The Ultimate Potato Chip Nachos Recipe – Loaded Chips

The official start to football season is just around the corner and the preseason practices and scrimmages have already started.

As much as I dislike the start of fall because it means the end of summer and the start of cold weather, I do enjoy the return of football.

The other part I love about football season is the food! Orin and I often skip dinner and instead snack together on the couch as we watch the games, especially on Sundays.

Sundays are a busy day for us as it is, so it’s nice to have something easy to put together instead of cooking a full meal.

Today I’m sharing our favorite game day recipe: Ultimate Potato Chip Nachos. It’s a delicious variation on the regular tortilla chips nachos.

Potato Chip Nachos (or also called Loaded Chips in our house) is one of our staples for game night food. Even if the season doesn’t go well (and they haven’t gone well for several years for either of us!) the food makes up for the disappointment.

We typically choose foods that are very easy to throw together. The recipe also makes a large portion that usually leaves us with leftovers for the next day!

Even when we’ve had a newborn in the house, this recipe is easy to prep plus the kids love it too!

Ultimate Potato Chip Nachos Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 family-sized bag of your favorite potato chips, I prefer Utz for this recipe
• 1 red onion
• 1 bundle of green onions
• 5 Roma tomatoes (or about 2.5 cups of diced tomatoes)
• 1 12-oz package of bacon (chicken bacon, turkey bacon, or pork bacon will all work, choose your favorite)
• 1 package of fully cooked chicken sausage (or you can purchase an uncooked variety – tastes the same, just takes a little bit longer to prep since you’ll need to cook it first)
• 5 oz crumbled feta cheese
• 5 oz crumbled blue cheese
• 8 oz (2 cups) Mexican blend shredded cheese

Instructions

1. Grill, oven bake, fry, or microwave chicken sausage per directions on the packaging. I prefer to fry them. Slice each sausage down the middle, then slice each half again to quarter it. Then cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
2. Microwave al fresco chicken bacon per directions on the packaging. Tear or cut bacon into small pieces.
3. Dice the red onion, green onion stalks, and Roma tomatoes.
4. On a large sheet pan, empty the entire bag of potato chips and arrange them evenly.
5. Take 4 oz (1 cup) of Mexican blend shredded cheese and spread evenly over chips.
6. Evenly spread the red onions, green onion, Roma tomatoes, feta cheese, blue cheese, chicken sausage, and bacon over the chips and Mexican cheese.
7. Top evenly with the remaining 4 oz (1 cup) of shredded Mexican blend cheese.
8. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until cheese has melted. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
9. Serve immediately. (Leftovers can be easily reheated.)

The total prep time for this recipe is about 20-25 minutes plus 10 minutes for baking. However, if you want to save a little bit of time, you can always purchase pre-cut veggies at the grocery store.

This recipe is so delicious and we look forward to it every football season! Ultimate Potato Chip Nachos can also be easily altered according to your tastes and preferences. There are lots of possible combinations!

The next time you need a great appetizer, you’ve gotta try this!

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Potato Chip Nachos are just one of our favorite snacks for game night. A few of the other recipes we like include this air fryer onion rings recipe, this Rotel Dip Recipe, this air fryer baked potato recipe, these meatball sliders, and these hot ham and cheese crockpot sandwiches. They are all great choices for your next football party!

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Potato Chip Nachos

This Potato Chip Nachos recipe is full of flavor and the perfect appetizer for your next game night! If you love easy recipes that are full of flavor, this is gonna be your new favorite!

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Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Servings: 12 servings

Author: Janessa Solem

Ingredients

• 1 family-sized bag of your favorite potato chips I prefer Utz for this recipe
• 1 red onion
• 1 bundle of green onions
• 5 Roma tomatoes or about 2.5 cups of diced tomatoes
• 1 12- oz package of bacon chicken bacon, turkey bacon, or pork bacon will all work, choose your favorite
• 1 package of fully cooked chicken sausage or you can purchase an uncooked variety – tastes the same, just takes a little bit longer to prep since you’ll need to cook it first
• 5 oz crumbled feta cheese
• 5 oz crumbled blue cheese
• 8 oz 2 cups Mexican blend shredded cheese

Instructions

• Grill, oven bake, fry, or microwave chicken sausage per directions on the packaging. I prefer to fry them. Slice each sausage down the middle, then slice each half again to quarter it. Then cut into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Microwave al fresco chicken bacon per directions on the packaging. Tear or cut bacon into small pieces.
• Dice the red onion, green onion stalks, and Roma tomatoes.
• On a large baking sheet, empty the entire bag of potato chips and arrange them evenly.
• Take 4 oz (1 cup) of Mexican blend shredded cheese and spread a layer of cheese evenly over the chips.
• Evenly spread the red onion, green onion, Roma tomatoes, feta cheese, blue cheese, chicken sausage, and bacon over the chips and Mexican cheese.
• Top evenly with the remaining 4 oz (1 cup) of shredded Mexican blend cheese.
• Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until cheese has melted. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
• Serve immediately. (Leftovers can be easily reheated.)

Notes

Utz original potato chips are my personal favorites for this recipe but you could also try your favorite brand. Kettle chips are also a good option.

You can substitute cheddar cheese instead of the Mexican cheese blend if needed.

Sometimes I mix all of the ingredients (except for the chips) in a large bowl and then spread the topping all over the chips in one layer. If I know we won't eat an entire batch in one sitting I sometimes spread half of the topping over a half bag of chips and then make another half batch the next day. This helps to keep the chips crisp.