Nachos El Grande
These nachos beat any drive through, and the big plus was they weren't soggy from a ride home. Keep reading
For the meat and cheese part, I made a sort of thick queso that was mixed 1 Tex-Mex taco meat and .50 Velveeta cheese. It played a significant role in my h*ll yeah moment.
Servings 4
Calories 990kcal
Ingredients
Taco Queso Meat
- 1 pound ground beef
- ¼ cup Taco Dust
- 1 cup Velveeta
- 1 cup water
- 1 ounce milk
The Rest
- 1 oz bell pepper (diced, Any color but green)
- 1 oz jalapeno (='s 1/2 diced de-seeded for less heat)
- ¼ cup tomato diced (ripest you can find)
- 1/4 tsp salt
- ¼ cup Scorched
- 8 oz sour cream
- 12 oz white tortilla corn chips (Hands down Calidad are my fav. Hope you can get them)
Instructions
Taco Meat Production
- If you are using your own premade Taco meat skip to #6
- In your med heat pan cook ground beef to brown. I take it a little further to get crispy pieces too.
- Drain off fat in a metal strainer over sink. You can push the meat down with a small plate or object to squeeze out some extra fat.
- Once drained put meat back in pan on medium high, add 1 cup water, and ¼ cup Taco Dust. You can turn up the boldness of the seasoning buy adding more Taco Dust. ½ cup is our max for 1 pound of meat.
- Simmer for a few minutes and take off heat.
- Now, depending on your number of eaters 1 pound of ground beef will get about 2 cups. This recipe was made with 1 cup beef. I’m doing as if you are using 2 cups beef because the leftover is great over a morning omelet and you likely are cooking with someone.
- Velveeta is measured in ounces and we need 1 cup worth. That would mean cut off 8 ounces worth and dice the Velveeta up. I get the dice as small as possible because when microwaving it melts down quicker.
- Throw Velveeta and milk in a bowl and microwave in 45 second intervals stirring and keeping an eye on until a liquid smooth texture. Careful because towards the end of heating the Velveeta it will bubble over. Stop the microwave if you see this starting.
- Once you got the these cheese creamy drop the meat in the bowl and mix up.
Diced Veggies
- Throw the diced bell pepper, tomato, jalapeno, and dash of salt in a bowl.
- Mix them up. The salt will bring out the veggies flavors.
Let Eat!
- From bottom up. Place chips on plate or platter. Try to spread out as much as you can so most the chips get meat/cheese love.
- Pour as little or as much as you want of the meat cheese mixture over chips. I don’t hit it too hard I’d say that’s ¼ cup of the mixture.
- Sprinkle you diced veggie mixture over top.
- Dab 4 or 5 tablespoons of sour cream in your perfect positioning. Make a smiley face if ya want.
- Dab 4 or 5 tablespoons of Scorched around the top.
- Get after it. The longer you wait the hungri-er you get.
Notes
Sliced black olives would have been great on this imo. Be sure to add what makes you happy.
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➕ Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Nachos El Grande
Amount Per Serving (355 g)
Calories 990
Calories from Fat 549
% Daily Value*
Fat 61g94%
Saturated Fat 21g131%
Cholesterol 135mg45%
Sodium 2339mg102%
Potassium 1075mg31%
Carbohydrates 72g24%
Fiber 6g25%
Sugar 10g11%
Protein 40g80%
Vitamin A 2595IU52%
Vitamin C 29.3mg36%
Calcium 616mg62%
Iron 6.4mg36%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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