Quick Skillet Nachos (with Cooking Video)

These Quick Skillet Nachos make a great weeknight supper for a Fun Friday or any other day of the week.

These easy nachos are actually the very first recipe I ever “made up” as a newlywed and new cook. It was a hit back then, and to this day it is a favorite recipe.

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To Make This Recipe You Will Need:

• ground beef
• onion powder
• taco seasoning (see my recipe for homemade here.)
• salsa
• refried beans
• shredded cheese
• nacho chips
• guacamole
• sour cream
• shredded lettuce
• oven safe skillet (mine is a 10 inch cast iron)
• wooden spoon or other utensil

I have made these nachos with a variety of different ground meat: beef, turkey, bison and even ground moose meat. Most often though, we have it with classic ground beef.

Watch me make this recipe in the video below.

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Quick Skillet Nachos

Constance Smith – Cosmopolitan Cornbread

These Quick Skillet Nachos make a great weeknight supper for a Fun Friday or any other day of the week!

5 from 11 votes

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Entrées – Main Dishes

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 6 servings

Calories 448 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 3 Tb taco seasoning
• 28 ounces refried beans, vegetarian (see note)
• 1 cup salsa
• 8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese

For Serving

• tortilla chips
• sour cream
• guacamole
• shredded lettuce

Instructions

 

• To begin, preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Cook the ground beef and onion powder together in an oven-safe skillet until completely cooked through.
• Reduce the heat to low, and stir in the taco seasoning. Stir in the refried beans and the salsa.
• Spread the mixture evenly in the skillet and sprinkle on the shredded cheese.
• Slide the skillet into the oven and bake it for about 10 minutes or until the cheese is fully melted.
• Serve with tortilla chips, sour cream, guacamole, or other toppings of your choice.

Notes

Serve the nachos with your favorite toppings.

This can also be put inside a tortilla as another option.

Refried Beans: I now use vegetarian refried beans to be biblically clean, as most traditional ones have pork in them.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cCalories: 448kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 29gFat: 28gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 93mgSodium: 1452mgPotassium: 365mgFiber: 7gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 814IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 343mgIron: 3mg

Nutritional information is auto-generated and the accuracy is not guaranteed.

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I originally published this recipe in 2013, and updated the post in 2021.