Easy Retro Skillet Taco Pie
This Easy Retro Skillet Taco Pie can be whipped up in less than 30 minutes and will thrill your family. Everyone needs a quick, delicious dinner idea for those busy weeknights.
Dinnertime conversation was always lively at the Homer’s. With 5 opinionated children, the topics were varied and timely. I loved eating at my best friend’s house, though we were less cerebral than her older siblings and were known to excuse ourselves mid-meal in fits of squirrelly laughter. One night when I was a guest, those same siblings revealed that their mom’s famous taco pie was on the menu since there was company for dinner.
Easy Retro Skillet Taco Pie
My mom never made taco pie, so this was a treat. Layered with crushed corn chips, taco meat and gooey, melted cheese, this entree somehow seemed exotic to me. Remember this was the Midwest in the 70’s!
Back then we were all addicted to Day-Glo orange nacho cheese corn chips, and they were most likely used in this retro version from my childhood. I felt the need to clean out all the artificial components before feeding this entrée to my family.
A Taco Pie for the New Millennium!
I knew I could recreate and even improve upon this delicious memory using McCormick’s new Skillet Sauces, specifically, the Fire Roasted Garlic Chili variety. The ingredient list on the package is not a mile long or full of multi-syllabic chemicals. Water, tomato puree, spices, vinegar, salt, and garlic are the first six listed. See what I mean?
The hubby thought I hit a home run, and I was delighted to have a winning recipe that was ready in minutes, not hours. And this same McSkillet sauce can be used to make a quick chili dinner by just adding ground beef, beans and tomatoes. Easy peasy.
More Easy Dinner Recipes
If you need some easy, family friendly dinner recipes, check these out:
Monday – Spicy Cashew Chicken Stir-Fry over Broccoli Noodles by The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
Tuesday – Easy Black Bean Chili
Wednesday – Spaghetti Pie with Sour Cream
Thursday – Skillet Taco Pie by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Friday – Soft Shell Beef Tacos
Easy Retro Skillet Taco Pie
A quick, yummy and easy skillet dinner
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 package McCormick Fire Roasted Garlic Chili Skillet Sauce
- 1 cup slightly crushed tortilla chips
- 1+ cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Saute onion in olive oil till slightly softened. Add ground beef saute till slightly browned, breaking beef into pieces while cooking.
- Add skillet sauce and simmer till heated through and bubbly. Turn off burner and sprinkled tortilla chips over the beef followed by the cheddar cheese. Cover skillet with lid to melt the cheese. Alternatively, pop the skillet under the broiler for a minute or two till cheese is bubbly.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 655Total Fat: 43gSaturated Fat: 16gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 155mgSodium: 952mgCarbohydrates: 18gFiber: 2gSugar: 4gProtein: 47g
32 Comments on “Easy Retro Skillet Taco Pie”
This is such an amazing meal!! My whole family loved it!
I am so happy to see taco pie on the menu. I haven’t had it in ages. I have to agree with you; we need to bring back the classics. Love this. Pinned.
This is my kind of pie! Love what you did with this and I can’t wait to try it!!
Lizzy,
We never had taco pie in the seventies either. Back then we had italian food every night (as Italians, we just thought it was food). My Dad ate pasta six nights a week and so did we.
I would love your taco pie and so would the hubby. I looks wonderful.
Annamaria
Your taco pie should make the “kid” in all of us happy.
Bravo to an updated version of the 70s classic. Your taco pie looks particularly appealing…Bet Mrs. Homer would be proud!
Your taco pie looks so tasty. Love how easy it is to make too!
I love this Liz! Skillet taco pie is one of my favorite meals! I always crushed up my tacos anyway when I eat the hard version, so why not cook it all together with gooey cheese?!
I’m all for a taco pie for the new millennium! Love McCormick, I’ll have to look for these the next time I’m at the store!
My hubby would LOVE this! And I LOVE how easy it is – perfect weeknight meal!
Taco pie?! Oh, we like, we like! That melted cheeeesse!
Julie & Alesah
Gourmet Getaways xx
This taco pie looks amazing! Yum! I need to try those skillet sauces!
We love tacos here especially the twins! This look amazing and special!!
hugs to you!
What a great weeknight dinner! Sometimes those familiar dishes from the past are the absolute best!
I need a few of these for post baby meals. This dinner looks so yummy. Tacos is one of the things I never stopped eating and actually wanted to eat throughout.
Love your version of the taco pie, Liz! It looks delicious and I will be trying it. Thanks for the recipe!
I love McCormick spices and this taco pie is such a fun idea! I can see how it would be a big hit…I know it would be at my house!
That skillet sauce sounds SO good! Definitely takes this taco pie up a notch. Love it!
My husband’s mother used to serve them something called Impossible Cheeseburger Pie made with Bisquick and it could be transformed into a taco pie when the times called for it…I haven’t thought about that in years. I sort of miss it actually. She had six children in 11 years and so her meals were always things one could fix quickly and serve a lot of hungry mouths on weeknights. This skillet dinner reminds me of that and I think it would be a hit if I served it to Mark some night, thanks for the memories of it. As for Matt, anything that acts and thinks like a walking taco is a sure hit, this would fit in that nicely!
I’m starving right now this looks amazing!!
This is easy to make indeed.. I need to try these new sauces.
I wish I have this terrific sauce to make this gorgeous recipe ! I Know my children will love it 🙂
Your taco pie looks great, Liz. Thinking of you and your family. xo
Love that you’ve updated the taco pie. This looks wonderful and I love the chips and all that cheese on the top!
Liz, your “Day-Glo orange nacho cheese corn chips” . . you’re making me remember all the Velveeta cheese I consumed as a child! 😛 I LOVE this skillet taco pie!! This is perfect! We love eating nachos and this is like an upgraded taco pie that we can eat for dinner!! I love this!!
There is so much yum happening. Love it!
Adding this to my list of things to cook when I’m in the mood for Mexican food.
Love it, Liz1
This is such a fun idea! My family loves tacos in any form so this would be a hit at our house!
Sounds like a fun dinner:@)
Hello Liz! Your skillet taco pie looks delicious! It’s not very common to eat it here, in Poland. I think I should change that!
Liz, this is my kind of skillet taco pie. Easy peasy and always a favorite around the house. Yum!