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Loaded Nachos

Name: Loaded Nachos
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: USA
Ingredients: 200g Corn Chips; 250g Ground Beef; 150g Melting Cheese; 1 Tomato; 1/4 Red Onion; 1 Green Chili Pepper; 3 tbsp Sour Cream; 1 tsp Chili Powder

Snack

⏱ 25 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Corn chips piled with cheese and seasoned beef, baked until melty — a Tex-Mex snack born in a Texas border town.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Said to have originated in the 1940s in a Texas-Mexico border town, when restaurateur Ignacio Anaya improvised the dish on the spot. The simple idea of melting cheese over corn chips has since become a staple snack at bars and stadiums worldwide.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A go-to shared snack for sports games and parties, piled high on one big plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Corn Chips 200g
Ground Beef 250g
Melting Cheese 150g
Tomato 1
Red Onion 1/4
Green Chili Pepper 1
Sour Cream 3 tbsp
Chili Powder 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cook the ground beef with the chili powder in a pan until it breaks apart and is fully cooked.
Finely chop the tomato, red onion, and green chili.
Spread the corn chips on a heatproof dish and scatter the cooked beef over them.
Top generously with the melting cheese.
Bake or broil in an oven preheated to 220°C for a few minutes until the cheese melts.
Scatter the tomato, red onion, and green chili on top, and serve with sour cream on the side.

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