Tell me how you'd make this delicious, please?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So…you’re not able to just cook ground beef off-site and use it in the recipe? I would be happy with meatless nachos in this scenario, but I wouldn’t call them “loaded”. I’m guessing some portion of your ballpark customers would be not pleased with a vegetarian nacho option.

I can cook ground beef onsite, in our instant pot, but we were just trying to avoid 3 nights of ground beef. I like the idea of veg nacho, but I've already advertised a "loaded beef nacho". I also like the chicken idea, but not sure I'd feel like cooking/shredding the breasts there, so would likely also look to canned meat in that situation too. We're a temp set up snackbar, waiting for our new building, so our license is very limited right now.

You could do pulled pork loaded nachos and sandwiches. Use a crock pot or stove and slow cook the meat on Friday and Saturday, will be easy to use by Sunday.

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Check the local restaurant supply stores for ideas.

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Instant pot carnitas with pulled pork are easy and works on nachos as well.

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Can you shred the chicken in advance? Just heat up with the spices

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^^ never mind-just saw pp regarding off-site cooking

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I would instead do a Frito Chili Pie -- bowl of Fritos, topped with chili, jalapeños and cheese.

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Yeah, skip the meat. More people will be able to eat it.

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Costco sells large shrink wrapped bags of pulled rotisserie chicken.

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I would make the chili meatless on chili night.

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Anonymous wrote:I would make the chili meatless on chili night.

That’s gross.

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No. Just stick with cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:Costco sells large shrink wrapped bags of pulled rotisserie chicken.

This is a better substitute for the ground beef you're trying to avoid. Chicken Tinga, or just chicken in red/green enchilada sauce, would make a great topping for nachos.

Now I want green chile chicken nachos. What is it with this board and the nacho cravings lately?

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Anonymous wrote:Costco sells large shrink wrapped bags of pulled rotisserie chicken.

This a great idea!

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OP here - I felt compelled to let everyone know how this worked out.

TLDR: OMG this was so affordable ($1.25 serving), but more importantly for me right now, easy (can all done @ the park under a portable shade canopy in less than an hour). It was met with rave reviews.

First, let me say I live in Tucson and these people know and enjoy their meats. I usually bring pork carnitas or pulled pork, or smoked chicken, for our league family events and even though I just use ATK recipes, people think I'm some kind of a great cook. I only say this to confirm I'm not someone used to serving subpar meals to the masses.

I gave it a shot, experimenting at home first. I strained the broth, rinsed the meat and used my fingers to shred the chunks. I discarded all the congealed fat and about 1/2 of the fat pieces in the meat then dumped into instapot along with minced onion, powdered garlic, hatch green chilis, rotel, a little taco seasoning, oregano, cumin, lime juice and about a cup of juice from jalepeno slices. I pressure cooked for 8 minutes and quick released the pressure. The meat was a little soft, so the next time, I only cooked for 5 minutes. Then I left it all warming in the instant pot and let the flavors meld. People LOVED it. A big handful of nacho chips, 3 oz meat, about the same amount of nacho cheese, salsa & sour cream for $9 plate. Almost a $1000 in sales. It was gobbled up. True, people are tired and desperate for food while their kids are playing, but people really did comment on how tender and flavorful the meat was and it was a much greater hit than hot dogs and walking tacos. Tonight is costco pizza, though, so they can't all be gourmet meals. lol Thank you all for suggestions, I will 100% be trying something with the costco rotisserie meat at some point.

Do I think it's as good as my carnitas or pulled pork? No, but I also don't really love beef. It was definitely better than the ground beef walking tacos. Was it cheaper than pork, again, probably no. But it was super simple, with very little prep time and virtually no clean up. I will absolutely do this again to mix up our menu.

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Anonymous wrote:You lost me at "can of meat."

😂 Yup