Macho Nachos Food

MACHO NACHOS COURTESY OF PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Have all the prepped ingredients easily accessible to assemble nachos.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a small saucepan over low heat, cook refried beans until they are loose enough to spoon onto nachos.
• On a large ovenproof platter, spread out a layer of tortilla chips and quickly put a teaspoon of hot refried beans on each chip.
• Working quickly, sprinkle with some onions, jack cheese, and jalapeño slices.
• Spoon on chili and top that with Cheddar.
• Repeat this layering process until ingredients are used up.
• Save some of the jalapeño slices for garnish.
• Place platter in the oven and bake until cheese has melted, about 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a trivet or heatproof surface.
• Top nachos with sour cream, green onions, diced tomato and jalapeño slices and serve hot.

SOUTHWESTERN MACHO NACHOS

Steps:

• Toss chicken and hot sauce; set aside.
• Place half the crackers in single layer on microwaveable plate. Top with half the chicken mixture and half of the next 4 ingredients. Microwave on HIGH 1 min. or until cheese is melted.
• Top with half of the sour cream, salsa and cilantro. Serve immediately. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

CHEESY MACHO NACHOS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Lay chips on oven safe platter. You will be layering this so split them.
• Warm beans and chili on stove or in microwave. Stir beans until smooth.
• Spread beans over tortillas. Top with onion, cheese, jalepenos, chili and cheddar cheese. Repeat by layering tortilla chips and toppings until gone.
• Place in oven and bake until cheese is melted.
• Dollop with sour cream. Add tomatoes and green onions on top.

MANDA'S MACHO NACHOS

Steps:

• Prep: Brown and season hamburger. Chop onion and jalapenos. Dice tomato, set aside. heat refried beans.
• Heat oven to 425.
• Spray a glass baking pan, put down tortilla chips until bottom and sides are covered. Add layer of refried beans, followed by hambuger,onion, jalapeno, and cheese. Then start layering process all over. Do this until you have 3 or 4 layers. Be sure it is covered with layer of cheese before baking. Bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted on top. When nachos have gone from hot to warm, add sour cream and diced tomatoes. You could also include salsa. Hope you enjoy as much as my hubby does!