These quick and easy grain free, dairy free paleo nachos don’t sacrifice anything – they’re loaded with chorizo, pico de gallo, avocados and the easiest nacho “cheese” sauce! Great as an appetizer or snack but works well for dinner too!
Cheese-less nachos?! How is that going to work?
Oh but trust me, these grain free and dairy free paleo nachos satisfy that cheesy nacho craving so much that there’s nothing to miss!
If you’re familiar with some of my cashew cheese sauce recipes, this won’t surprise you.
Cashews give the sauce it’s creamy texture while simple seasonings, lemon or lime juice, and nutritional yeast give it the perfect amount of flavor.
Add some savory chorizo and other classic toppings and you’re going to fall in love with these healthier nachos!
What You Need to Make These Paleo Nachos
Here’s everything you’ll need to prepare the nachos:
For the Nachos:
- Grain free tortilla chips. I use Siete Foods lime chips.
- Ground Chorizo sausage. If you can’t find this, make the taco meat from my taco stuffed peppers instead.
- Pico de gallo (fresh salsa)
- Avocado,
- Jalapeño pepper
- fresh cilantro
- cashew cheese sauce (see below)
Cheese Sauce:
- cashews
- lemon juice or lime juice
- avocado oil or light flavored olive oil
- nutritional yeast
- taco seasoning
- onion powder and garlic powder
- sea salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
How to Make These Easy Loaded Paleo Nachos
For the cheese sauce, add all ingredients to a high speed blender. I find a small one like a nutribullet or ninja works best for this due to the small portion. Using a larger blender will make it more difficult to get a creamy sauce.
Blend on high until smooth and creamy – this might take up to a minute or slightly longer based on your blender.
Set aside while you prepare the chorizo. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and add a drizzle of olive oil. Once hot, add the chorizo and cook until browned, breaking up lumps with a spatula or spoon.
Spread the chips out evenly on a platter or small baking sheet. Spoon the cooked chorizo (or ground beef) all over the chips, then the pico de gallo, avocado and jalapeños.
Drizzle the nacho cheese sauce all over and leave the remainder to serve on the side as a dip.
Tips for the Best Grain Free Nachos
Grain free chips can get soggier more quickly than chips made with corn.
To make sure your nachos don’t get soggy, it’s best to top them right before serving.
Also make sure to minimize excess water from the pico de gallo to keep your chips crunchy.
Once your nachos are topped, serve right away and enjoy!
I hope you love these grain free and dairy free nachos as much as my family does!
Grab your ingredients because it’s time for an EPIC appetizer, snack, or even dinner – let’s go!
Loaded Paleo Nachos {Grain Free, Dairy Free}
Quick Loaded Paleo Nachos {Grain Free, Dairy Free}
Ingredients
Nacho cheese sauce:
- 3/4 cup cashews no need to soak
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice or lime juice
- 3 tablespoons avocado oil or light flavored olive oil
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
- 1 1/2 teaspoon taco seasoning
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 teaspoons sea salt
- 1/2 cup warm water
Instructions
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For the cheese sauce, add all ingredients to a high speed blender. I find a small one like a nutribullet or ninja works best for this due to the small portion. Using a larger blender will make it more difficult to get a creamy sauce.
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Blend on high until smooth and creamy - this might take up to a minute or slightly longer based on your blender.
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Set aside while you prepare the chorizo. Heat a skillet over medium high heat and add a drizzle of olive oil. Once hot, add the chorizo and cook until browned, breaking up lumps with a spatula or spoon.
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Spread the chips out evenly on a platter or small baking sheet. Spoon the browned chorizo (or ground beef) all over the chips, then the pico de gallo, avocado and jalapeños. Drizzle the nacho cheese sauce all over and leave the remainder to serve on the side as a dip.
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Garnish with cilantro and serve immediately. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
*If you can’t find ground chorizo, you can make the taco meat mixture from my taco stuffed peppers.
Nutrition
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You have drastically improved our quality of life! My husband and I have only been married a few months, and he complained a lot about me making “paleo meals,” but ever since I started sticking to your recipes, he always says “That woman deserves an award. We should thank her.” He said he feels better eating this way, and we’ve loved every recipe. Delicious nachos without feeling bloated after? Is this heaven?
Not to mention the nachos looked beautiful. And surprisingly easy to make.
We were out of nutritional yeast so he added more cashews. Hubs kept saying “I can’t believe I made cheese out of cashews.” Very good. Our first time trying that.
I’ve had this brand of chips many times, but something about these ingredients seemed to bring out the lime flavor, also dumping the bag might have made them end up with too much salt, and it was a little overpowering. We might try the sea salt kind next time.
We couldn’t find chorizo so we just used regular pork sausage and added a lot of the siete taco seasoning.
Thank you for this! It will be made many more times here!
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So I just bought some siete grain free tortilla chips but wasn’t sure how they’d hold up for nachos! Now I know…thanks so much for the cheese sauce recipe…yummy!!
Can any extra cashew “cheese” sauce be saved as leftover? In the fridge perhaps? Reheated the next day?
Yes! Worked for me 🥰
These were delicious! I used regular tortilla chips, since I am not grain-free and don’t love the taste and texture of siete chips. I layered everything on a foil lined sheet pan and did chips, chorizo, siete refried black beans, pico de gallo, pickled jalapeños, sliced black olives and the cheese sauce then I baked it for 10 minutes at 350. When I took it out I added cilantro and salsa verde. So good and did not feel like I was missing out on real cheese.
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These were really delicious but I think the chorizo was a little too much for me. I might just use hamber with taco meat next time.