Super Bowl Nachos

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 8 cups tortilla chips, home-made or store bought
• 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb chorizo sausage, casing removed (or use 1 lb. ground beef)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• salt
• liquid red pepper seasoning (tabasco)
• 1 (1 -2 lb) can refried beans
• 1 (4 ounce) can whole green chilies, seeded and chopped
• 2 -3 cups shredded monterey jack cheese or 2 -3 cups mild cheddar cheese
• 3/4 cup prepared green taco sauce or 3/4 cup red taco sauce
• 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted and coarsely mashed (garnish)
• 1 cup sour cream (garnish)
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion (garnish)
• 1 cup pitted ripe olives (garnish)
• 1 mild red pickled pepper (garnish)
• chopped fresh cilantro (garnish)

Recipe

• 1 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.
• 2 spoon off fat; season to taste with salt and hot pepper seasoning.
• 3 spread beans in a shallow 10x15-inch baking pan or oven proof dish.
• 4 top evenly with meat mixture, sprinkle with chiles and cheese, then drizzle with taco sauce.
• 5 bake, uncovered, in a 400° oven for 20-25 minutes or until very hot throughout.
• 6 meanwhile, prepare garnishes of your choice.
• 7 remove pan from oven and quickly garnish, mounding avocado and sour cream in the center, and adding other garnishes as desired.
• 8 quickly tuck tortilla chips around edges of bean mixture and serve immediately.
• 9 if desired, keep platter hot on an electric warming tray.