Vortex Chicken Nachos.

[G$]

Fired up the PerVortex again for dinner tonight.

Seasoned thighs with a "chile limon" type thing.  Didn't trim them up at all because I started getting the shakes when I opened the package and started having flashbacks to the thousands of thighs I have trimmed from the old competition cooking days.  <shudder>.



Here they are on the grate almost done.  They came off a few minutes later.   Total cooking time maybe 45 minutes?  Tad longer?



Chopped the chicken, crispy skin and all.  YUM.


Built the nachos, On the grill for like 4 minutes.  Quick. Needed more cheese.


My daughter's (she closed it in the microwave to keep warm, don't ask me.)


And mine.


One thing:  I am not sure I ever cooked nachos on a weber before.  For whatever reason, the chips really soaked up smokiness.  More than I would have liked, but the wife and kid did not mention it.   YMMV, just something to be aware of if you cook nachos on the grill.  As I said above they were only on there for 4-5 minutes.





( @jcnaz this was the vortex cook last night )   

[1buckie]

Man, that looks great !!!

Smokiness might be the charcoal / wood smoke attaching to the oils on the chip....even a real dry chip will have a little oil to it....tremendous cookup.....we have thighs going today, so I'll show the wife this !!!!

[jcnaz]

Very nice! I love thighs with crispy skin.

[G$]

Smokiness might be the charcoal / wood smoke attaching to the oils on the chip....even a real dry chip will have a little oil to it.

Could be.  I also wondered if all the billions of perforations and nooks and crannies held smoke?  Not sure. It surprised me though, because for example when I "bake" fries on the grill, they don't absorb smoke like these chips did.  Something to note the next time I  try it. 

[Craig]

Man those look great!

[addicted-to-smoke]

Daughter's smart: putting finished food inside a cold oven WILL help keep warm, almost like covering with foil. Less air to circulate. For longer periods turn the (regular) oven on to its lowest setting.

[austin87]

Nice cook up!

[WNC]

Wow, looks great!

[G$]

Daughter's smart: putting finished food inside a cold oven WILL help keep warm, almost like covering with foil. Less air to circulate. For longer periods turn the (regular) oven on to its lowest setting.

Yeah, yeah , yeah,  I know.  But it was in there for about 30 seconds, and included the "cold stuff" like guac and sour cream.  I thought she lost her food until she opened the microwave.

[addicted-to-smoke]

Haha that's pretty funny. Kids brains are always working on something!

[IQ2]

Hungry now, That looks excellent and great idea.

[1911Ron]

Good looking nachos G$!

[THUNDERDOME]

Great idea. Excellent couple of cooks

[Fishawn]

Love chicken nachos and those look great!!

[SixZeroFour]

Excellent photos and food G$! That chicken looks super moist and the nachos... perfect!