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Air Fryer Nachos has layers of crispy tortilla chips, creamy nacho cheese, spicy jalapeños, juicy tomatoes, and oodles of cheese! My favorite! Like movie nachos and restaurant nachos all in one.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Family-friendly: Everyone in the fam will love this air fryer nachos recipe, as it’s so fast to whip up and allows everyone to add their own favorite toppings.
- Easy to Customize: Simply swap out any of the ingredients, from toppings to the base layers of nachos and cheese to customize this recipe to anyone’s liking!
- Quick to make: Just layer a few ingredients, pop in into the air fryer to cook for 6 minutes, and you’ve got delicious homemade nachos! More quick recipes: mushroom quesadilla, tater tots, and bean and cheese burritos.
Amazing Air Fryer Nachos!
In my family, I’m known as something of a nachos connoisseur. Okay, we’re all known as nachos experts. We eat nachos at the movies, at Mexican restaurants, at Applebee’s, at a shack on the beach; wherever there are nachos, we are so there. So when I say today’s air fryer nachos are hella good, I mean it. Think: the double kapow of melty cheese and gooey nacho cheese topping crunchy, warm tortilla chips and fresh toppings like tomatoes, jalapeños, and your favorites. Prep time is just minutes, then toss it into the air fryer for 6 minutes and you’re in appetizer heaven.
Ingredients for Air Fryer Nachos
- Tortilla Chips – I love using yellow corn chips, baked tortilla chips, even Doritos to make these air fryer nachos.
- Nacho cheese – store-bought works great and you can choose the spicy kind if you want to kick the heat up a bit.
- Jalapeños – Use sliced jalapeños, or skip if sensitive to heat.
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Tomatoes – make sure to chop and deseed your tomatoes so their excess juice doesn’t make your nachos soggy.
- Sliced Olives – feel free to add on extra olives, or skip them altogether.
- Garnish: top with salsas like black bean and corn salsa, or a creamy topping like chipotle aioli or guacamole.
How to Make Nachos in Air Fryer
Once you try out this super easy air fryer nachos recipe, you’ll want to make it again and again. The best part? You can customize just about anything in this recipe–the chips, the cheese, the toppings!
- Line the basket: Line an air fryer basket with parchment paper or use an air fryer liner.
- Make the nachos layers: Create a layer of tortilla chips, then drop dollops of nacho cheese over the chips and sprinkle jalapeños and cheese. Repeat until all ingredients are used. Cook at 325°F for about 6 minutes. Carefully lift out the liner along with the nachos.
- Top & enjoy: Top with tomatoes, olives, and jalapeños. Serve with guacamole, pineapple salsa, a side of Taco Dip, potato wedges or anything else you’d like.
How to Reheat Nachos in Air Fryer
So you might be asking yourself, “Can you reheat nachos in an air fryer?” My friend, yes you can. Simply line the air fryer basket with parchment paper or an air fryer liner, pop in the nachos and reheat at 350°F for 4-8 minutes, depending on if your nachos started out cold. Watch them to make sure they don’t burn.
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Ingredients
Air Fryer Nachos
- 2 ½ cups tortilla chips
- 2/3 cup nacho cheese
- ½ cup sliced jalapeños, reserve 1-2 tablespoons for topping
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1-2 medium tomatoes, chopped and deseeded
- 1/3 cup sliced olives
Garnish
Instructions
- Line an air fryer basket with parchment paper with excess flaps for lifting—this will help you pull out the nachos once done. Or, use an air fryer basket liner.
- Create a single layer of tortilla chips in the lined basket. Drop and spread small dollops of nacho cheese over the chips, dot with jalapeños, then sprinkle with cheese. Repeat until all chips, jalapeños, and cheeses are used. I got two layers.
- Set the air fryer to 325°F and cook for 4-7 minutes (I did 6 minutes), until heated throughout and cheese is melted.
- Pinching the flaps of the parchment paper, carefully pull out the nachos, placing them on a serving plate. Sprinkle tomatoes, olives, and jalapeños over nachos.
- Top with guacamole, sour cream, and black bean and corn salsa. Enjoy!
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