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Cheesy Beef Nacho Casserole Recipe

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Are you looking for a basic Mexican casserole recipe to make for the family tonight? Try the following tasty beef nacho casserole because it will rock everyone’s world. Check out this delicious recipe for the ingredients list and step-by-step instructions on how to make it.

Everyone loves nachos, that famous spicy and mouthwatering gMexican snack food. Now you can have your nachos as a main meal entrée and get to pick out the ingredients you want to use in there.

This is so simple to prepare and definitely something everyone is going to love. Delicious and mildly spiced ground beef, salsa, tortilla chips, and Colby cheese combine to make the perfect beef nacho casserole. This dish is quick to prepare and really filling as well.

Serve your nachos with refried beans, avocado slices or guacamole, and then you can pass the salsa and sour cream for those who want it. You can expect your family to go to great lengths to scrape every deliciously gooey morsel, from the casserole dish. They won’t be able to get enough.

When making nachos with Doritos you get the choice of what goes in there – one of the most appealing things about coming up with your own versions of recipes with nachos. The main ingredients are the tortilla chips and then cheese and salsa are typical Tex-Mex ingredients.

Because this is served as an entrée rather than a snack or appetizer, you can include beef and corn making it a complete meal. Add some refried beans, avocado, chopped raw vegetables like onion or tomato, jalapeños for some spice, and anything else you want, before serving, or else serve these extras on the side and let people help themselves to any extras they want. You can really make this nachos recipe unique and your very own.

Nachos oven recipes cooked at the right nachos oven temp are eaten with the fingers so just serve the dish in the center of the table and let everyone dig right in. No doubt they will want second helpings of this tasty main entrée.

The ingredients are simple to find and it is relatively inexpensive to prepare this marvelous beef nacho casserole but you will be able to make a dish the whole family loves. Nobody is going to leave the table hungry. So make tonight a Mexican dinner night and whip up this beef nacho casserole. You can bet your family will be glad you did.

Beef, cheese, salsa, sour cream, corn, tortilla chips, and more combine to make this hearty nachos recipe which is filling enough to be served as an entrée.

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups (240g) shredded Colby cheese
  • 1½ cups (375ml) chunky tomato salsa
  • ¾ cup (180ml) sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 pound (450g) ground beef
  • 10 ounces (285g) corn kernels
  • 2 big handfuls crushed tortilla chips

Optional Toppings, to Serve:

  • ½ cup (130g) warmed refried beans
  • ½ finely chopped red onion
  • Slices of jalapeño chili
  • Fresh chopped cilantro (fresh coriander)
  • 1 sliced avocado

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Sauté the ground beef in a skillet over a medium-high heat, stirring to crumble, until evenly browned.
  3. Drain off the grease.
  4. Remove from the heat and stir the corn, salsa, cream, and chili powder.
  5. In a 2-quart (2-liter) casserole dish, layer the ground beef mixture with the tortilla chips and then the cheese twice, finishing with a cheese layer.
  6. Bake uncovered for 20 minutes, or until the cheese is melted and dish is thoroughly heated.
  7. Now you can throw in some refried beans, olives, jalapeños, chopped onion, guacamole, or any other toppings you’re in the mood for.
  8. Serve the nacho dish while it is still warm.

Notes

  • Sometimes nothing beats a bowl of nachos with Doritos and many fans of south of the border cooking would say this is their favorite comfort food.
  • If you are looking for an entrée instead of an appetizer, this is the recipe for you. Beef, cheese, corn and other delicious Mexican ingredients are combined to make this hearty and colorful dish, and it is something the whole family will enjoy.
  • Cook it at the right nachos oven temp and the results will  be spectacular. Serve this in the middle of the table and let everyone help themselves. Once they try this they are sure to request it again, and soon!

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