Missing Maya

There's a Mexican restaurant near home that I love to go to.  It's called Maya, and my family visits it often.  I have a tendency to order the same thing whenever I got to a restaurant.  (This is a habit that my husband is trying to break me of.)  So, whenever I got to Maya, I almost always order their Nachos con Pollo.  The homemade nacho chips topped with shredded chicken, peppers and then covered with queso is delicious!

Seeing as how Maya is now about a 7.5 hour drive away, I have to supplement my desire for chicken nachos with something else, so I decided to try and make my own.

First I put two frozen chicken breasts in the oven to bake.  Then, when they were done, but not getting dry yet, I shredded the two pieces of chicken and put them into the skillet.  I added chopped onions and green peppers to the mix.  The juice that was in the bottom of the pan from the oven was just enough to make it so things didn't stick, and helped to add to the chicken flavor.  While the chicken cooked, I added some crushed red peppers.  (I have never liked crushed red peppers, because they are spicy and I think they are pointless on pizza.  That's the only thing that I had ever seen them used for.  Pizza is not supposed to be spicy!  Now, I love them, because they add some great flavor as I am cooking things!)  Here's how the chicken looked as it was being cooked.

Doesn't it look delicious!?!?!  While the chicken was cooking, I melted the cheese.  I was able to find a chunk of the mexican cheese dip at Wal-Mart.  I had always wanted to see if it tasted the same as in the restaurants.  Well, it was pretty close.  I then put the chicken on the chips and covered it all with the melted cheese.

 

Wa-La!  It was pretty good, not as good as Maya, but I'm going to have to let it work for now.