# What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 20, 2021, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015 "2021-01-20T19:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4651
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[This thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-nacho-man-i-want-to-be-a-nacho-man/1028988) got me craving nachos yesterday. So I made nachos. Far from the first time the SDMB has inspired my dinner plans, and surely not the last. Had a little bit of frozen chorizo, so I did about a 3:1 ratio of ground beef to chorizo. Ancho chili powder, smoked paprika, cumin, cayenne, garlic powder, oregano, salt, diced bell pepper and onion. Pro tip for great nacho / taco meat flavor: add a little tomato paste toward the end of cooking and be sure to brown the tomato paste infused meat thoroughly. Two cans of well-drained diced tomatoes, most of a bell pepper, a large jalapeño, half a red onion, a couple garlic cloves, juice of a big lime, oregano and salt in a blender just until mixed but still a bit chunky makes an excellent ‘garden fresh’ salsa. Then just chips, meat, shredded cheddar (was what I had) heated until melty. Eaten with copious amounts of the salsa and a beer on the side 😋 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015)._