Homemade Nachos

Plain Doritos are just a brand of tortilla chip. No different than any other tortilla chip.

And in my world, nothing that comes in a jar can qualify as queso 🤣🤮

Where do you get "plain" doritos. I havent seen those since the early 80s.

My MIL buys them at the Fiesta close to her house.

I saw them regularly everywhere until the pandemic, now they’re harder to find.

I’m not particularly a fan, so I don’t look for them, but MIL insists on having them for a casserole she makes and calls Dorito Dish.

My favorite is just Tostitos with melted sharp cheddar. I'll sometimes dip them in salsa and sour cream when I eat them. I fell in love with Zantigo's "chips and cheese" in junior high and this is still my favorite. I also love chips and queso but it's just not the same.

I love nachos. Mostly, I'm a purist with the tortilla chips with shredded cheddar heated in the oven, then toppings applied. My favorite topping is sauteed vegetables with tomatoes and spices. I like cool ranch doritos, but I don't think I'd like them as nachos.

I had some delicious crabmeat "nachos" that were homemade potato chips baked with mild cheese topped with fresh crabmeat and crema and scallions. They were so good.

We usually do nacho's every Saturday because they are easy to throw together when needed. 

Restaurant style chips, sometimes I buy from our local restaurant before. On a cookie sheet I layer seasoned beef, beans, enchilada gravy, Mexican style cheese.

I cook for 5 or 10 minutes in the oven at 325 degrees.

I have chili con queso, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, pico de gallo and hot sauce and Mexican crema ready for each person to fix their nachos.

Jennifer

   Queso comes in a pot or bowl.  The only way it should ever be poured over chips is by an individual on their own plate of chips.  

After reading some of these posts, this Texan may well have nightmares tonight induced by some of these methods!   

Just be glad the conversation hasn’t turned to guacamole recipes. I recall the horror of reading some peas add mayo to avocados to make guac!

I’ve only seen them at school and sport events a handful of time here in the PNW. More often it has been when an individual is feeding a large group of kids, like at a neighborhood Halloween party, camping, Girl Scouts, etc. And many of those have been Frito pies, not walking taco (almost the same but with chili instead of taco meat). But definitely not as common as it seems to be elsewhere, which is a little surprising considering our cold weather.

I'm not sure why people from Texas have such strong feelings about how people from other parts of the country prepare food.  Your version is different and that is fine. 

The OP listed 3 restaurants that serve nachos that she likes.  2 out of the 3 list queso as a topping on their nachos.  It doesn't matter if that's not how it's done in Texas, that's what the OP likes.

But it’s OUR food. Tex-Mex food. Would you be upset at someone from China rolling their eyes at American Chinese food?

Did the American Chinese food claim to be authentic?  Then the eye rolling would be understandable, but it would still be rude.  I don't care how people in Texas make nachos.  I do care that people in Texas think they get to dictate the definition of nachos.  Do people from Italy get to define pizza and declare all other pizza styles non pizzas?
If you as a Texas pea described your idea of, for example, a bagel, I bet the New York peas would not have the same description.  Does that mean that when you eat a bagel in Texas you aren't actually eating a bagel?  
Maybe it just means that different regions and different people prepare various foods in different styles and dictating and defining shut down a conversation and then none of us learn anything about other people.