Cheeseburger Pie Recipe
Ground Beef and Cheese Combined for a Delicious Dinner Pie
If you have a package of hamburger or even ground turkey or chicken, it does not take long to put together a delicious Cheeseburger Pie for dinner. Serve it with a salad or steamed vegetables, and you have a complete and filling meal that the kids will love.
You can make your own pie crusts, but the ready-made crusts definitely make this dish much quicker and easier. Frozen pie crusts are fine. Be sure to thaw them, since you have to invert one to make the top crust for his ground beef pie. A better option is the refrigerator pie crusts. Refrigerator pie crusts are easier to work with and shape and taste more like homemade pie crusts than the frozen versions.
Cheeseburger Pie Recipe
- 2 pie crusts (15 oz refrigerator pie crusts or deep dish frozen)
- 1 ½ pound lean ground beef (80/20 or higher on the lean number – the 20 is the amount of fat)
- 1 small onion (chopped fine)
- ¾ cup ketchup
- 1 chopped dill pickle (or a TBS of relish)
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 cup shredded cheese (sharp cheddar is the best)
Directions:
- If using prepared pie crusts (making this dish very easy), bring the pie shells to room temperature. This takes about 20 minutes for refrigerator crusts. With frozen, it helps to put them in the refrigerator the night before and then it takes about the same time or a little longer depending on how cold you keep your refrigerator.
- While the pie crust is warming up, brown the hamburger in a good sized skillet. Stir and break the meat into small crumbles. Drain off the extra fat.
- Add the onion to the browned meat and cook until the onions are soft. When the onion is chopped fine, this does not take long. The onions will be soft and look kind of clear when cooked.
- Add the pickle pieces, ketchup and pepper to the meat mixture, and cook for a couple of more minutes. Stir to get the flavors mixed together.
- Place one 9 inch pie crust in a pie dish and shape to fit with a little overhang on the edges.
- Pour the meat mixture into the pie shell.
- Sprinkle cheese around on top of the meat mixture evenly.
- Top off with the second pie shell and flute the edges. In other words, just pinch the overhang together with your fingers to seal and make the edge look like a pie crust edge. This is easier said than done. It still tastes great even if you aren’t great at making pretty flute edges.
- Use a knife to put some air holes in the top crust. Do not cut down into the bottom crust. You’re just creating air vents so the steam can escape as the pie cooks.
- Bake at 450 degrees F for around 15 to 20 minutes.
- The edges of the Cheeseburger Pie may brown more than the center. You can take strips of tin foil and cover the edges for the last ten minutes of baking, or you can pie a pie edge shield. Pampered Chef sells a handy pie edge guard that is easy to use.
Try these other family favorite ground beef recipes:
Electric Skillet Meatloaf - If you like a nice crust on your meatloaf, this makes up a really crispy edged meatloaf with lots of flavor. Great served with mashed potatoes and baby peas.
Hamburger Vegetable Soup - Here's a different twist on vegetable beef soup. Quicker and easier, hamburger soup can be whipped up fast and is very tasty.
Old Fashioned Meatballs - These meatballs can be served as appetizers, but this baked recipe is more traditionally served as the main dish with a Southern home meal.
