GETTING READY

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees F.

MAKING

2. Begin with a single layer of chips in your cast iron skillet. Top with equal parts cheddar and jack cheese, then tomatoes, then black beans.

3. Then another layer of the same, each time making the layer slightly smaller in diameter until it becomes a heaping mountain of nach-yo-ness.

4. Top the final layer with the remaining cheddar and jack and finally parmesan. You’re starting to get excited by this point, huh? Open a beer and chill, it’s gonna be about 15 minutes from here.

5. Carefully carry your cast iron skillet (you don’t want to topple your masterpiece) and place on the middle rack of the oven.

6. Close the oven door, grab a beer from the fridge and chill for about 15 minutes until the cheese is melted and some of it starts to get that crunchy golden dudeness.

7. NO JOKE HERE DUDE: Double up your hot pad and/or oven mitt cuz that cast iron skillet is gonna be smoking hot (not like Adam). If not, you’ll burn your hand. Which hurts, but worst of all, you’ll spill your Nach-Yos and look like an idiot.

8. Anyway, with your doubled-up hot pad, take the cast iron skillet out of the oven and place it on a trivet (if don’t know what that is, odds are you don’t have one) or a folded kitchen towel or another hot pad so you don’t burn whatever’s underneath your cast iron skillet.

SERVING

9. Top your macho cheese Nach-yos with your favorite salsa and a few squirts of Sean’s guacamole sauce.

10. Keep a hot pad on the handle of the cast iron skillet while it’s still hot to remind everyone that it burns like a mofo.

For Sean’s Guacamole Sauce

MAKING

1. Place everything in a food processor or blender and purée until smooth.

2. Pour into a condiment bottle (if you’ve got one - they’re the ones you put ketchup and stuff in) and put a few squirts on your Nach-Yos.

3. Oh and you can do the same thing with sour cream. Just add a little water and put it in a condiment bottle.

TIPS

Wanna step these Nach-Yos up even more? Okay. Cool. During the layering process, toss in some shredded chicken or maybe some diced red onion. You could sprinkle it with some garlic powder or if you’re spicy like Sean is, put a few dashes of cayenne pepper on each layer. Or all of the above. Make them Nach-Yos your own, Dude!