Bacon Chip Nachos

Bacon Chip NachosFor the third year in a row now I’m working with the Wisconsin Pork Producers Association to create unique pork-based recipes. In case you’ve missed any of my previous posts you can click here to check out the different dishes I’ve come up with so far.

Back in October I shared a recipe with you for Breakfast Tacos with one small difference from traditional breakfast tacos — the tortillas were made from woven strips of bacon. With this recipe I once again created a couple bacon weaves, but this time I used them to make “chips” for nachos!

Bacon Chip Nachos

The process for these bacon chip nachos begins the same way the bacon weave tacos do — by laying strips of bacon side by side vertically and then folding back every other slice of bacon while laying new bacon strips perpendicular to the original strips, alternating which strips go over and which go under the original bacon slices before baking the bacon weaves in the oven at 350°.

During the first go around in the oven you want your bacon weave to shrink enough so that all the strips stick together, but not crispy enough to the point that it will start crumbling when you cut the the bacon weave into triangles. I used regular cut bacon and baked mine for 20 minutes, but the baking time will definitely vary depending on the thickness of bacon that you use.

Bacon Chip Nachos

After that I placed an upside down bowl over the bacon weave and traced around it with a knife so I was left with a circular bacon weave. Rather than drape that bacon weave over kabob sticks to form it into a taco shell like last time though I instead cut it in half and then cut each of those halves into three triangles.

Cutting the bacon into triangles isn’t totally necessary either, as I’m sure that the chips would work just as well if they were squares. I did it for purely aesthetic reasons because I wanted my bacon chips to be shaped just like regular chips.

After that you just need to throw the bacon chips back in the oven and continue to bake them at 350° for five minutes or until they’re crispy. Then, just blot off any excess grease, let them cool a bit and you can transfer them to a plate and add your favorite toppings.

Bacon Chip Nachos

I topped my bacon chip nachos with pulled pork, nacho cheese, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, sliced jalapeños, guacamole and sour cream, but I’m pretty convinced that you could top these bacon chips with absolutely anything at all and they’d still be delicious.

Or, if weaving strips of bacon isn’t quite your thing, or if you’re looking for something just a tad bit healthier there are plenty of lean options when it comes to pork. In fact, today’s pork has about 16% less fat and 27% less saturated fat than it did 30 years ago. You can find plenty of great recipes by following the Wisconsin Pork Association on Facebook and Instagram.

If you’d like to learn more about pig farming in general or find the answer to any pork-related question you could ever possibly have head on over to PorkCares.org.

 
Bacon Chip Nachos

Bacon Chip Nachos Recipe

Nick @ DudeFoods.com

Do you miss eating nachos because you're following a keto diet? Just follow this recipe and make some bacon chips instead!

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes

Course Appetizer
Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

  • 32 slices bacon
  • Your choice of toppings I went with pulled pork, nacho cheese, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, sliced jalapeños, guacamole and sour cream.

Instructions

 

  • Line 8 slices of bacon vertically side by side.
  • Fold back every other bacon strip and lay a slice of bacon perpendicular to the original 8 strips. Repeat this step until your entire bacon weave is done, alternating which strips go over and which strips go under the original 8 bacon strips. If this sounds confusing at all just watch the video.
  • Bake the bacon weave in your oven for 20 minutes at 350°.
  • Remove the bacon weave from the oven, pat down with paper towels to remove excess grease, place an upside down bowl over the bacon weave and trace around the bowl with a knife so you’re left with a circular bacon weave.
  • Repeat steps 1 – 4 again so you have a second circular bacon weave. Or, just put both bacon weaves into the oven at the same time.
  • Cut each circular bacon weave in half and then cut each of those halves into 3 or 4 triangles.
  • Bake your bacon chips for 5 more minutes at 350° or until crispy and then transfer them to paper towels, blot off any excess grease and let cool.
  • Transfer bacon chips to a plate and cover them with your toppings of choice. I went with pulled pork, nacho cheese, diced tomatoes, diced red onion, sliced jalapeños, guacamole and sour cream.

Keyword appetizers, bacon, cheese

2 Comments on Bacon Chip Nachos

  1. Kelsey
    February 4, 2021 at 2:06 pm (3 years ago)

    Bacon chips?! YES PLEASE!!!

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  2. Julie Pollitt
    February 5, 2021 at 8:54 am (3 years ago)

    5 stars
    Wow! This looks incredible.

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