I Would Not Reccomend These Griddle Nachos
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
- I was very dissapointed with these nachos on the griddle. If anyone has some better ideas I would love to hear them. I feel like there is a better way to do this I just haven't figured it out yet.
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Store-bought grated cheese does not melt well. It is coated with chemicals to prevent it from sticking together in the package. That also restricts the melting. Grate your own or use canned nacho cheese that you can pour over the nachos. I never buy grated cheese.
Nailed it!!! Processed pre-shredded cheese is terrible. Block cheese self shredded is so much better🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Totally agreed! I always shred my own cheese to avoid those anti-caking ingredients.
It’s an anti caking agent. Most ppl are too lazy to shred their own, but the results are exponentially greater. It takes like 1 minute to shred a block of cheese.
It's cellulose, not chemicals.
Thanks for sharing the Fail. Most on here have too much pride to post something like that. I love it. We all learn together good and bad. Keep up the good work!
You're welcome and I'm glad you liked the honesty.
Appreciate you taking one for the team. Deserve a gold spatula medal. Processed or queso is the way to go. Stay hydrated.
Thanks David, I will be checking the mail for the delivery of that spatula.😀
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Aussie Dave in PA here brother,... Make a Cheese (Mornay) Sauce by starting with a Bechamel Sauce.
Make a Roux with butter & flour then add Milk or Half n Half then add any combo of Cheese & Spices.
Pour your new Signature Sauce all over the meaty corn chips 😎
That's a great idea Dave! Thanks for sharing buddy.
I find most shredded cheeses do not melt unless you have a substantial heat source above it.
In this application, as you suggested, processed cheese, queso, or nacho are your best options.
Johnny, you're a trooper. Taking one for the team there! Must have been awful having all that time, waiting, nothing to do but "hydrate" over and over.... Then it doesn't work out. Thanks for saving the rest of us disappointment that comes when it doesn't work out!
You're very welcome. And hey look, if someone has to sit in the garage and drink beer while they test out recipes I'm happy to jump on that grenade for everyone😆
I think the taco seasoning has a bit more of a "bolder" flavor with a bit more spice. I've never used the packaged fajita seasoning like that. In order to properly season fajitas you need to marinate the meat for several hours. IMO the nachos would definitely benefit from taco seasoning over fajita seasoning. Looks like you did a great job of saving those nachos, they looked great when you got done!
Pre shredded cheese does NOT melt very good period!!! For best results Always grate your own from a block, just takes a coupla moments!!!
Melted velvita types are great also, just slice it one to two inch cubes, place in sauce pan, add tiny amounts of milk or cream to smoothen it up. Heck add some garlic, onion powders,or other spices, or some of your favorite salsa to it after its melted. Yumsterific!!!! Thanks Johnny.
Dang now i want nachos!
Hey Johnny, like others have said, packaged shredded cheese won’t work cuz of the caking agent. It’s quick, but a block of cheddar is actually more cost effective. Box grater and you’re good to go. Or as someone else mentioned, you can melt it first and pour it on. Cheers.
Thanks Lisa! I think I will try to melt a block next time and then pour it on top. That seems more logical. I appreciate the advice.
Kroger salsa con queso is the jam for nachos.
Howdy Johnny, I heard catfish and thought you was going pond to griddle.... Yay "nacho" your best griddle cook. Oh Boy! Have A Day! ;~)
🤣🤣🤣🤣. He did just get a fishing poll from Grandpa. So we gotta get out there and practice.
Well sir my two cents in for you…….hey you tried what else can you ask for ?. And ya some you tube-SHORTS CAND BE CONFUSING SOME TIMES………besides you came up with plan B. So there is that !. I think you did GREAT !.
I think the processed cheese idea is probably the most likely to work. Another idea is maybe set another sheet of foil on top.
It also gives me an idea for another dish i’ve seen usually done in cast iron, but may work on a griddle with foil down. It’s basically chorizo, black beans, salsa, and queso oaxaca. Just do the chorizo and beans like you did with the nachos, then set the foil, pour on the salsa, then shred up the cheese and melt it (it would probably work better than the pre-shredded, but probably not better than processed so could try it with the nachos too), then once it’s all melted together, serve by grabbing a mini tortilla, and plasing it on top and folding it together to grab the dip. I’d just say make sure to let it cool down just enough so if any spills out onto someone, it won’t burn them.
