School me on Frito Pie

[clifish]

I can get the wolf brand at a local target, might need to score a can and get fritos. Wife is at a business dinner and I be on my own....I have not had fritos in probably 10 years, wonder how corn nuts would go in these?

 

[chilerelleno]

I can get the wolf brand at a local target, might need to score a can and get fritos. Wife is at a business dinner and I be on my own....I have not had fritos in probably 10 years, wonder how corn nuts would go in these?

I saw this and thought hell yeah, I love Corn Nuts, especially the Chile Picante con Limon,
And they'd be fantastic with chile-n-cheese.

 

[jkc64]

It was a staple at high school football games in the early 80's for me. Slice the bag sideways and add chili. Great food.

 

[zwiller]

Thanks for all the info! Sounds WAY more casual than expected. Was chilly out last night so decided to use the oven and go a little gourmet LOL. Sorry no fancy plate shot and happy I even remembered to take a pic. This is will in standard rotation for sure! Went with layer of fritos on bottom, half bag of cheese (colby), Wolf chili (no beans), fritos, cheese.

 

[tbern]

looks delicious!!

 

[clifish]

Thanks for all the info! Sounds WAY more casual than expected. Was chilly out last night so decided to use the oven and go a little gourmet LOL. Sorry no fancy plate shot and happy I even remembered to take a pic. This is will in standard rotation for sure! Went with layer of fritos on bottom, half bag of cheese (colby), Wolf chili (no beans), fritos, cheese.

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Looks great to me.

 

[JLeonard]

Looks good to me! Temps here supposed to be in the 40s next week.....Just might have to do this!
Jim

 

[mneeley490]

I haven't done a full-on Frito pie in ages. But I do sometimes buy the Fritos Scoops and just dig into a bowl of chili with melted cheese on top.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks good Sam . I like to do like mneeley490 with the scoops , or chili , cheese , onions and Fritos in a flour tortilla .

 

[motocrash]

When I was in my 20's spending my money on guns, dirt bikes, hot rods.... Ahh the good old days. I digress.

In 7-Eleven the condiments are/were free. I'd get a 99c snack bag of Fritos, carefully cut the back of the bag out with knife, taking note to preserve the UPC. Head over to the chili - cheese station and pump proper amounts of each whilst squeezing some of the pickled onions in the packets here and there. Go to checkout, hold up back of bag with UPC for scanning. Done.
$1.05 w/tax gourmet shit there, I don't care who you are Enough sodium for a week's RDA

 

[motocrash]

Try these with Crispy Crowns in a CI pan for an easy one pan meal.
Bake the CC's ~ 15 minutes or so, add appropriate cheese, back in oven a minute to melt. This will hold the mess together when slicing. From here you can make anything you want, chili pie, chicken pot pie, Mexican pie, shepherds pie etc....

 

[tbern]

Looks delicious!

 

[clifish]

Try these with Crispy Crowns in a CI pan for an easy one pan meal.
Bake the CC's ~ 15 minutes or so, add appropriate cheese, back in oven a minute to melt. This will hold the mess together when slicing. From here you can make anything you want, chili pie, chicken pot pie, Mexican pie, shepherds pie etc....


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I assume CC are just flatter round tator tots? never seen them but looks good

 

[civilsmoker]

You gotta go next level which is Walking Tacos. Just open the bag, scoop in some chili or taco meat, cheese and onions. Eat with a spoon out of the bag.

This is how I’ve seen it as a kid especially while camping as a scout….. it’s really popular with the youth groups now days as well….(my daughter just did this last week with a group of friends) However, I rarely partook as a kid…..I usually would roast a steak & onions over the fire…. What can is say but cooking meat over a live fire started early for me……. a ham and cheese on a rock was a thing….lol

 

[motocrash]

I assume CC are just flatter round tator tots? never seen them but looks good

Yeah, they're about 1/2" thick x 1 1/4" diameter. Ore-Ida