Frito Pie
This fun and easy Frito Pie combines taco-seasoned ground beef, beans, and tomatoes, all topped with cheddar, Monterey Jack, and crispy, crunchy Fritos. Add your favorite toppings like diced tomatoes, green onions, guacamole, chopped cilantro, or sour cream.
This fun and easy Frito Pie combines taco-seasoned ground beef, beans, and tomatoes, all topped with cheddar, Monterey Jack, and crispy, crunchy Fritos. Add your favorite toppings like diced tomatoes, green onions, guacamole, chopped cilantro, or sour cream.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
- Ground Beef: with a bit of fat in it. Fat is what gives it flavor
- Vegetables: onion, garlic, canned diced tomatoes, green onions
- Seasonings: taco seasoning, chili powder, fresh cilantro
- Beans: kidney beans, black beans, ranch-style beans, or pinto beans
- Corn chips: like Fritos
- Cheese: cheddar and Monterey Jack
- Toppings: such as Pico de Gallo, salsa, shredded lettuce, guacamole, black olives, tomatoes, jalapeno, or sour cream.
Frito Pie
A Frito Pie recipe loaded with seasoned ground beef, sweet onions, tomatoes, beans, and Fritos all topped with a generous helping of Cheddar Cheese and Monterey Jack Cheese and baked to golden perfection.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 diced onion
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tbl taco seasoning
- 1 tbl chili powder (optional)
- ½ cup water
- 10 oz mild Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilis
- 15 oz drained kidney beans
- 4-5 cups Fritos Corn Chips
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
- 2 green onions, sliced (topping)
- sour cream (topping)
- diced tomatoes (topping)
- cilantro, chopped (topping)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, brown ground beef. When ground beef is about halfway browned, add the onion and cook until the beef is browned and the onion is soft. Reduce the heat to low and add the garlic. Cook for 1 minute; stirring constantly. Drain any excess grease.
- Stir in the taco seasoning, chili powder, water, Rotel Tomatoes, and kidney beans. Simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Layer about 2 cups of Fritos in the bottom of a greased casserole dish. Spoon half the ground beef mixture on top. Sprinkle with half the cheddar cheese and Monterey Jack Cheese.
- Sprinkle with 2 more cups of Fritos, followed by the remaining meat and bean mixture. Top with the remaining Fritos and cheese.
- Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is well melted and the casserole is hot. Top with all of your favorite toppings and serve immediately.
