Mom's Hot Mexican Salad

Ingredients

• 16 ounce corn chips 
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder 
• 1  bell pepper diced green
• 4 ounce chiles diced green canned
• 1 tablespoon ground cumin 
• 0.8 head iceberg lettuce dried shredded rinsed
• 1.5 pounds ground beef lean
• 1  onion diced
• 1 pound processed cheese food 
• 1 cup tomato sauce 
• 2  tomatoes chopped

Equipment

• frying pan

Directions

1. Place beef, onion, bell pepper, garlic and cumin in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until hamburger is evenly brown.
2. Drain any excess fat.
3. Stir cheese, green chilies and tomato sauce into the beef mixture. Cook 5 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
4. Equally divide lettuce among salad plates.
5. Pour meat and cheese mixture over lettuce and garnish with chopped tomato and corn chips.