“Impossible” Cheeseburger Pie

A friend’s daughter recently graduated from high school, and the friend asked for recipes for her “college survival kit.”

I dug out this recipe of my mother’s because it’s an easy and tasty supper dish, and great for a student because it would give her several portions at a reasonable cost. The Bisquick holds the ingredients together like a pie, without the work of making a pie shell.

Just reading it inspired me to make it. It’s so simple and delicious, and it can be modified to suit your tastes. For instance, you can subtract the onions, add taco seasoning while cooking the meat, and throw in peppers and green onions with the cheese to make “taco pie.”

But the basic recipe is delicious and simple. You will need ground beef, onions, garlic, cheese, milk, eggs and Bisquick. I added some chopped oregano and parsley from the garden.

First, brown one pound of ground beef with garlic and chopped onion.  Feel free to add spices to your tastes – hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, a blob of ketchup, and of course salt and pepper are all good options. Fry the beef for about 6-8 minutes, until cooked but not over-done.

Drain any excess fat from the beef, then spread the mixture in the bottom of a greased, 9-inch pie plate. Mix together the milk, eggs and Bisquick and have ready.

Spread the grated cheese over the meat mixture.

Then pour the Bisquick mixture over the meat and cheese.

Bake in 400F oven for 25 minutes or until a knife in the centre comes out clean. Let cool about 5 minutes and cut into slices.

This didn’t last long – it went so quick that I didn’t even get a picture of the individual slices! The printable recipe is below.