That is something that I have not yet tried. I've heard of people doing that as well. I just think you would be much better in the pellet grill or regular oven. I will say that the pre shredded cheese is harder to melt due to the anti-caking ingredients that are in it. You should be able to get a fairly large can of nacho cheese at a lot of stores. Cheese whiz would work also but maybe you add some spices to it. I agree it could be a good idea. I only have a little two burner blackstone. But yeah the processed cheese probably will work better for this application. That's cool that you brought us the honest truth with your experience! Thanks Johnny!
Ya I think the pellet grill would be perfect for some nachose. I'm glad you appreciate the honesty, thanks buddy.
Good attempt! I’m thinking that if I try this, I would get my dragon torch out (Weed burner wand, hooked up to a 40lb tank) and blast that bad-assed nacho tray from the top with some flame.
I've seen others do it without the foil & it worked 🤷🏽
Nice, I need to give it another try. Maybe it was user error. Or like a lot of people said, I need to use the block cheese and shred it myself.
I love the panic bit.
Thanks!
glad you saved it with the oven, dude. I was watching it and thinking that looks like something that would work better under "broil" for a few mins.
Ya it's def better in the oven but I had to give it a try. Thanks for watching man.
Great video as always Johnny!! I agree about the cheese. We always use the Mexican white cheese you can buy in the refrigerated section and it works extremely well. Keep up the great work my friend. Love the flag in the background as well.
Thanks so much. And ya that Mexican white cheese is delicious.
You need to grate real cheese vs pre shredded... melts easier (no extra starch or cellulose to preventclumping). Plus you prob need to crank the heat on the burners to high... since you need at least 10mins at 300F for cheese to melt just like an oven.
Ya I def think block cheese would have gone better.
Thanks for the attempt. I think you need a more controlled heat so that the top of nachos matches the griddle heat. Processed cheese is always good!
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Hey man, great video!! I saw one where a guy made pancakes on the grill, no skillet, just poured the batter on the grates! It looked sooooo good!!
Sometimes the internet lies to us my friend.
We make nachos with shredded cheese all the time in the oven. 400 degrees for 10 to 15 min. I would assume the top of your nachos weren't getting enough heat. The cheese would be fine.
I think the difference in taco seasoning and fajitas seasoning is the spelling on the packet
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Exactly.
Make your own taco & fajita mixes! Easy and way better with better ingredients. Keep them in glass jars.
I like to heat up the chips right on the griddle, flipping them and then mixing everything together.
That's a good idea. I'm going to try that next time. Thanks.
Nice!! Catfished!!
Good video Johnny like the saying goes try, try , again you will get it right ,, it don't look that bad ! THANK YOU FRANK FROM MONTANA......
Thanks Frank! I'm going to give it another try.
Gotta get that uncle ricos canned cheese.
Others have mentioned the anti-caking agents making pre-shreded cheese a poor choice, what I have not seen is anyone mention sodium citrate. The bags you buy last for a long time, as each batch needs a tiny amount. Mix up some water/milk/other liquid, the amount of liquid is small, just enough to dissolve the powder. Use your scale to measure the cheese, and 3-4% of that weight of sodium citrate, so for every 100g of cheese you add 3-4g of powder. Mix over medium or medium low heat.
You now have the velveta version of whatever cheese you started with. Using different amounts you can go from a velveta block at room temp, to flowing at room temperature.
Works great for mac and cheese, no worry over breaking your sauce because it was too hot.
My soul brother ! You also keep your cast iron skillet in the oven. lol Thanks for trying it for us. I think there are some things that are just better in the oven. Great concept but 5 minutes under the broiler you can't go wrong. Im sure you can make it work on the flat top with some tweaking though.
Don’t use pre-shredded cheese. Shred your own cheese:)
Maybe do them in foil pie tins. As I understand it covering the entire griddle surface will reflect the heat away from food. In a pie tin you will have the radiant heat surrounding the tin. I’m totally guessing.
That's a good idea.
At least you tried it. I always make my own adjustments when the first recipe doesn’t work out. Also fajita seasoning is more cumin heavy, whereas taco seasoning is more chili powder heavy. I would also use parchment paper instead of foil, just my preference. Keep griddling, love your videos!
