Nachos Supreme

For 4 servings, use 220 g tortilla chips, 250 g ground beef, 180 g cheddar, 150 g black beans, 0.5 cup salsa, and 30 g jalapeño. Preheat the oven to 200°C and loosen the grated cheddar so it can be scattered evenly. Set a pan over medium heat, add the ground beef, and cook until it is browned. Continue until the moisture released by the beef has cooked away; leaving liquid in the pan would soften the chips during baking. Spread half of the tortilla chips over a baking tray in one layer. Distribute part of the cooked beef, the black beans, and some of the cheddar across the chips, reaching into the spaces rather than covering only the center. Add the remaining chips as a second layer. Scatter the rest of the beef and cheese all the way toward the edges, then add the sliced jalapeño. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the cheddar has fully melted and begins bubbling at the edges. Remove the tray from the oven and add the 0.5 cup salsa immediately before serving. Keeping the salsa off the chips during baking limits the time its moisture has to soak into them. Serve as soon as the cheese has melted while the layered chips are still crisp.