15-Minute Ground Beef Nachos Featured by "Kevin Malone" from The Office!

This ground beef nachos recipe is full of flavor and everyone will love it! I mean, Brian Baumgartner (Kevin from The Office) featured it in his chili book after all. The gooey cheese mixed with our SECRET INGREDIENT ground beef mix creates the best homemade nachos in just 15-minutes.

Why you will love these

Unique take on a classic: This recipe is nachos meets chili for the PERFECT and unique combo!

Tried and True: I’ve been making these chili nachos for nearly 10 years now and they continue to WOW whenever I serve them.

Easy, easy, easy: Using a sheet pan makes assembling AND clean up a breeze. One pan meals like this are my favorite on busy nights especially. Sometimes I don't even get plates out, we just eat together at the table right off of the pan.

So good celebrities feature it in their cookbook: Yes, it is THAT good! I was so honored when it got featured in Brian Baumgartner's cookbook. That was also the moment my husband really thought I'd made it as a food blogger.

Here is Brian's Chili Cookbook (from The Office). If you've seen The Office, you know of Kevin's chili...Now you get to experience for yourself with this cookbook!

These cheeseburger tots are another one pan meal I love and so do the kids. We even have an entire e-book with 20+ Sheet Pan Meals and More for you! It includes everything from breakfast and appetizers to main dishes and fantastic desserts.

It would be so fun to have these chili nachos (or this bean and meat mixture) on a Mexican charcuterie board. I think they would be so tasty and so fun to add to a charcuterie board.

What you need

Like I said, this recipe is SO easy and perfect for busy weeknights. I also like Instant Pot meals for busy nights.

Bush's Baked Beans: This is the KEY ingredient. I LOVE this bean and meat mixture on nachos. It is slightly sweet thanks to the baked beans but salty with the ground beef. The corn adds another great flavor that takes these to the NEXT LEVEL.

Corn Tortilla Chips: There are actually quite a few tortilla chips out there that are gluten-free. Look for ones that have a gluten-free label. They should only include corn and no wheat ingredients. One of the biggest things is making sure the chips aren't cross contaminated by frying them in the same oil as something else with gluten. Here are a few of my favorite brands...

• Siete Foods
• Tostitos
• Food Should Taste Good
• Late July
• Don Julio Lightly Seasoned Tortilla Chips

If you are wanting to try another recipe with tortilla chips, check out our dessert nachos. The mixture of the salty chips with the sweet chocolate is absolutely divine.

How to make them

Cook beef, add beans and corn to make the SECRET SAUCE mixture, spread on chips, top with cheese and bake. Yep, that's it!

Top tip: Squeeze some fresh lime juice on top of your epic beef nachos for extra flavor.

You can bake these chili nachos at a lower heat of 350 degrees for 15 minutes or you can broil them for 2 minutes for an extra crunch. Either way is great. It really just depends on how quickly you need them. I like to broil them personally...

See, it really is easy to learn how to make nachos in the oven. I promise you, this is a meal your family will love again and again...

The original recipe was posted on May 19, 2011 and has been updated with new information and tips on September 29, 2022. Here is the photo we used...