Nachos, Properly Loaded, with a Homemade Cheese Sauce

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:15:00 +0000

The nacho is younger than you would guess and its inventor is a matter of record, which is rare for a snack this ubiquitous. In 1940, at a restaurant called the Victory Club in the border town of Piedras Negras, a maître d’ named Ignacio Anaya was faced with a group of American wives from the airbase across the river in Eagle Pass, arriving after the kitchen had closed. He improvised with what was to hand: fried tortilla triangles, grated cheese melted under the salamander, and a few slices of pickled jalapeño. He called them Nachos especiales, Nacho being the affectionate short form of Ignacio, and the dish took his name and never gave it back.

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Nachos, Properly Loaded, with a Homemade Cheese Sauce