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Nacho Cheeseburgers

By Kate Morgan Jackson

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Give your supper a little spice with this easy recipe for nacho cheeseburgers. Juicy burgers and melty cheese with a little zing!

nacho cheeseburgers

As I mentioned in my last post, the Southern husband and I are back from a fabulous vacation in sunny Mexico, where we had a TERRIBLE TIME.

The Southern husband

Don’t we look miserable?

I am reminiscing about all the boat drinks…

boat drinks

…all the glorious sunsets…

sunset

…and now that I am back in rainy, chilly New Jersey on my post-vacation soup and salad diet, I am feeling a little like this grumpy Mexican birdie…

sulky bird

…and dreaming of all the delectable, just the right amount of spicy lunches and suppers we had (we went with my little brother and his lovely wife, and they were fabulous at helping me figure out how to navigate towards the right amount of spicy, as I am a spice chicken).

Which leads me to this recipe for nacho cheeseburgers, which swaps out the usual American cheese for a melty Velveeta sauce that is jazzed up with a little chili powder and some salsa.

And for me, the beauty part is that you control the amount of sauce by the type of salsa you have.  If you are a chicken when it comes to spices (raises hand) you can use mild salsa.

If you are my mom or my sister, you use the hottest salsa you can find.  You be you!

Here’s how you make nacho cheeseburgers!

Grab yourself some ground beef, season it up with salt and pepper, and form it into loose piles.  I use my tried and true method of cooking diner style burgers for this recipe, so they have lots of nooks and crannies to hold the cheese sauce.

Place the piles on a buttered griddle or skillet and let them cook for 2 minutes without moving them.  Flip carefully and cook for one minute more, and then let them rest while you make the sauce.

Give your supper a little spice with this easy recipe for nacho cheeseburgers. Juicy burgers and melty cheese with a little zing!Click to TweetPut some cubed Velveeta (yes, you MUST use Velveeta for this) and microwave it until it is melted.  Stir in some chili powder and salsa.

Now pop the burgers on a hamburger roll and dollop on a generous amount of that cheesy zippy sauce, and you are ready to dig in!

And as soon as I can button my jeans again, this is going right to the top of my menu list.  Until then, you can find me eating carrot sticks and dreaming of that glorious sunset up there.  Happy sigh…

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Nacho Cheeseburgers


  • Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 5 minutes
  • Total Time: 15 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Stovetop, Microwave
  • Cuisine: Tex-Mex
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Give your supper a little spice with this easy recipe for nacho cheeseburgers. Juicy burgers and melty cheese with a little zing!


Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef chuck
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 8 ounces Velveeta cheese, cubed
  • 1/4 cup salsa (your choice of heat!)
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 4 hamburger rolls

Instructions

  1. Season the ground chuck with a little salt and pepper.
  2. Gently form them into 4 piles that are held together ever so loosely. Not patties, just round piles.
  3. Heat a cast iron pan or a griddle to medium high, and add butter. When the butter is melted, increase the heat to high and add the piles. Using a spatula, press down on them until they are spread about 1/2 inch thick. Cook them for two minutes on the first side WITHOUT moving them.
  4. Flip them over carefully. Cook one more minute and then lay them on a plate to rest.
  5. Microwave the Velveeta until it is melted, about 2 minutes.  Stir in salsa and chili powder.
  6. Place one burger on the bottom of each hamburger roll and spoon on a generous amount of sauce. Cover with burger roll top.
  7. Repeat with remaining burgers, pass the napkins and dig in!

Notes

If you REALLY want to walk on the wild side nacho cheeseburger-wise, you can put two burgers on a roll, with a little extra sauce in between the burgers.  The Southern husband had his this way, and it was totally worth the extra time on the treadmill!

5778.9 g1632.5 mg28.4 g14.4 g0.5 g29.9 g1.6 g50.3 g175.4 mg

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Kate Morgan Jackson

Hi there!  I’m Kate, and I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover.  I started Framed Cooks in 2009, and my mission is to create and share family-friendly recipes that make cooking both easy and fun…yes, I said FUN!  My kitchen is my happy place, and I want yours to be that place too.  And if you make this recipe, I would love you to tag @FramedCooks on Instagram so I can see the deliciousness!as seen in logos

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Published on March 8, 2020

Good for: Cinco de Mayo, Dinner In A Hurry, Father's Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Southern Husband's Favorites

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  1. Theresa Murphy says

    March 9, 2020 at 7:39 am

    Oh yum! What is there not to love about a juicy burger smothered in spicy cheese sauce? Hopefully your jeans button very soon so you can indulge in this burger. Your vacation looked like a blast. And how fun to go with your brother and his wife! The pics you shared are gorgeous!

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    • Kate Morgan Jackson says

      March 10, 2020 at 4:43 pm

      Aw, thank you – we the BEST time! :)

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Hi, I’m Kate! I’m a recipe writer, food photographer and devoted bacon lover. I’m so glad you’re here!

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