Delicious Taco Pie

This taco pie is the ultimate Mexican casserole! It’s a seasoned homemade crust filled with taco meat, cheese, beans, and tomatoes. It’s a MUST TRY recipe for sure! 

I love a good Mexican recipe and if you do too then you have to try out this Shrimp Skillet, these Mexican Shells, or these amazing Street Tacos!

What’s a Taco Pie?

A taco pie is taking your favorite tacos to the next level! It’s a delicious combination of meat, cheese, and beans in a pie crust! And this one is not just any pie crust. It’s made with Mexican corn flour and flavored with spices! And once you add that to some taco meat and toppings then you are for sure going to have a meal to remember. I love tacos and I love pie so this taco pie meal is so much fun! Plus, I love that you don’t see it every day!

My kids love this recipe and they love joking about eating “pie” for dinner! It’s a fun and different dinner option but simple enough that they don’t question the taste. It’s so easy and delicious that it’s a no-brainer to add this to your weekly meal menu! Plus, you can switch it up with all sorts of toppings to make this be exactly what your family loves! Try it out, it’s delicious!

Ingredients for Taco Pie

This taco pie uses classic Mexican ingredients that will keep you coming back for more! See the recipe card below for exact measurements.

• Hot water: This will be used to bind all of the crust ingredients together so that you can form it into a pan.
• Masa harina: This is corn flour that you can find in the Mexican section of most grocery stores.
• Salt: This enhances the flavor of the crust!
• Garlic powder: Adding some flavor to the crust makes it so tasty!
• Ground cumin: This will add some great flavoring to the pie.

Taco Filling

• Olive oil: You can use vegetable oil instead if you only have that on hand!
• Meat: You can use ground beef or ground turkey for the meat in this taco pie.
• Onion powder: This gives a great flavor without needing to chop up any onions!
• Garlic powder: I love the added flavor that this garlic powder brings to this meat!
• Cumin: This complements the cumin in the crust!
• Chili powder: This adds that classic taco flavoring without adding much heat.
• Salt and pepper: Add in some seasoning with these to taste.
• Cornstarch: This will thicken up the sauce.
• Beans: You can use pinto or black beans. Make sure that you drain them!
• Diced tomatoes with green chilies: Don’t drain this can! The juices carry a lot of the flavor!
• Cheese: You can use cheddar or Mexican blend cheese that’s shredded.

Let’s Bake a Pie!

This taco pie recipe is so simple that you will want to make it again and again! I can’t wait for you to try it!

1. Preheat: Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix ingredients and add water: In a bowl mix together masa harina, salt, garlic powder, and cumin until combined. Pour the hot water on top of the powders.
3. Stir to make dough: Stir the ingredients until it is fully combined. The dough should come together and be soft like cookie dough. If the dough seems to be sticky or wet, add in a tablespoon more of masa flour at a time until the batter is no longer sticky.
4. Press dough into pan: Transfer the dough into a 9″ pie dish. Pat the dough into an even layer. You can use the bottom of a cup to help press the dough evenly. Work the dough up the sides and edges of the pie dish. Even out the top edges of the dough. Prick the dough with a fork to prevent the dough from puffing up while it bakes. Lightly brush the edges with olive oil if the edges start to dry out while it bakes.
5. Bake: Bake in preheated oven for 25 min or until dough is baked through.

For the Filling

1. Add oil: Add oil to a large skillet over medium high heat.
2. Cook meat: Add ground beef and heat until cooked through, about 6 minutes.
3. Drain grease: Drain the grease from the skillet. 
4. Add beans: Stir in the drained beans to the cooked ground beef.
5. Mix seasinings: In a small bowl, mix together the onion powder, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, salt, pepper, and cornstarch. 
6. Add in can of diced tomatoes (don’t drain): Add the seasonings and 1 can of diced tomatoes and green chilies to the beef mixture. Make sure not to drain the can.
7. Stir, cook and thicken: Stir and cook over medium heat until the ingredients come together and slightly thicken, about 1 minute.
8. Pour into crust, add cheese: Pour the filling into the baked crust. Top the taco pie with 1 cup shredded cheddar or Mexican cheese.
9. Bake: Bake in the oven at 350°F for 15 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
10. Add toppings: Garnish with your favorite taco toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, cilantro, olives, green onion, avocado, etc.