More than just a snack, these Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos make the best of what you have on hand and are great for sharing. Try them for your next get-together, gameday gathering, or an easy low-cook-no-stress weekend dinner with a salad or side of veggies, if you’d like.
This post was originally published on December 10th, 2019. Updated on February 8th, 2022.
Use what you’ve got.
Leftover cooked chicken, carnitas, or taco meat? Fantastic, toss them in the pan. Random cheeses in the fridge? Great, shred them up. A couple of less-than-perfect avocados on the counter? Sweet, cut out the bad spots and mash them with some garlic, lime juice, and salt. You get the idea. Use what you’ve got on hand and don’t worry about following a recipe. This is what cooking is all about – experimenting with tastes and textures and learning to improvise.
The best part is that you can make them amazing with just about any topping or bits of leftovers you have on hand. If you’re in a DIY mood you can make your own sweet potato chips in the oven or an air fryer or you can grab a bag of two of your favorite sweet potato chips and take the fast track to nacho town.
Ingredients for Making Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos:
- Leftover chicken or taco meat (try our Easy Instant Pot Shredded Chicken, The Perfect Chicken Breast, or our Homemade Taco Seasoning if you need a recipe)
- Canned black beans (drained and rinsed) or refried beans
- Shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
- Salsa -one of our favorites is salsa verde – whatever you don’t use here you can use to make this Slow Cooker Chicken Chile Verde!
- All the Toppings: Diced tomatoes, fresh cilantro, green onions, sliced jalapenos, black olives, diced avocado or the best homemade guacamole
How To make Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos
The ultimate game day or movie night snack is just minutes away when you start with a bag of prepared sweet potato chips (these are some of our favorites: Jackson’s Chips, Thrive Market, Terra Chips).
- Preheat the oven to 375℉.
- Layer ½ of the sweet potato chips onto a baking sheet or or large casserole dish.
- Top with ½ of the chicken or taco meat, beans, and cheese.
- Repeat with this layer, ending with cheese on top. Place baking sheet or dish into the oven and bake 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Remove pan from oven, add salsa, diced tomatoes, sliced or diced onions, chopped cilantro, avocado or guacamole, sour cream, etc.
- Serve with optional lime wedges.
What are you waiting for?
The answer should be, “nothing” but we get it if you need to run to the store to pick up a few items. Just do it quickly because you really need to make these Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos. And then invite some friends over to enjoy them. Don’t worry if your house is messy, theirs probably is too. The point is that you don’t worry about making them perfect, you just make them. Then enjoy them together.
Loaded Sweet Potato Nachos
A bed of crunchy sweet potato chips get topped with a handful of toppings (whatever you have on hand is fair game!)
Ingredients
- 1 (5-6 ounce) bag sweet potato chips
- 4–6 ounces shredded, cooked chicken or taco meat
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheese (such as cheddar, Monterey jack, pepper jack, a Mexican-inspired blend or mozzarella)
- ½ cup black or pinto beans, drained and rinsed
- For Topping: Fresh cilantro, diced tomatoes, salsa, sliced green onions, diced red onion or bell pepper, black olives, diced avocado or guacamole, sour cream, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉.
- Layer ½ of the sweet potato chips onto a baking sheet or or large casserole dish.
- Top with ½ of the chicken or taco meat, beans, and cheese.
- Repeat with this layer, ending with cheese on top. Place baking sheet or dish into the oven and bake 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Remove pan from oven, add salsa, diced tomatoes, sliced or diced onions, chopped cilantro, avocado or guacamole, sour cream, etc.
- Serve with optional lime wedges.
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Notes
Nutrition information varies depending on the toppings used. We recommend using a nutrition calculator such as My Fitness Pal to determine the nutrition information using your toppings of choice.
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Could you make this on a grill?
Hi, we have never tested this recipe on the grill so we can’t say for sure about the timing and temp, but let us know if you try that method!