chips
Honey Chipotle Crema, recipe follows
Honey Chipotle Crema:
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1 tablespoon honey or agave
1 chipotle pepper in adobo, minced
1/2 lime, juiced
Kosher salt and pepper
Kosher salt and pepper
Directions
- In a large skillet, heat the vegetable oil and brown the chorizo over medium heat until cooked through, about 8 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, scoop out the chorizo, and move to a paper-towel-lined plate. Set aside.
- In between two pieces of bread, layer the cheese, chorizo, olives, jalapenos and then another layer of cheese. Add some butter to the griddle over medium-low heat, and place the sandwich on the griddle. Add more butter to the top of the bread and cover with a metal bowl until golden on the outside and gooey in the middle, 5 minutes per side. Open the sandwich and place a few tortilla chips inside, then close again.
- Cut into quarters, serve with a side of Honey Chipotle Crema, and be prepared to never eat conventional nachos again.
Honey Chipotle Crema:
- Mix the sour cream, cilantro, honey, chipotle pepper, lime juice and some salt and pepper together, and set aside.
