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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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In a large skillet, cook and crumble the sausage until brown.
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Remove from skillet and drain on a paper towel.
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Pour off any excess fat.
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Add onions and bell peppers to the skillet and cook over medium-high heat until the veggies are soft and golden brown, about 7-8 minutes.
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Remove from heat and set aside.
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To build the skillet, place 1/3 of the cheese in a medium-sized ovenproof skillet.
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Add half the sausage.
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Add another third of the cheese, then as much of the veggie mixture as youd like (you may have a little left over.)
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Add almost all of the remaining cheese, the rest of the sausage, then whatever cheese you have left.
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Sprinkle the top very lightly with chili powder.
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NOTE: Depending on the size of your skillet or baking dish, you may have some ingredients left over.
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Just build so that the ingredients roughly reach the top of the skillet; theyll shrink quite a bit once the cheese melts!
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Place into the oven and start watching it about 4 to 5 minutes in.
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You want to bake it until the cheese is totally melted, hot, and slightly bubbling...but before the cheese starts to firm up/harden.
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(In other words, you still want the cheese to be extra gooey.)
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Remove from the oven, top with the diced tomatoes, sprinkle on the tomatoes, and serve immediately with tortilla chips!
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NOTE: Be sure to have everything ready so you can serve the queso fundido pretty much right out of the oven.
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Its best when piping hot!
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IMPORTANT: Wrap a cloth around the skillet handle so guests wont burn themselves.