Thanks so much Trish! Ya I'm def going to have to adjust this one. also thanks for the heads up on the fajita mix.
Looks delicious regardless! Cheers mate
Cheers buddy
Those are some danged ol' Midwest nachos right there. Even Hank Hill thinks those need some jalapenos.
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I like your idea, processed cheese melts way faster than the real stuff. Fajita mix has cornstarch in it, that's the only difference I know of. Thanks for the video.
If you have a torch... Maybe that will work.
Great video what I would do turn the oven on stick them in done😅
that's what I should have done from the beginning.
I look forward to your update on those. Sounds like your son is going through the terrible twos at three. So did mine!
Ya I'lle def give an update. And yes I don't feel like two was nearly as bad as this.
What, are you running a gas station, Johnny??? 😁 Don’t use Velveeta or Cheez Whiz on your nachos!!! In fact, I recommend that you grate your own cheese because that’s how us aristocrats make nachos.
If you have a lot of parties, I suggest that you look into buying a chafing dish that uses Sterno cans like you see in buffet restaurants. I bought a commercial one online and it wasn’t very expensive. It does a great job of keeping food hot and it will definitely melt shredded cheese. The one I have has the roll top, it has a nice chrome finish and it’s built like a tank, so it should last a lifetime. If you’re potentially interested, I’ll look up the details on it and post them.
Oh wow you bought a roll top! Ya those are expensive. I will prob get one or two chaffing dishes. I used to use them a lot when I worked in retirement command did events. It's definitely on my list.
Shredded block cheese melts better and a queso cheese works best.
Sometimes, the griddle just ain't the perfect cooking solution for some things. For example, it just can't replicate a burger flame broiled over charcoal and hickory chunks. Nachos need some heat from above to deliver the nacho experience we all crave.
I totally agree. I don't want to just force stuff on the griddle bc those are my videos. I always feel like, "just because you can doesn't mean you should". But I had to try this one bc so many people were posting these trendy videos of it and I just didn't believe it.
@@JohnnyBrunet I always appreciate your honest assessments for the griddle.
Thanks for sharing. Whiz would work or grate your own rather than pre packaged
Damnit man.. now I want nachos..
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Or you could blow torch it ❤
I think the problem might have been your foil went from edge to edge on the griddle top. This sent the heat to the side. Leaving a strip of bare griddle at both ends might swirl some heat over the cheese. That, or the Internet screwed ya.
Johnny, I was looking for a quick simple dinner and I have got all the makings for nachos! I will warm them in the air fryer oven. I make sure not to put anything metal on the ceramic griddle so I need to figure out how to do nachos on the griddle. I am thinking a silicon pan with parchment would work.
Oh ya the air fryer is perfect for Nachos!
Apparently, you didn't consult with JB, Jr. prior to making this! Keep up the good vids.
I got a great cheese grater that an Amazon makes grating cheese fast and cleans up easily. You put the chese block in the top and start cranking. In a min or so u have what ever type of grated chese u want. Just makes recipes so much better.
Sry mean't got it on Amazon. Got my sentence tangled up and can't edit. Lol
Oh nice. So it's like olive garden kind of? I need to get one of those. You said it cleans up easy too?
@@JohnnyBrunet, not exactly. I had one of those, not Olive Garden's but a cheap one and I hated it and threw it out.The one i decided on after a lot of research, was by "Geedel" Rotary cheese grater but it also slices vegetables but i haven't done vegis yet. It holds an 8oz block of cheese. It came with several different type blade rollers for different shread/slice options. It got a good rating on amazon. It's simple to use. It cleans up much easier than i thought it would. Just put it in hot soap dish water and it cleans up well. Also goes in dishwashers but i don't use mine :) I rarely buy bagged cheese anymore. P.S. The box it comes in is strong so i kept mine to keep all the parts together nicely and organized.
@@nighthawk_predator1877 nice thanks.
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Fajita includes garlic powder, but tacos don't.
looked for this comment!
Just think about it…. You bake nachos. A warming rack, foil on top, chips, meat, cheese and cover with a short shot of water to get a little steam going like melting cheese on a smash burger, right?
Ya that's a great idea!
I'm leaving your party . Haha me too brother !🤣🤣
I haven’t seen any of the videos on this, but my initial thought is that you should make your own taco seasoning. I’ll post my recipe.
