Whether you’re trying to hit your fitness goals by loading up on protein, or maybe you just want to feel like you’re getting more nutritional benefits from the best cheesy snack, there are tons of methods to add more protein into your nachos! Start with a base of your favorite tortilla chips and cheese combo and add some of these ingredients to top it off!
Black Beans
Black beans are a great source of protein and they taste so good with most Mexican-style dishes. This is exactly why you should try loading your nachos with black beans—their flavors combine so well, you’ll be wondering why you never added them before!
Shredded Chicken or Beef
Similar to black beans, adding some meat to your nachos really increases the protein. It might even level your nachos up from a snack to a full-blown meal! Just remember to cook the meat before adding it to your nachos, because nachos cook really fast.
Replace Your Chips
There are so many higher-protein options for chips, and you can easily swap your plain corn chips for quinoa chips or the many other protein chips you see at the grocery store. If you really want to level up your nacho game, you can even slice a sweet potato and use that as the base later for your nachos instead of chips!
