Frito Pie

Name: How to cook Frito Pie - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5-6 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

2 Cancerians cook, Libra eats

Frito Pie

Vegetarian version. What New Mexikids eat.

Ingredient

Food ration :

5-6 servings

Cooking time :

30 mins

1-2 tbsp

Trader Joe's Beefless ground beef

2 cans

S & W Pinquitos, small pink or red beans, or Ranch beans

1 bottle

Trader Joe's Mild Red Enchilada sauce

8 oz

large fresh beefsteak tomato, chopped

4 oz

Trader Joe's bagged butter lettuce

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Heat olive oil on medium heat in a saute pan. Add onions and saute until translucent. Add Beefless ground beef and continue to saute until flavors are well combined, maybe 5-10 mins.

* Step 2

Put beans in a sauce pan. Drain one can and use the entire contents on the other can. Heat over medium heat. Add 2 tbsp of tomato sauce and 2 tbsp of enchilada sauce. Heat until liquid is reduced, thickened and no longer runny.

* Step 3

Add 1/3 cup of enchilada sauce and most of canned tomato sauce to beef mixture. Add garlic. Continue to saute to develop flavors, 5-10 mins.

* Step 4

Meanwhile prepare other ingredients by chopping tomato, grating cheese.

* Step 5

Put toppings in bowls, chopped tomato, lettuce, grated cheese.

* Step 6

Assemble Frito pies in bowls for serving. Add a base of corn chips. Top with Beefless ground beef mixture, beans, cheese, tomatoes, and lettuce. Drizzle with enchilada sauce and serve.