the real frito pie

Name: The REAL Frito Pie
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 10 cup(s) leftover chili; 1 bag(s) fritos corn chips, rough crush; 5 cup(s) mexican cheese (a blend of cheddar and monterey jack)

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Sherry Blizzard

Piney Flats, TN

Updated on Jun 2, 2014

First, let me say that chili for Frito Pie doesn't come from a can. It comes from honest-to-goodness stove top cooked chili using the finest of ingredients. Fresh pinto beans from my family's bean farm in Southern Colorado and from the best chile in the world from Hatch, New Mexico. We like it hot and spicy, but it can be toned down to your taste. There IS a difference between store-bought beans and fresh. Beans sold in bags at the store can be 4-5 and more years old (NOT the same). Think about ordering fresh beans and using fresh or frozen red chile from Hatch, N.M.

Rate

prep time 5 Min

cook time 45 Min

method Bake

yield 10 serving(s)

Ingredients

10 cups leftover chili
1 bag fritos corn chips, rough crush
5 cups mexican cheese (a blend of cheddar and monterey jack)

How To Make the real frito pie

Step 1

Grease your baking dish...I know it sounds silly, but it makes a nice crust on your pie.

Step 2

Bottom is a light layer of crushed corn chips.
Step 3

Spoon on a layer of left over chili.
Step 4

Top with more chips (thicker this time).
Step 5

Top the chips with the rest of the chili.
Step 6

Cover that with the rest of the crushed chips and then another 2 cups of cheese.
Step 7

Bake at 375 for 40 minutes or until cheese is melted and the whole concoction is bubbling.
Step 8

**Making Chili: Sometimes I use beef or moose chunks, most of the time it is ground meat. I ALWAYS include beans, tomatoes, cumin, garlic, onions, red chile puree (Hatch), red chili flakes, and I thicken it with tapioca just like my mom taught me to do. Don't salt the beans before you add to the chili.
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