This cheeseburger pie is a combination of ground beef, cheese, bacon and seasonings, all baked together to golden brown perfection. Top your hamburger pie with pickles, lettuce and tomato for a family friendly dinner that everyone will love!
When it comes to dinner time, you can’t go wrong with a cheesy casserole! My family goes crazy over beef noodle casserole, Mexican casserole and this easy cheeseburger pie.
Everyone loves a good cheeseburger, and this cheeseburger pie is like your favorite burger served up in casserole form! It’s a simple mix of ingredients and takes just minutes to put together, but the end result is a comfort food classic that’s sure to be a hit.
This casserole is perfect with amazing side dishes like baked french fries, easy corn salad or sauteed green beans.
Cheeseburger Pie Ingredients
To make this cheeseburger pie you will need bacon, ground beef, onion, garlic powder, cheddar cheese, baking mix, milk, eggs, salt and black pepper. You may also want some toppings like lettuce, tomatoes or pickles.
How Do You Make Cheeseburger Pie?
Start this cheeseburger pie by preheating your oven and preparing a pie pan with cooking spray. Next, heat diced bacon in a large pan until crisp. Remove the bacon and most of the bacon drippings. Cook your ground beef and onion in the pan. Add salt, black pepper and garlic powder to season the meat and add 2/3 of the bacon to the meat. The beef mixture goes into a pie plate and then sprinkle on a layer of shredded cheddar cheese. Next make a batter by whisking together milk, eggs and baking mix in a large bowl. Pour the batter over the meat and cheese, then bake until golden brown. Add your favorite burger toppings and the remaining bacon and dinner is served!
Tips For The Perfect Cheeseburger Pie
- I use 90% lean ground beef for this recipe. It has plenty of flavor but isn’t overly greasy. If you choose to use a meat with higher fat content, be sure to drain off any excess grease before proceeding with the recipe.
- I recommend using freshly grated cheese for this recipe. The pre-shredded kind in a bag is coated with anti-caking agents and it doesn’t melt as well.
- You can assemble your pie up to 8 hours before you plan to bake it. Store the pie covered in the refrigerator until you’re ready to put it in the oven. You may need to increase the cooking time to compensate for starting with a cold casserole.
- This pie is hearty enough to stand alone as a full meal. I often serve it with a strawberry spinach salad or vegetable such as parmesan roasted broccoli or roasted green beans.
Quick Tip
This recipe works best in a deep dish 9 inch pie pan or a regular 10 inch pie pan. If you use a standard 9 inch pie pan it won’t be large enough to hold all the batter.
Recipe FAQs
Cheeseburger pie will stay fresh for 3 days in an airtight container in a refrigerator.
Cheeseburger pie is made of seasoned ground beef and bacon topped with shredded cheddar cheese and with a biscuit like batter poured over the top that fills a pie tin. It makes for a delicious biscuit, meat and cheese pie with all the flavor of a cheeseburger. It often has cheeseburger toppings like lettuce, onion, tomatoes or pickles on top.
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Cheeseburger pie variations
There are so many different ways to customize this recipe to suit your preferences!
- Protein: Try ground turkey or mild Italian sausage instead of ground beef.
- Vegetables: You can add some vegetables to your pie such as sauteed mushrooms, red bell peppers or canned green chiles.
- Spices: Try adding some chili powder, smoked paprika or garlic powder to the batter.
- Toppings: Top your pie with your favorite burger fixings such as shredded lettuce, tomato, dill pickles, bacon, red onion and avocado.
- Sauces: Feel free to top your piece of pie with ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce or my fry sauce.
- Cheese: You can use Monterey Jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese or a blend of cheeses.
- Mexican: Try adding some taco seasoning to your meat as it cooks and feel free to top your cheeseburger pie with salsa, avocado and jalapeno slices.
No matter how you serve your cheeseburger pie, it’s sure to become a part of your regular dinner rotation! If you love this recipe, you’ll also enjoy my easy and hearty ground beef stroganoff recipe.
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Cheeseburger Pie
Ingredients
- 6 slices bacon chopped
- 1 pound ground beef I use 90% lean
- 1/2 cup onion finely diced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup baking mix such as Bisquick
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
- cooking spray
- assorted toppings such as shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes and pickles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9 inch deep dish pie pan or regular 10 inch pie pan with cooking spray.
- Place a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp, 4-5 minutes.
- Remove the bacon from the pan and place on a paper towel. Drain all but 1 teaspoon of bacon grease from the pan.
- Add the ground beef and onion to the pan. Cook for 6-7 minutes, breaking up the beef with a spatula.
- Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder and cook for 1 more minute.
- Add 2/3 of the bacon back to the pan, reserving the remaining bacon for garnish.
- Place the meat mixture in the pie plate. Sprinkle the cheese over the top.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the Bisquick, milk and eggs. Pour the batter over the meat and cheese in the pie plate.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until pie is golden brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Top with remaining bacon and burger toppings such as tomatoes and lettuce.
- Cut into wedges and serve immediately.
Notes
- I use 90% lean ground beef. It has plenty of flavor but isn’t overly greasy. If you choose to use a meat with higher fat content, be sure to drain off any excess grease.
- This recipe works best in a deep dish 9 inch pie pan or a regular 10 inch pie pan. If you use a standard 9 inch pie pan it won’t be large enough to hold all the batter.
- I recommend using freshly grated cheese for this recipe.
It sounds yummy. Making it tonight for a family whose mom is coming home from cancer surgery tonite. They don’t need to cook!! My question is, do I specifically need to use a pie pan or can I use a foil square pan? I use your sight often and am never disappointed😍
A square pan should work fine!
Love this! I chopped a dill pickle and added to milk and egg mixture. Yummy indeed
Sarah, my family’s favorite meals are your recipes! I’m thankful for your yummy recipes!!!
Questions:
Do you think a pancake batter (without sugar in it) would work for this recipe?
Do you think a premade pie crust would work with this recipe? If yes, would you put it on top or on the bottom?
Kids thought this was sooo good! We parents also enjoyed it.
I made this last night with ground turkey and it was delicious! Love this new recipe!
I love this simple Cheeseburger Pie recipe. It calls for things I usually already have on hand and it’s put together in minutes. Not a lot of fuss going on in this recipe, which makes it perfect for any night of the week. I lightened it up just a smidge by using reduced-fat sharp cheddar cheese, 1% milk and 93% lean ground beef, making one serving of this delicious pie only 7 WW SmartPoints (on the Blue plan). Keeping with the healthy theme, I served it up with what I call the Family Salad Bar. I let everyone make their own side salads with what they want on it.
This is best recipe ever! This looks so yummy and I can’t wait to make it!
Yes I love this mixture of a recipe. I would use turkey burger because I stopped the red meat. I agree with you adding with a salad or some fresh veggies is so ideal!
I’m always looking for new recipe ideas. This looks like a delicious one!
I feel like licking my screen. Your pictures says it all. Cheeseburger is definitely a must try
The recipe sounds really great and truly it is worth a try. And I will give it a try.
I love finding a new recipe to try. I’m always so scared I am going to mess it up somehow. This looks easy enough for me though. Thanks!