A delicious, messy, plant-based skillet of nachos! Gluten-Free Skillet Plantain Nachos that are vegan, grain-free, and top 8 allergy-free! Loaded with veggies and plantain chips, topped with salsa and an easy homemade vegan cheese sauce recipe, these nachos make for a fun Mexican meal any night of the week!
Nachoooooos! Who’s ready for some messy, all hand in, nacho-eating? Straight from the good ‘ole skillet, loaded with ALL the veggies, black beans, salsa, a killer homemade vegan cheese sauce, and the star of the show…PLANTAIN CHIPS! At first glance you could almost mistake those crunchy yellow chips for your typical corn tortilla chips, but no! These babies are grain-free and bring a little something extra to the nacho-eating experience!
Nachos are meant to be eaten with your hands (which is a recurring theme with almost all Mexican food) and while you can eat these plantain nachos with your hands…you may need a fork (at times). Regardless, nachos are just a fun meal to make. From appetizer, snack, lunch, or a main dish for dinner, depending on the toppings and such, nachos can fit any meal (even breakfast or dessert!)
I guess these plantain nachos have a “Caribbean” flare since, you know…plantains. So a little Mexican fusion is happening (I tend to do that), but we’re keeping pretty classic with the toppings for these! I made that killer POTATO-based nacho cheese sauce to just pour over these before you bake the whole skillet in the oven! The other goods include, black beans, corn, tomatoes, portobello mushrooms, scallions, cilantro, garlic, a little lime, and some salsa! A perfect gluten-free meatless meal for when you’re feeling a bit lazy, a bit like getting your hands dirty, but still want a big dose of health and plant-based dairy-free goodness!
I was never a big nacho eater, back in the day. The only times I remember eating nachos or the places where I associate nacho-eating would be crappy sports events (like my brother’s little league baseball games) or Margaritaville in Myrtle Beach, South Caroline. The sports events nachos would be the ones with stale white corn chips in a cardboard basket with lukewarm, thick cheese goo from those pump machines. The nachos I had (one time) at Margaritaville were like 50x more legit (they are really great with celiac disease, by the way). The “Volcano Nachos” they were called; “Tortilla chips layered with chili, cheese, pico de gallo, fresh guacamole, sour cream and jalapeños” and these chips were tri-colored corn chip strips if I recall correctly. Killer!
So to make up for my lack of nacho-eating, good nacho-eating, and to keep things gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, nut-free, vegan, for present day nacho-eating, these skillet plantain nachos do the trick rather well. This nacho skillet bake serves 4 people for a nice hearty dinner or can be served as an appetizer/game-day kinda party food for 6-8 people to have a little, messy taste! Nachos should be shared (I feel like that’s part of the experience), unless that is, you make a baby batch on bake it in one of these!
Gluten-Free Skillet Plantain Nachos
Gluten-Free Skillet Plantain Nachos (Vegan, Grain-Free, Allergy-Free)
A delicious, messy, plant-based skillet of nachos! Gluten-Free Skillet Plantain Nachos that are vegan, grain-free, and top 8 allergy-free! Loaded with veggies and plantain chips, topped with salsa and an easy homemade vegan cheese sauce recipe, these nachos make for a fun Mexican meal any night of the week!
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 10 mins
- Yield: 4-6 1x
- Category: Main, Appetizer
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 5oz Bag of Plantain Chips
- 1 Cup Black Beans
- 1 Cup Chopped Tomatoes
- 1/2 Cup Corn
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Portobello Mushrooms
- 1/3 Cup Chopped Scallions
- 2 TB Chopped Fresh Cilantro
- 1 TB Lime Juice
- 1 Tsp Minced Garlic
- 2 Cups of Vegan Nacho Cheese Sauce
- Salsa (use your favorite)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large seasoned cast iron skillet, layer in the plantain chips, black beans, corn, tomatoes, mushrooms, and scallions. Sprinkles on the cilantro and garlic. Squeeze in the lime juice.
- Last, pour on the cheese sauce and dollop in the salsa to your amount preference.
- Place the skillet in the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove and serve by scooping out onto plates of just digging right in there!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
Who wants to come over for a NACHO party…a PLANTAIN Nacho party? I know you do; your mouth is watering…I can tell. These are some next level gluten-free (grain-free!) vegan nachos that anyone will love and totally make up for any crappy sporting event nacho-eating you had to endure in your life! Nachos can’t always be Margaritaville-level when you’re eating out, but when you need allergy-free nachos, at home, in 10 minutes, well…you know exactly what to make!
So tell me:
+ Are you a nacho fan? What are your favorite toppings/additions? Any favorite places to order some next-level nachos?
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Erlene
Hmm…this might be something I need to introduce the kids to. They haven’t eaten plantains, so this would be a good way to have a bit of familiarity when introducing something new. I’m sure they would love this since they love nachos.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
This would be such a fun recipe to try!
Amy
We love nachos and have recently been trying to eat more gluten free so we were pretty excited to find your recipe. It looks delicious (it’s Nachos – right), but seriously I love how you have loaded it up with such nutritious ingredients.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well nachos are typically gluten-free regardless.
Justin Birkholz
These look amazing! I just thought about creating a dish exactly like this yesterday and bought some plantains to practice making my own chips. Definitely going to come back to this.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
O yea, turn those plantains into nachos!
Mel
I haven’t had plantain in years! I love how colourful your nachos are!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thanks!
CubbiBear
I love plantains and have been looking for more ways to use them. This looks great and I can’t wait until I can get to the store to buy all of these tasty ingredients.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I know you’ll enjoy!
Laura Gibson
OMG, these look delicious!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Glenny
That looks amazingly good! It’s not even noon yet for me and I’m HUNGRY for some of this
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Noon is the perfect time for a nacho break!
Danna Hobart
22 years ago when my youngest son was just a baby, he could not have gluten. I could not find gluten free recipes then. He can tolerate it now. But thank you for posting this. It looks so good.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
So he must not have celiac disease.
Kait
Wow sounds amazing!! I must try this. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Awesome, enjoy!
Rebecca Hicks
Wow this looks AMAZING!! I love how colorful the nachos are, and now I’m craving me some plantain chips. I used to eat them all the time when I lived in Ecuador! I need to give this recipe a try! 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
I think you’ll love this recipe then!
Jen
I’ve been on a plantain chip kick and have been dipping them in salsa. Will be trying this!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They can be enjoyed so many ways!
Lara
These look amazing! I can’t wait to try them!
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Thank you!
Lisa
What? Plantain chip nachos? Never would have thought of that, great idea! Love the toppings you included and how you made it allergy free. Thanks for sharing.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
It’s all about the toppings, right 😉
Jennifer
These are a great idea! I LOVE Nachos!!! But, my current diet requirements do not allow typical Nachos. Thanks for this idea, and hope! LOL
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Always a few swaps we can make!
Amanda Martin
I love how versatile plantains are! I never thought of using them in nachos – genius.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
They really are!
Aditi Wardhan Singh
I never thought you could make this with plantains. I don’t really ever use plantains except in chips but this is a great way to eat it healthier.
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Well that’s what they are, haha?