Big Game Fritos Pie
Big Game Fritos Pie
Wow your friends with this fun, totally delicious recipe. Who doesn't love ground beef chili served in a bag of Fritos corn chips?Recipe courtesy of Beef. It's What's for Dinner.
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
1.33
hours
Servings
8
Total time: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 pound ground beef (93% lean or leaner)
- 2 teaspoon olive oil, divided
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 and 1/2 cups beer (12 ounce can)
- 1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes with mild green chiles
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoon cornmeal or masa harina
- 8 bags (1 to 2 ounces each) fritos corn chips
- 1 and 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
- Preheat large Dutch oven over high heat until hot.
- Add 1 teaspoon olive oil and ground beef.
- Cook 8 to 10 minutes, breaking into small crumbles and stirring occasionally.
- Work in batches if necessary to avoid overcrowding the pan and stewing the beef in its own juices.
- Remove beef; set aside.
- Heat remaining 1 teaspoon oil over high heat.
- Add onion; cook until evenly browned.
- Add cooked ground beef, chili powder, cumin, garlic and cayenne powder.
- Season with salt, as desired.
- Stir until combined.
- Stir in beer, tomatoes and tomato sauce; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover, cook 1 hour until chili thickens.
- Stir in cornmeal.
- If chili becomes too thick, add a little water.
- If chili is not thick enough, simmer until desired consistency is reached.
- Slice or fold open bags; spoon beef chili on top of Fritos corn chips.
- Top each bag with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese.
- Allow to melt slightly, then serve and enjoy.