Youve Gotta Try These Nachos Recipes

Steps:

• Arrange the corn chips on a large serving platter.
• Combine the salsa ingredients and let the flavors meld.
• Make the beef and beans topping:.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium high and add the olive oil, garlic, onion and jalapeno. Saute for about 2 minutes.
• Add meat and break into smaller bits. Season with salt, chili powder, cumin and the cayenne pepper sauce. Cook meat mixture until browned, about 5 minutes. (Drain any grease.).
• Stir in the beans and turn the heat down to low.
• Make the cheese sauce:.
• In a saucepan, melt the butter over moderate heat.
• Then add the flour, stirring and cooking for about a minute.
• Whisk in milk.
• When the milk comes to a bubble (watch carefully and keep stirring to make it lump-free and so it doesn't scald), stir in cheese using a wooden spoon.
• Remove cheese sauce from the heat.
• Pour cheese sauce evenly over the tortilla chips.
• Top evenly with the beef and beans mixture.
• Top it all off with the pico de gallo salsa (and optional toppings, if using).
• Serve it while it's hot!

Steps:

• Crumble beef and sausage into a wide frying pan over medium-high heat; add onion and cook, stirring to break up meat, until meat is lightly browned.
• Spoon off fat; season to taste with salt and hot pepper seasoning.
• Spread beans in a shallow 10x15-inch baking pan or oven proof dish.
• Top evenly with meat mixture, sprinkle with chiles and cheese, then drizzle with taco sauce.
• Bake, uncovered, in a 400° oven for 20-25 minutes or until very hot throughout.
• Meanwhile, prepare garnishes of your choice.
• Remove pan from oven and quickly garnish, mounding avocado and sour cream in the center, and adding other garnishes as desired.
• Quickly tuck tortilla chips around edges of bean mixture and serve immediately.
• If desired, keep platter hot on an electric warming tray.

Steps:

• Drain chicken and shred, thinly slice green onions, dice tomato, fry bacon until crisp and crumble.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line large cookie sheet with aluminum foil, layer almost the entire bag of tortilla chips, chicken, olives, green onions, tomato, bacon and cheese. Repeat layers over that if you wish to double the recipe. I put the cheese on over the ingredients to better hold them in place on the tortilla chips. Bake 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve with salsa and sour cream on the side. Generously serves 6.