When I was growing up, apparently we didn’t eat a lot of the traditional home cooking that are familiar to friends. Among the “traditional family meals” that are a mystery to me has always been Frito Pie. Can of chili, covering Fritos with cheese and onions sounded both fascinating and terrifying. However, it fascinated me enough that I decided to try it with some extra chili as a way to creatively use some leftovers.

I looked up some Frito Pie recipes online, but they were almost all identical. It involved a bed of Frito chips, layered with chili, cheese and onions.

This was tasty, and an interesting way to use chili. However, the Fritos at the base ended up a bit stale, so next time (and there WILL be a next time) I’m going to try crushing the Fritos and make a more solid base. Overall, though, using homemade chili in this recipe made it really, really tasty!