Mamas Nachos Grande Recipes

SUPER NACHOS

Steps:

• Arrange a mixture of 2 varieties of corn chips on a very large platter or use your broiler pan as a platter.
• Combine salsa ingredients in a bowl and set aside for flavors to marry.
• Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add oil, garlic, onion and peppers to the pan and saute 2 minutes, then add meat and crumble with wooden spoon. Season meat with salt, chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper sauce. Cook meat 5 minutes, then stir in beans and reduce heat to low.
• In a medium sauce pot, melt butter and add flour to it. Cook flour and butter 1 to 2 minutes over moderate heat, then whisk in milk. When milk comes to a bubble, stir in cheese with a wooden spoon. Remove cheese sauce from the heat.
• Pour cheese sauce evenly over the massive spread of chips and top evenly with beef and beans and the pico de gallo. UBER NACHOS! Serve immediately as is or, garnish with your choice of extra toppings from the toppings list.

SUPER NACHOS

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef in a skillet over medium heat until meat is crumbly and no longer pink, 5 to 10 minutes. Drain excess grease. Stir in taco seasoning mix and water and simmer until beef mixture has thickened, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the broiler. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Spread tortilla chips on the prepared baking sheet; top with Cheddar cheese and dot with refried beans and ground beef mixture.
• Broil in the preheated oven until cheese is melted, watching carefully to prevent burning, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Top nachos with salsa, sour cream, black olives, green onions, and jalapeno peppers.

MAMA'S NACHOS GRANDE!!!

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet, add the onion, green pepper, and garlic, and cook gently, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes or until soft but not browned.
• Add the tomatoes and chili and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Stir in the chili powder and paprika and cook for 3 minutes, then add the refried beans, breaking them up with a fork.
• Add the measured water and cook, stirring occasionally for 8-10 minutes, until the mixture thickens.
• Spoon the beans into the middle of a baking dish, arrange the tortilla chips around the edge and sprinkle with cumin.
• Sprinkle the cheese over the beans and tortilla chips.
• Bake in a 400* oven for 15-20 minutes until the cheese has melted.
• Sprinkle the paprika in a lattice pattern on top.
• Chop scallions, cut avocado in cubes and scatter them on top.
• Place dollops of sour cream and black olives evenly around top and serve immediately.

NACHO MAMA'S S'MORES

Steps:

• Break the graham crackers into pieces and place a layer in the bottom of a cast iron skillet. Break up the chocolate bars and put a layer on top of the crackers. Now add another layer of crackers and chocolate. Evenly distribute the marshmallows over it all. Place the skillet in a corner of the campfire, rotating the pan 1/4 turn every 3 minutes, until the chocolate is melted and the marshmallow are golden brown, about 12 minutes. Be sure to protect your hands from the fire at all times.
• Alternately, the S'mores can be made in a pie pan in a preheated 250 degree F oven until the chocolate and marshmallows melt.

NACHOS GRANDE

Steps:

• In 1-quart saucepan, combine soup and salsa; set aside.
• In 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef and onion until beef is browned and onion is tender, stirring to separate meat.
• Spoon off fat.
• Add 1/2 cup soup mixture.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Heat through, stirring occasionally.
• Over medium heat, heat remaining soup mixture, stirring occasionally.
• Arrange chips on large serving platter; top with meat mixture.
• Spoon soup mixture over meat.
• Top with tomato and pepper.