Chicken Adobo Sheet Pan Nachos
Nacho night and taco night are maybe the only dinners I can make without experiencing pushback from at least one person in my house. And truly, sheet pan nachos are the ultimate life hack.
Pour a bag of chips on a pan, put *literally* whatever you want on top, throw some cheese on that bit---- dish.
Put it in the oven and voila.
You can make sheet pan nachos your own by using whatever kind of beans you like, adding Rotel or a diced tomato, try out different seasoning combinations for your chicken, maybe do the unthinkable and don’t use cheese? I don’t know. Get freaky with it.
I let my chicken soak in an easy adobo bath all day while I go to work and then throw it on the grill pan while I assemble the rest of the nachos – and dinner comes together in a snap. And, this marinade is so zingy and flavorful that you don’t even need to add a bunch of other stuff, simplifying further.
Then everyone gets to choose their own toppings and everyone is happy, amen.
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Chicken Adobo Sheet Pan Nachos
Ingredients
- Tortilla chips
- 2- 16oz cans refried beans
- 1 ½ C. Monterrey Jack cheese
- 1 ½ C. Sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1 red onion, sliced thin
- 1 small can green chiles
- ½ C. scallions, sliced
- shredded lettuce
- sliced
- jalapeno
- cilantro
- 1- 1.5 lb. boneless, skinless thin chicken breasts
- 1 C. orange juice
- ¼ C. olive oil
- 1- 8oz can Chipotle sauce
- 1 T. garlic powder
- ½ T. onion powder
- ½ T. cumin
- ½ T. dried or ground oregano
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- Kosher salt
- Freshly cracked black pepper
Instructions
- For the chicken, combine all ingredients in a medium bowl or ziplock bag and refrigerate for at least 2 hours (or up to overnight). Make sure your chicken breasts are evenly thin.
- Preheat oven to 375. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil (for easy clean-up).
- Heat your grill [pan] over medium high heat and grill your chicken for 5-7 minutes on each side.
- While the chicken cooks, pour the chips on the sheet pan and arrange them so the flat sides are all up.
- Spread your refried beans on, then layer the cheeses and put in the oven for 15 minutes.
- Once the chicken is done cooking on both sides, remove from heat to a cutting board and let rest for a couple of minutes before slicing thin and putting on top of the chips.
- Remove pan from oven and top with sliced chicken. Return to oven for 10 more minutes.
- Top the nachos with your toppings of choice (red onions, jalapenos, & scallions for us), lettuce, and enjoy!
