Loaded Ground Turkey Nachos (Dairy Free)
Ground turkey nachos make a great dinner, filling snack, or game day appetizer. They’re loaded with all the fixings: beans, seasoned turkey meat, and fresh vegetables, but can easily be customized to include your favorite toppings. The whole family will love this easy recipe.
Looking for more recipes for entertaining? Try my buffalo shrimp tacos, dairy free caramelized onion dip, spicy tuna with crispy rice, or sushi salad.
What You’ll Love About This Recipe
Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make nachos with ground turkey:
- Olive oil
- Yellow onion
- Fresh garlic
- Lean ground turkey
- Black beans – could also use refried beans.
- Taco seasoning – a blend of spices such as garlic powder, chili powder, onion powder, and more.
- Corn tortilla chips
- Dairy free shredded cheddar cheese – I love Miyoko’s brand.
- Sweet pepper – I used red bell pepper.
- Pickled jalapeno slices
- Sliced green onions
- Extras of choice (optional) dairy free sour cream or plain yogurt, lime wedges, salsa, etc.
How to Make Ground Turkey Nachos: Step By Step
Here are some quick visual instructions. The full instructions and ingredient list will be in the printable recipe card below!
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with olive oil. Cook the onion and minced garlic for 2-3 minutes, stirring often. Add the ground turkey and cook until no pink remains then add in black beans and taco seasoning. Cook for 1-2 more minutes then remove the skillet from the heat.
- Spread the tortilla chips in a single layer, slightly overlapping the edges of the chips, on a rimmed baking sheet (I used a quarter sheet pan).
- Sprinkle half of the cooked turkey mixture across the chips followed by shredded cheese. Repeat with another layer until you’ve used up all the filling and cheese (if using a half sheet pan, you’ll only have one layer). Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cheese has melted.
- Add chopped bell peppers, pickled jalapeno slices, sliced green onions, or any other toppings if desired.
Helpful Tips
- These nachos are best the day you make them. Unfortunately, the chips become soggy the next day, even when reheated in the oven. Only assemble what you know will get eaten.
Quick Tip: If serving with salsa or sour cream/plain yogurt, serve on the side instead of putting them directly on the nachos. Otherwise, the nachos will get soggy.
Make It Your Way: Substitutions & Variations
Please remember that recipes are just a starting point.
How can you make this turkey nachos recipe using what you already have? Here are some ideas…
- No ground turkey? – you can also use lean ground beef or ground chicken.
- Make it vegetarian/vegan – use crumbled tofu in place of the meat for extra protein or use all beans.
- Don’t like spicy food? – use mild sliced green chiles instead of jalapenos or omit them completely.
- Add-ins – red onion, cubed avocado or guacamole, sliced black olives, red pepper flakes, pico de Gallo or salsa, sour cream or plain yogurt, thinly chopped romaine lettuce, diced tomatoes, fresh cilantro, etc.
Variations
- Serve with nacho cheese – these nachos are delicious with my green chile cashew queso instead of shredded cheese. If you go this route, you don’t need to bake the nachos. Just assemble them and serve.
More Entertaining Recipes
- Buffalo Shrimp Tacos (Dairy Free)
- Dairy Free Caramelized Onion Dip
- Spicy Tuna With Crispy Rice
- Sushi Salad
I hope you love these Ground Turkey Nachos! If you make this recipe, be sure to leave a comment & a star rating below. Thank you!
Loaded Ground Turkey Nachos (Dairy Free)
Ground turkey nachos make a great dinner, filling snack, or game day appetizer. They're loaded with all the fixings: beans, seasoned turkey meat, and fresh vegetables, but can easily be customized to include your favorite toppings. The whole family will love this easy recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 15.5 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
- 2 ½ tablespoons taco seasoning
- 7.5 ounce bag of tortilla chips
- 2.5 cups dairy free shredded cheddar cheese I used Miyoko's, but use whatever you like
- 1 medium red bell pepper diced
- ⅓ cup pickled jalapeno slices to taste
- sliced green onions
Extras (optional)
- salsa of choice
- sour cream or plain dairy free yogurt
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with olive oil. Cook the onion and minced garlic for 2-3 minutes, stirring often. Add the ground turkey and cook until no pink remains then add in black beans and taco seasoning. Cook for 1-2 more minutes then remove the skillet from the heat.
- Spread the tortilla chips in a single layer, slightly overlapping the edges of the chips, on a rimmed baking sheet (I used a quarter sheet pan).
- Sprinkle half of the cooked turkey mixture across the chips followed by shredded cheese. Repeat with another layer until you've used up all the filling and cheese (if using a half sheet pan, you'll only have one layer). Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cheese has melted.
- Add chopped bell peppers, pickled jalapeno slices, sliced green onions, or any other toppings if desired.
Notes
See the blog post for helpful tips and step by step photos.