Nacho Party Pork Casserole

🥘 Ingredients

• Fajita Spice Blend
  4 tbsp
• Mexican cheese blend
  2 c
• Tex-Mex paste
  1 unit
• black pepper
• blue corn tortilla chips
  6 oz
• cilantro
  ½ oz
• cooking oil
• ground pork
  40 oz
• guacamole
  1 c
• lime
  2 unit
• nonstick cooking spray
• onion
  2 unit
• paper towels
• pico de gallo
  1 lb
• refried black beans
  2 lb
• salt
• sour cream
  6 tbsp

🍳 Cookware

• baking dish
• large pan
• baking dish

1. 

   1

   Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Coat an 8-by-8-inch baking dish (9-by-13-inch baking dish for 8 servings) with nonstick cooking spray and set aside. Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and finely dice onion . Roughly chop cilantro . Quarter lime .

   nonstick cooking spray, onion: 2 unit, cilantro: ½ oz, lime: 2 unit
2. 

   2

   Heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan (preferably nonstick) over high heat. Add ground pork *, onion, and half the Tex-Mex paste (all for 8 servings). Season with Fajita Spice Blend , salt , and black pepper . Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until onion is tender and pork is cooked through, 6-8 minutes. (For 8, cook in batches, adding a drizzle of oil for each batch, or use a second large pan.) Remove from heat. Carefully blot any excess grease in pan with paper towels .

   cooking oil, ground pork: 40 oz, Tex-Mex paste: 1 unit, Fajita Spice Blend: 4 tbsp, salt, black pepper, paper towels
3. 

   3

   In prepared baking dish , layer half the pork mixture (using a slotted spoon), half the refried black beans , half the pico de gallo (draining first), and half the Mexican cheese blend . Repeat with remaining pork mixture, remaining refried beans, remaining pico de gallo, and remaining cheese. Bake casserole on middle rack until cheese melts, 8-10 minutes.

   refried black beans: 2 lb, pico de gallo: 1 lb, Mexican cheese blend: 2 c
4. 

   4

   Garnish casserole with cilantro. Serve family style with guacamole , sour cream , lime wedges, and blue corn tortilla chips on the side. Ground Pork is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160 degrees.

   guacamole: 1 c, sour cream: 6 tbsp, blue corn tortilla chips: 6 oz