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When I received an email from Allrecipes.com with the subject "Burrito Pie" I knew it would be a recipe to try! I was not disappointed. Be warned, this makes a lot of food. I froze half of the batch for later. I also changed a couple things that I thought would make it a little better. Here is the original recipe that you can find on the Allrecipes.com website...
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 1 (2 ounce) can black olives, sliced
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chili peppers
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chili peppers
- 1 (16 ounce) jar taco sauce
- 2 (16 ounce) cans refried beans
- 12 (8 inch) flour tortillas
- 9 ounces shredded Colby cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a large skillet over medium heat, saute the ground beef for 5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic, and saute for 5 more minutes. Drain any excess fat, if desired. Mix in the olives, green chile peppers, tomatoes with green chile peppers, taco sauce and refried beans. Stir mixture thoroughly, reduce heat to low, and let simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Spread a thin layer of the meat mixture in the bottom of a 4 quart casserole dish. Cover with a layer of tortillas followed by more meat mixture, then a layer of cheese. Repeat tortilla, meat, cheese pattern until all the tortillas are used, topping off with a layer of meat mixture and cheese.
- Bake for 20 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until cheese is slightly brown and bubbly.
The first thing I did when shopping for this dish was to purchase ingredients that said mild on them. I am not a huge fan of very spicy things, and this looked spicy. I was kind of wrong about that. It turned out just right for me, but could have used a little more heat. Maybe buy "hot" taco sauce to spice it up a little. I also got 16oz (4 cups) of shredded Mexican cheese instead of the 9 oz shredded Colby cheese. I like more cheese! To make freezing and reheating easier, I baked this in two 9 inch pie tins. This way I can just take one out of the freezer and put it in a hot oven. So here is what you will need...
The first step is to brown the ground beef. I only browned it for 5 minutes considering the extra time it would cook.
When the beef is browned, toss in the onion and garlic and continue to cook for about 5 more minutes. I used the pre minced garlic because I already had a jar of it.
When that is done, I drained off the fat so the mixture would not be too wet. Next, just add the olives, peppers, tomatoes, taco sauce and beans. I drained anything that came with liquid in it. Stir it up well and heat on low for about 15 minutes.
Now the fun part of building the pies. Start with one pie pan and lay down a layer of meat mixture.
Place two of the tortillas over the meat mixture in the pan. You can use three if you want, but two worked fine for me. The 8 inch tortillas fit very nicely in the pan.
Now just add another layer of meat mixture on the tortillas.
Like I said before, I like cheese! I covered the meat mixture with a good amount of cheese.
Just repeat these steps (tortillas, meat, cheese) till the pan is full. End with cheese on the top. From the picture above, I only had one more layer.
I did the same steps for the second pie pan. Here are the two pies ready to go in the oven.
Now just bake in the oven for about 25 minutes at 350. The cheese should bubble and turn brown a little bit. I did not have any problem with it boiling over. Here they are right out of the oven.
Since this is called Burrito Pie, I sliced one of them just like a pie. Use a sharp knife with a cutting motion to keep the cheese from pulling away. It really cut like a pizza but without the thick crust on the bottom. I guess that is why you start the building process with meat mixture and not tortillas.
I forgot to pick up sour cream and lettuce at the store, so I just had it by itself.
It is GREAT!! This is now one of my favorite dishes. It also makes so much for a very reasonable price. Here is the price breakdown...
Onion $0.92
Olives $1.49
Beef $3.98
Tomatoes $0.69
Peppers $0.69
Cheese $3.99
Tortillas $1.89
Garlic $0.98 (I already had this, but this is how much a head of garlic cost at my Kroger)
Taco Sauce $1.87
Beans $1.29
TOTAL $17.79
This is really not too bad considering how much you are making. If you divide the cost by 2, each pie is $8.90. Like I said before, one of the pies I put in the freezer. To heat it up, all I have to do is preheat the oven and toss it in. That is the great thing about using the pie tins over a glass casserole dish. If you put glass in the oven from the freezer it will crack. I hope you like this as much as I do!
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