Spicy Nacho Bake

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb. 93% lean ground beef
• 1 large onion

  chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper

  chopped
• 28 oz. can diced tomatoes

  undrained
• 15.5 oz. can hot chili beans

  or mixed chili beans
• 15 oz. can black beans

  rinsed and drained
• 11 oz. can whole kernel corn

  or Mexi-corn or Southwestern Corn
• 8 oz. can tomato sauce
• 1 packet Taco Seasoning

  or homemade taco seasoning
• 13 oz. bag spicy Nacho Cheese Doritos

  (see note below)
• 5 cups sharp Cheddar cheese

  shredded (see note below)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 Grease a 9×13” glass baking dish; set aside.
• 3 In a Dutch oven, brown the beef, onion and bell pepper over medium heat.
• 4 Cook until beef is no longer pink. 
• 5 Use a hamburger chopper to chop the ground beef into small pieces while frying.
• 6 Drain off any grease.
• 7 Stir in tomatoes, beans, corn, tomato sauce and taco seasoning.
• 8 Bring ingredients to a boil.
• 9 Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 30 minutes. (Mixture will be thin).
• 10 Layer 3 cups of Doritos chips in the bottom of baking dish.
• 11 Spoon 4 2/3 cups beef mixture over top of Dorito chips.
• 12 Sprinkle beef mixture with 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese.
• 13 Repeat layers once.
• 14 Top casserole with 3 cups of Nacho Doritos Chips.
• 15 Top with 2 cups of cheese.
• 16 Bake, uncovered at 350º for 15-20 minutes, or until casserole is golden brown. 
• 17 Garnish casserole with sliced green onions, if desired.

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