Taco Pie
Try this delicious and spicy taco pie recipe, perfect for when you get a craving for a little spice in your supper. A fun twist on your favorite taco salad!
Why we love this recipe
I’m not sure how authentic this taco pie recipe is…probably 0%, if I had to put a number on it.
But it’s delicious and spicy and involves taco sauce and tortilla chips and so I’m going with it. That’s what you get when an Irish girl does Mexican food. But let me repeat: delicious!
My best description of this would be a taco salad in a layered pie form. Which spares you all the drama of making one of the tortilla bowls that taco salads usually come in, and trust me when I say there is much drama involved. Much.
Whereas with this easy little number, there is 0% drama involved. (I have a 0% theme going here. Please love me anyway.)
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
How to make this recipe
Okay, here we go! Take a handful of your favorite tortilla chips and crush them into bite sized pieces, and lay them on the bottom of a pie plate, please.
Now top the chips with some ground beef that you have sauteed with some chopped onion and some taco sauce. Here’s where you can control the spiciness…if you like things spicy, use the hotter version of the taco sauce. If you are a wimp like me, use the mild version.
Now scatter on a generous amount of shredded cheddar and/or Jack cheese and bake it up for about 5 minutes until the cheese is nice and melty.
Now scatter on some cherry tomato halves…
….and some chopped avocado…
….and drizzle on a little sour cream thinned with milk. Or you can just drop small spoonfuls of sour cream on. I just like to drizzle whenever possible, personally.
Now scatter on a few more crumbled tortilla chips…
…and last but not least, top the whole thing off with some chopped iceberg lettuce.
There is now nothing left to do except dig in! Make sure you scoop all the way to the bottom to get your fair share of all the various deliciousness we just layered together.
Easy and 100% delicious! Happy taco pie!
Taco Pie
Try this delicious and spicy taco pie recipe, perfect for when you want a spicy supper. A fun twist on your favorite taco salad!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop and Oven
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup taco sauce (as spicy as you like!)
- 1 1/2 cups crushed tortilla chips
- 1 cup shredded cheddar or Jack cheese
- 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
- 1 avocado, cut into chunks
- 1/4 cup sour cream, thinned with a couple teaspoons of milk if you want to drizzle it!
- 1 cup chopped iceberg lettuce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Heat a medium sized skillet over medium-high heat and saute the beef and onion together until the meat is no longer pink. Stir in the taco sauce and set aside.
- Scatter half of the tortilla chips in the bottom of an oven-proof pie plate and spoon the meat mixture over the chips. Cover with the shredded cheese.
- Bake until the cheese is melted, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from oven and top with tomatoes, then avocado, then sour cream, then remaining chips, then lettuce.
- Serve at once, scooping all the way to the bottom to get a bite of everything!
Well I know what I’m having for lunch now!
Though I’m totally gonna add several spoonfuls of pickled jalapenos+carrots. =^.^=