Second thought is that maybe next time don’t make the foil part so big that it covers the entire griddle. This would let heat from the uncovered portion of the griddle to rise and convect over the nachos.
Taco seasoning:
For 1 LB of ground beef:
1 tbsp chili powder
1 tbsp paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of Mexican Oregano if you have some or want to keep it on hand.
3/4 cup water
Brown beef
Drain beef (optional if you prefer natural fat or used lean beef)
Add in all the powders and stir then add in the water (reduce water amount if you didn’t drain the beef). Bring to boil as you stir, then cover and simmer, stirring occasionally about 15 mins. Uncover and cook until the moisture level of your taco meat suits your tastes and needs.
I’ll leave it to you to convert the cooking instructions to a griddle.
Thanks so much, I am going to give this a try.
@@JohnnyBrunet definitely let me know what you think! Oh one more tip. The heat/spiciness in f this recipe comes from the cayenne pepper NOT the chili powder. So adjust the cayenne up or down to suit your heat/spicy tolerance.
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Difference is cumin
1 part taco
2 parts cumin
At let's we know and as bob Ross says Happy accident.
But you can warm it up in the oven the Cheese 🧀 then put it on the grill when you are out side. Do not leve your cast iron in the stove when you are using it .😮😢
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Thanks man I'm going to start pulling the cast iron out. And now that the weather is getting nicer I'm going to try a live. I just need to get my set up right at the new house.
OMG Johnny I just went down a rabbit hole! Hearing how you grabbed the wrong seasoning made me want to share the recipe I use to make my taco seasoning. It is REALLY good and no crazy ingredients. I THOUGHT I had it saved in my Recipes playlist. Let me tell you that is a HUGE list. Well, no. It wasn't there. SO I checked another playlist. Not there either. SO I looked and FINALLY found it in my printed recipes. Whew! Anyway. Here is the link to a really good taco seasoning mix. You can tell her I sent you. LOL
ruclips.net/video/vBSOI7GKi68/видео.html
Thanks so much!!! I will definitely give this a try. And I'm the same way with recipes. I got stuff all over the place. It's so hard to get organized.
How'd they taste? That's where true success is measured. 😊
They did taste good, that's a very true statement.
Never tried nachos on the griddle but if I were to make them I’d just warm tortilla chips on griddle then top with queso fundido and other toppings. Don’t really see a need to warm chips on griddle any way.
But now to the real reason I’m posting. NEVER lay your phone down on any lid, especially when there’s a concrete floor 3 feet below it. As your son would say, ”I’ll be careful, I’m not gonna break it.” Yeah right.
Better yet make some queso fundido on the griddle and use the tortilla chips to dip.
Ya I think that's the way to go!
Looks good though. Maybe better with a beer.
Everything is.
Melded cheese
I did Nachos on my channel a long time ago. I had to watch it again to remember if i used shredded cheddar and i did use it. I shredded my own cheese and this does melt better than shredded cheese from the store. I did them on my 36" Blackstone and used a dome and water to melt the chesse. It worked well.
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Nice, I'll check out your video.
Melded cheese?
There are somethings I just do not cook on the griddle.
Ya this is definitely one of them. I never would have even tried had I not seen so many videos.
@@JohnnyBrunet I am the same way with pizza. I know it can be done but I would rather use my ceramic grill for that.
Hey Johnny, I have that same 2 burner Blackstone. Perhaps you weren't getting full heat due to a regulator needing to be reset or replaced.
That's a possiblity. But it seemed to do the ground beef ok. I need to double check that, thanks
This seems like this is one of those things that you just use the oven for.
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Grate your own cheese next time. Also was it low fat or fat free? That cheese takes forever to melt.
Ya I think that's the way to go.
No captions. This sucks.
You screwed up from the very beginning, Johnny. Using a griddle you need to do upside down construction of the nachos. 1 season and cook the ground beef till almost done. 2. Throw the shredded cheese on top of the almost done ground beef. 3. Layer the corn tortilla chips on the cheese and ground beef. 4. Cover the ground beef, shredded cheese, and the tortilla chips tightly with foil. 5. Close the lid on the griddle first approx. twelve minutes on medium. 6. Have two very strong men flip your griddle upside down and retrieve the very best nachos you ever had in your life.
lol! sounds like Nacho upside down cake on the griddle!
What is "melded" cheese? Jk jk
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