Fire up your crock pot with these easy and delicious nachos!
Hey friend! I’m not sure if I mentioned it but a few months ago I went to Las Vegas for a blogging retreat. It was a small group of bloggers and we got together to talk about all things blogging. (Which I am super nerdy about, by the way.) It was a lot of fun even though I was six months pregnant at the time. Being tht pregnant and waddling around Vegas still makes me laugh.
I got to meet some amazing bloggers while on the trip. My roommates name is also Kelly and she has a blog called life made sweeter. Yall, I have never met a more kindhearted person in my whole entire life. Kelly was so sweet outgoing and such an authentic person. She mentioned it a few times that she had a cookbook coming out in the fall and I have been waiting for it ever since.
Her cookbook has finally released and it’s called the Asian Slow Cooker. I was fortunate to be able to review the book in advance and let me tell y’all, everything in that book looks amazing. Every.single.recipe. Ryon spent three years over in Japan while he was in the Navy and loves authentic Japanese food. When he was flipping through the book he just kept telling me stories that I had never heard before. The things he had done and seen an even eaten while he was over Japan. It’s funny that one cookbook can bring back so many memories
I decided to make the firecracker chicken nachos so I put everything in the crockpot and made the firecracker sauce that goes on top of it and t I left it there to cook all day. (Don’t you just easy set it and forget it meals?!). I came home to my house smelling amazing! So so good yall.
It was a cool night so we were able to eat the nachos out on our back patio. Ryon and I sat next to each other and I ate straight off of the cookie sheet. He could not get over how amazing the sauce for the chicken turned out. When it came time to clean up I said “there’s extra sauce what do you want me to do with it?” and he almost yelled at me “keep it!” He didn’t want any of the delicious sauce going to waste. I packed it up in a Tupperware along with a little bit of extra chicken and sent it with him for lunch the next day.
Yall. Let me tell you that not only is Kelly in amazing person but her cookbook is the real deal. The bees knees. The bomb dot com. (You can buy it on Amazon here or check Barnes and Noble near you!) She also has a giveaway going along with her book launch for some amazing prizes. Scroll down below after the recipe and enter the giveaway.
Crock pot firecracker nachos
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 cup shredded carrots
- 1/2 cup shredded red cabbage
- 1/2 cup shredded Napa cabbage
- 3/4 cup buffalo sauce
- 1/3 cup Thai sweet chili sauce
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken
- 1 bag (13 oz) restaurant style tortilla chips
- 1 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
- 1 cup shredded Sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup pickled jalapenos
- 1 green onion, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup cilantro leaves
- lime wedges, for serving
Instructions
Notes
The recipe is directly from the cook book. I added half a sliced onion to our nachos.
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CHAPTERS INCLUDE:
Ditch The Takeout, 5 Ingredients or Less,
One Pot & Skillet Meals, Skip the
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Sensational Soups, Delectable Desserts and
Slow Cooker Basics & Tips
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Kelly says
Loved that I got to meet you and be your roomie in Vegas!:) And you are the total sweetheart!! And the nachos look so awesome! Thank you SO much for sharing the recipe and my book! So glad that you guys enjoyed it and that the book brought along some interesting stories:)
Kelley says
Haha! It sure did bring up some stories. I was like “You never told me that!” a few times while he was reminiscing.