Sweet & Savory Apple Chip Nachos

Apple chips are sweet, crunchy, and mildly addictive. Homemade apple chips make for a yummy and super cost-effective snack. Plus, this healthy recipe is a unique way to use up all of the farm fresh apples you just picked for the season!

This sweet + savory play on nachos makes for a fun, low-calorie, gluten-free snack that will have your taste buds singing (and your friends begging for more)!

Ingredients

1 red delicious apple (or any variety you have on hand)

1 tablespoon thyme leaves

½ red onion, sliced thin

1 tablespoon coconut oil

½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded

½ teaspoon chia seeds

2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds

¼ teaspoon pink hymalian salt

¼ cup walnuts

Instructions

Preheat oven to 205 degrees.

Slice apples ⅛” thin with a sharp knife. If you have a mandolin tool you can use it for slicing the apples instead of a knife. Lay apple slices out on a large sheet pan. Sprinkle thyme leaves and salt over them evenly. Place in oven for 1 hour.

Take chips out after 1 hour and very gently flip them over. Place back in oven for 1 more hour.

While apple chips are cooking set a small saute pan on a stove top burner and turn heat to medium.  Place coconut oil in pan and allow 2-3 minutes for heating. Pour onions into pan and let cook until you see browning on the bottom. Stir onions with a wooden spoon (if possible), reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to let cook until onions are all caramelized. Brown but not burnt. 

After the second hour, turn your oven off but let the apples sit in the oven while they cool for 30 minutes.

Take chips out and loosen off of sheet pan. Cluster apple chips closer together to resemble nacho chips. 

Turn oven on high broiler setting. 

Arrange caramelized onions on top of apple chips, followed by shredded cheese. Next, add the chia seeds and walnuts. Place in oven and check every 30 seconds until cheese is melted and walnuts start to toast. Take nachos out of oven and cover with pomegranate seeds. Split between you and your favorite snack partner!

Garnish with fresh thyme springs.

Nutrition facts:
Servings: 2 

calories: 280, fat: 22g (saturated fat: 10g), cholesterol: 15mg, sodium: 127mg, protein: 6g, carbohydrates: 18g, sugar: 11g, fiber: 5g

Tips from Katie’s Kitchen: The reason a wooden spoon is useful when caramelizing food is because it picks up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan and distributes them better than a metal spoon. For this process wooden utensils prevent burning, and create less cook time.