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.

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!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course Entrées – Main Dishes

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 6 servings

Calories 448 kcal

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Ingredients

  

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

For Serving

• ▢ tortilla chips
• ▢ sour cream
• ▢ guacamole
• ▢ shredded lettuce

Instructions

 

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

If nutritional values are provided for this recipe, they are an estimate and will vary depending on the brands of ingredients you use. The values do not include optional ingredients or when ingredients are added to taste or for serving. If nutritional values are very important to you, I suggest using your favorite nutritional calculating tool with the brands you use.

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