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Loaded Beef Nachos

Loaded Beef Nachos (Low Sodium)
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SODIUM COUNT: 290 mg per serving; 1157 mg in the entire recipe

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 8 ounce bag of no salt added corn tortilla chips*

Meat topping

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • ½ medium onion ((minced))
  • 1 15 ounce can no salt added black beans ((rinsed and drained))
  • 1 Tbsp unsalted chili powder
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp oregano
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 1 ½ tsp cumin
  • Ground black pepper ((to taste))

Cheese Sauce

  • 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
  • 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 ounces pepper jack cheese** ((grated))

Optional toppings***

  • Avocado
  • Tomato
  • Lettuce
  • Jalapenos
  • Diced peppers
  • Fresh pico de gallo
  • Fresh cilantro
  • Sour cream
  • Your favorite low-salt hot sauce

Instructions

Meat mixture

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the burger and minced onion and cook until the meat completely cooked through. Drain off the fat and place the meat back into the skillet along with the black beans and spices. Cook for an additional 3-5 minutes to allow the spices to cook into the food a bit. Keep warm until ready to use.

Cheese Sauce

  1. In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and let cook for about a minute.
  2. Slowly add the milk, about 2-4 tablespoons at a time, stirring very well after each addition. Make sure that you get into the corners of the pan when you stir so that no lumps remain.
  3. Once you’ve added all the milk, continue to cook until the mixture just begins to simmer, stirring frequently. As soon as it simmers, remove from heat and stir in the cheese. Once the cheese has melted, the sauce is ready.

Assembly

  1. Place two ounces unsalted chips on each plate. Top the chips with the meat mixture, and drizzle on the cheese sauce. Top with any other optional toppings that you like.
  2. Note that you can assemble these on a sheet pan to keep things simple, but I would only advise doing so if you have a group who will eat the nachos in one sitting. The chips will get soggy if they are left assembled for too long.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION – Yield: 4 servings

Sodium: 289.2 mg, Calories: 704.8, Total Fat: 33.4 g, Saturated Fat: 12.2 g, Cholesterol: 108.8 mg, Carbohydrates: 60.9 g, Fiber: 10.4 g, Sugar: 0.6 g, Protein: 39.8 g.

* I use Garden of Eatin’ No Salt Added Blue Chips, which have 10 mg sodium per ounce. 

** For nutritional information we used Tillamook pepper jack, which has 210 mg sodium per ounce.

*** Optional toppings are not included in the nutritional information. Many of the items listed contain little to no sodium.

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