Nachos au Robin

great for 3 starving people or 6 if they’re not very hungry

Ingredients

• required are:
• * 2 bags of tortilla chips (tostitos restaurant style)
• * a lot of cheese, grated ( > 250 gr. )
• * salsa (whatever kind you like)
• * an oven
• * a plate that goes in the oven
• desired are:
• * 3 large tomatoes (diced)
• * 1 can refried beans
• * some ground beef ( ~ 200 gr. ) + mexican seasoning (if you don’t have any, combine a little cumin and much more chili powder)
• * 3 spring onions (chopped up, but not too small)
• Entirely optional are:
• * black olives (I don’t like them)
• * Jalapeño peppers (they’re good, but kind of expensive)
• * guacamole (don’t like it)
• * sour cream (don’t like it)
• * anything else you can come up with

Instructions

STEP 1:

Preheat the oven to about 200 degrees celsius.

STEP 2:

STEP 3:

Dice the tomatoes and drain them a little so they won’t get the chips all soggy. Chop up the spring onions and grate the cheese.

STEP 4:

STEP 5:

Fry the ground beef (don’t forget to add the seasoning) until brown. I don’t use butter, because I like to have the beef as dry as possible. This is to counter potential sogginess of the chips.

STEP 6:

STEP 7:

Spread the refried beans with a spoon on the bottom of the oven plate. (Yes, it is supposed to smell like dog food).

STEP 8:

Put on a layer of chips, a layer of tomatoes, spring onions, ground beef and cheese.

STEP 9:

Put on another layer of chips, tomatoes, spring onions, ground beef and cheese.

STEP 10:

Put on the final layer of chips (be sure to leave some for later!) and the rest of the tomatoes, spring onions, ground beef and cheese.

STEP 11:

STEP 12:

Put in the oven until the cheese is melted and is starting to turn brown. I think this takes about 10 minutes, but I never keep track.

STEP 13:

STEP 14:

Time to eat! Dip your chips in the salsa, or pour the salsa over your nacho mountain.

STEP 15:

STEP 16:

Notes: use more cheese than you think is necessary. You will be rewarded for it. Really, overdo it.