BBQ Chicken Campfire Nachos
Smoky barbecue chicken nachos layered with tortilla chips, melted cheese, red onion, and jalapeños in a cast-iron skillet. Easy campfire dinner ready in 30 minutes.
🍽 6 servings
⏱ Prep: 15 min
🔥 Cook: 15 min
⏰ Total: 30 min
📊 Easy
Ingredients
- 3 cups Cooked shredded chicken
- 3/4 cup Barbecue sauce, divided
- 10 oz Sturdy tortilla chips
- 2.5 cups Shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
- 1/3 cup Red onion, thinly sliced
- 1/3 cup Sliced pickled jalapeños
- 1/2 cup Canned black beans, drained and rinsed, optional
Instructions
- Heat a large cast-iron skillet over low-to-medium campfire or camp stove heat.
- Toss shredded chicken with approximately 1/2 cup barbecue sauce.
- Spread approximately one-third of the chips across the bottom.
- Add one-third of the BBQ chicken. Sprinkle with one-third of the cheese, red onion, jalapeños, and optional black beans.
- Repeat for approximately three layers. Drizzle remaining barbecue sauce lightly between or over the layers.
- Cover the skillet tightly with a lid or heavy-duty foil.
- Cook over moderate indirect heat approximately 8–12 minutes. Rotate the skillet occasionally if necessary.
- Remove when the cheese throughout the nachos is completely melted. Add scallions and cilantro.
- Serve with sour cream and additional BBQ sauce if desired.
Nutrition
560 cal/serving
30g protein
42g carbs
28g fat
Chef's Notes
USE COOKED CHICKEN: Rotisserie chicken or pre-cooked grilled chicken makes this especially campsite-friendly. DON'T DROWN THE CHIPS: Use enough BBQ sauce for flavor without making the chips soggy.