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1990 Community Recipe · Mother's Cookbook Collection

Taco Pie

An old-fashioned party recipe submitted by Ellie Waddell and preserved from a local Christmas cookbook.

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Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • 1 envelope taco seasoning mix
  • 1 (4-ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained
  • 1¼ cups milk
  • ¾ cup Bisquick baking mix
  • 2 tomatoes, sliced
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
  • Shredded lettuce and taco sauce, for serving

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Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F and grease a 10-inch pie plate.
  2. Cook and stir ground beef and onion until beef is browned; drain fat.
  3. Stir taco seasoning into the beef and spread mixture into the prepared pie plate. Sprinkle drained chilies over top.
  4. Beat milk, Bisquick, and eggs until smooth, about one minute with a hand mixer. Slowly pour over beef.
  5. Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes.
  6. Top with sliced tomatoes and shredded cheese. Bake another 8–10 minutes at 400°F.
  7. Serve with shredded lettuce and taco sauce.

Kitchen Notes

A classic baking-mix taco pie. Original instructions and ingredients preserved as submitted.

Archive recipe, not independently tested for The Hungry Canary.

Original Source

Submitted by Ellie Waddell. Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes, Timesaver Shopping Guide, December 11, 1990, page 5. Preserved from Mother's collection.