Twist up your taco night and serve this super simple, beefy, cheesy, and flavorful taco pie instead! It’s a 30-minute dinner idea that you will have everyone wanting seconds.
We love this easy dinner recipe! Other favorites include taco casserole, beef enchiladas and ground beef tacos.
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Easy Weeknight Taco Pie
You can’t go wrong with this simple and delicious taco pie. Made with a premade pie crust, layers of refried beans and cheese, and then beefy taco meat, salsa, and sour cream.
My boys love this easy-to-make taco pie. With just a few minutes and some basic ingredients, you can spice up your taco Tuesday ideas.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Mexican-inspired flavors. Like an easy Mexican lasagna except without the layers of tortillas!
- Quick and easy. Dinner for 6 is a ready to serve in 30 minutes meal idea.
Taco Pie Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Pie crust: You can use a store-bought premade crust if you’d like or use my easy pie crust recipe.
- Ground beef: Any ground beef will do. Just remember, the fattier it is, the more grease you’ll need to drain so your crust doesn’t become soggy.
- Taco seasoning: I have a really great homemade taco seasoning blend I keep on hand. If you have packet taco seasoning you want to throw in there, you can.
- Salsa, sour cream, and cheddar cheese: Your favorite jar of salsa, whether mild, medium, or hot. If you like fresh salsa, I recommend making a batch of my restaurant style salsa. Freshly grated cheddar cheese, and use any kind of sour cream.
- Refried beans: Adding a layer between the crust and the meat mixture helps to create a barrier preventing a soggy crust, and is also just delicious! If you have extra time to make refried beans from scratch, you should!
Taco Toppings
Whatever your favorite taco toppings that you usually use, you can also add them on top of your Mexican pie. Things like sour cream, salsa, diced tomatoes, shredded lettuce, cilantro, more sour cream, jalapenos, avocado, black olives, green onions or your favorite!
How to Make Taco Pie
Cook the ground beef in a skillet until no longer pink and cooked through. Add the taco seasoning and salsa, then stir in the sour cream. Salt and pepper to taste.
To the prepared crust, add a layer of refried beans. Then, sprinkle half of the cheese over the beans and pour in the beef mixture on top. Finish with a top layer of cheese.
Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 12-15 minutes until the cheese has melted and the crust is golden. Remove and rest for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve with toppings!
Tips and Variations
- Make this taco pie casserole with diced chicken instead of ground beef.
- You can use refried beans made with black beans, if preferred.
- If you’ve got chili powder, ground cumin, salt, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and oregano, you can make a homemade blend.
- Toss in some corn kernels for a pop of juicy, sweet corn in every bite.
Need more best Mexican food recipes? Try taco pasta, taco soup recipe or crescent roll taco bake.
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Taco Pie
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Ingredients
- 1 9 inch pie crust , can use premade
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 Tablespoon taco seasoning , or more to taste
- ⅓ cup salsa
- ⅓ cup sour cream
- ½ cup refried beans
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese , divided
- salt and pepper , to taste
Desired toppings – shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, sour cream, cilantro
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare crust: Preheat oven to 400°F. Place pie crust into a 9-inch pie dish and poke a few holes in the bottom of the crust with a fork. Bake 7-10 minutes.
- Cook ground beef: Meanwhile, brown 1 lb ground beef in a skillet until cooked all the way through. Drain. Add 1 Tablespoon taco seasoning and 1/3 cup salsa. Mix in 1/3 cup sour cream. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Add: Spread 1/2 cup refried beans onto the bottom of the crust. Then sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese on top. Add beef on top. Top with remaining cheddar cheese.
- Bake: Bake for 12-15 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the crust is golden. Allow to sit for 5 minutes before slicing.
- Serve: Add desired taco toppings on top.
Notes
- You could also make this recipe with chicken. Dice the chicken into 1-inch cubes and cook in place of the hamburger.
- Add a layer of refried beans to the crust before the meat mixture.
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Recipe FAQs
Some people have enjoyed theirs with crescent roll crust, or layer of tortilla (something like a Mexican lasagna). Or, you could go crustless and turn this recipe for taco pie into a scoopable dish served with tortilla chips.
To make life easier, I’ve compiled a list of the best Mexican side dishes for you. Have a look to find some of your favorites. We love it with Mexican rice or a slice of Mexican cornbread. Street corn salad is also a must!
Keep any leftover taco pie stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the fridge. The longer it sits, the soggier it gets, so it really is best eaten within a day or so.
You can freeze this pie for up to 3 months. Wrap it in plastic wrap and aluminum foil to seal it to prevent freezer burn. Then, transfer it to a freezer bag and keep it frozen for up to 3 months.
Categorized as: 30 Minute Meals, American, Beef, Cinco De Mayo, Dinner, Kid-Friendly, Meal Prep, Mexican
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
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We tried this taco pie and it was so delicious! I loved how easy it was to make and how filling it was for all our kids. Even the teens!!
So glad to hear everyone loved it, that is always a nice dinner win!
The yummiest weeknight dinner! My whole family LOVED this. Cannot wait to make this again!
So glad you enjoyed it!
Taco pie is one of those recipes that everyone enjoys! We make taco salad a lot, so this is a nice change.
So happy to hear you loved it!
Turned out really well! Forgot to buy refried beans but used your quick refried beans recipe to make some with a can of black beans! Used ground chicken as that is what I had thawed. Went well!
So glad you made it work for you, thanks for the review!