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Cheesy Nacho Casserole Recipe

You’ll love this easy Cheesy Nacho Casserole! It’s loaded with ground turkey, beans, tortilla chips, and plenty of cheese for a family friendly dinner recipe!

Calling all Mexican food lovers! You'll love this easy Cheesy Nacho Casserole! It's loaded with ground turkey, beans, tortilla chips, and plenty of cheese for a family friendly dinner recipe!
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I happened upon a recipe recently called Beef Nacho Casserole, and I couldn’t really click on it fast enough. I’m slightly obsessed with Mexican food, nachos, casseroles, and really everything about that title, so I needed to check it out. I looked at the ingredients and saw Miracle Whip listed, and I was all:

 

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Now look. I don’t mean to criticize the recipe author. I believe everyone should make their food the way they like it, and I love for people to share their recipes with the world! I just don’t really like Miracle Whip anyway, and combining it with the word nachos is not what I expected.

So there I was, left with a hunger for a nacho casserole (minus mayonnaise), so I decided to create my own! My version uses ground turkey, but you can use beef or chicken or whatever you like. Since I was leaving out the salad dressing, it still needed something to hold it together. I used a mixture of cream cheese and sour cream to give a rich, creamy base. I realized as I made this dish that it’s an awful lot like my Creamy Taco Dip recipe, except it’s dinner. I love any excuse to eat dip for dinner! If you do too, I also suggest you take a gander at this Hearty Hot Spinach Dip.

You'll love this easy Cheesy Nacho Casserole! It's loaded with ground turkey, beans, tortilla chips, and plenty of cheese for a family friendly dinner recipe!

I have to break it to you that you’ll be happiest if you gobble up this entire casserole when it’s hot and fresh. I love recipes that make good leftovers, but this isn’t really one of them. Don’t get me wrong. You can for sure eat the leftovers. In fact, I’m having it for lunch right now! It’s just not as good as when the chips are freshly baked, and the cheese is hot and melty. Once it cools (and is reheated), there’s a lot lost in the texture department. It still tastes good though :) I hope you enjoy the recipe!

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You'll love this easy Cheesy Nacho Casserole! It's loaded with ground turkey, beans, tortilla chips, and plenty of cheese for a family friendly dinner recipe!

Cheesy Nacho Casserole

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You’ll love this easy Cheesy Nacho Casserole! It’s loaded with ground turkey, beans, tortilla chips, and plenty of cheese for a family friendly dinner recipe!

  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x

Ingredients

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  • 16 ounces ground turkey (or beef or chicken if you prefer)
  • 3 tablespoons taco seasoning mix (or one packet)
  • 4 ounces cream cheese (reduced fat is fine)
  • 1/2 cup red salsa
  • 1/2 cup sour cream (reduced fat is fine)
  • 15 ounces canned pinto beans drained
  • 3 cups crushed tortilla chips (approximate measure)
  • 3 cups shredded Mexican blend cheese
  • shredded cabbage (optional)
  • diced tomatoes (optional)
  • additional sour cream (optional)

 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spray an 8″ square baking dish with cooking spray, and set aside.
  2. Spray a large skillet with cooking spray, and heat over medium-high heat. Add ground meat and taco seasoning. Stir and crumble meat until it is cooked through.
  3. Reduce heat to medium. Stir cream cheese into hot meat until it melts. (Break it up with your spoon or spatula to speed up this process.) Stir in sour cream and salsa, and continue cooking until mixture is heated through.
  4. Spread half the cooked meat mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan. Pour the entire can of beans over the meat. Spread half the crushed chips over the beans and about a cup of cheese over the chips.
  5. Repeat the meat, then chips, then cheese layers a second time. (You should have a handful of cheese left.) Cover the dish with foil, and bake for 20 minutes.
  6. Carefully remove casserole from the oven. Remove foil, and sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over the top. Return the casserole to the oven, and cook another 3-5 minutes until the top layer of cheese is melted.
  7. Serve right away topped with cabbage, tomatoes, sour cream, or your desired toppings. Have fun!
  • Author: Andi
  • Prep Time: 15
  • Cook Time: 20

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  1. Sue Snyder says

    December 21, 2016 at 11:31 am

    This sounds so good. Love Mexican food. I’ll be making this tonight. I love love love your recipes! Thanks so much for sharing.

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  2. Esteban says

    October 7, 2016 at 5:57 am

    I used Miracle Whip and threw the sour cream and cream cheese back in the refrigerator for my wife to use. I made it with meat. I loved it, my wife can’t keep her fork away from my plate. She is the one that doesn’t care too much for Miracle Whip, some of the bad habits she acquire from my mother-in law. But she Is beginning to change her old ways. By the way…. have you tried a Miracle Whip and sweet onion Sandwich????

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    • Andi Gleeson says

      October 7, 2016 at 11:07 am

      You are too funny, Esteban. I love it that you wanted to try the original version instead! I don’t enjoy the flavor of Miracle Whip, so not I haven’t tried it in an onion sandwich :) Have a great weekend!

      Reply
  3. Heather Kinnaird says

    October 6, 2016 at 4:59 pm

    who doesn’t love dip for dinner! this sounds delicious and much better then miracle whip

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    • Andi Gleeson says

      October 7, 2016 at 11:07 am

      Thank you, Heather! Cream cheese for the win! ;)

      Reply
  4. Nancy Long says

    October 6, 2016 at 2:22 pm

    Yum. sounds great and we love Mexican anything!

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    • Andi Gleeson says

      October 7, 2016 at 11:07 am

      Me too, Nancy. It’s my very favorite. Thank you!!

      Reply

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