Cheeseburger Pie is an easy recipe that my whole family loves!
Lean ground beef and onions are combined with our favorite bacon cheeseburger toppings and spread into a flaky crust. I add my favorite cheesy topping and bake until golden.
The results are an easy pie that is reminiscent of your favorite summer bbq meal!
How to Make Cheeseburger Pie
When summer arrives we’re always firing up the grill to make our favorite Jalapeño Cheddar Burgers serving them up with big bowls of Dill Pickle Pasta Salad!
Truly fewer things better than a great hamburger… except a bacon cheeseburger! This easy Cheeseburger Pie combines those same great flavors in a simple pie recipe.
Combining our fave flavors in an easy to make weeknight recipe is the best… loads of bacon, gooey cheese and lean beef packed into one casserole that everyone will rave about!
I like to keep this simple and quick so I pour the filling for this cheeseburger pie into a store bought pie crust (not deep dish). If you have a homemade pie crust recipe you love, you can definitely use it in this recipe or get creative and make a crust with crescent rolls or even a Cheeseburger pie with a bisquick crust!
If you’re looking to keep this lower in carbs, you can skip the crust altogether… honestly this recipe is so versatile the options are endless!
I use lean ground beef in this recipe but you can certainly sub it for ground chicken or turkey if you prefer.
Once baked and bubbly, I let this hamburger pie cool for about 10 minutes and slice and serve. I sometimes put out a fun plate of toppings for everyone to add to their serving… chopped dill pickles, sliced red onion and diced tomatoes to name a few. We serve this with some Crispy Oven Fries and veggies and Ranch Dressing Dip for the perfect meal.
Ingredients
- 1 single pie crust unbaked, store bought or homemade
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 onion chopped
- 5 slices bacon chopped
- ⅓ cup Panko bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- 3 tablespoons barbecue sauce
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Brown ground beef, onion and bacon until no pink remains. Drain well. Remove from heat and stir in bread crumbs, mustard, barbecue sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire and pepper. Place mixture in prepared pie crust.
- In a small bowl, combine cheese, milk and egg. Spread over meat mixture.
- Cover the edges of the pie crust with foil or a pie shield to prevent over browning. Bake 15 minutes, remove foil and bake an additional 15 minutes.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner
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- Bacon Cheeseburger Braid: Cheesy beef and all the fixin’s baked in a golden braid and ready in 30 MINUTES!
- Salisbury Steak Burgers: Tender juicy beef patties, topped with a rich mushroom gravy sandwiched between a sesame bun!
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Hey Holly,
I know your blog for quite a while now, thanks to pinterest,
This week, i was able to try out the first recipe of yours – the cheeseburger pie.
Well, I changed it a bit (I always do that – it depends on what I have at home), but I can’t tell you enough about the compliments I got. Every person who tried it wanted the recipe afterwards, no kidding.
I am so happy to try all the other stuff I have already saved in my “Try-out”- file.
So well, thanks. You’re doing a great job. Also the pictures are delightful to watch.
Occamy
PS. Sorry for any mistakes I made, I am not a native… Happy cooking everyone!
Thank you Occamy, I’m so glad you loved the recipe!! :)
Why is deep dish pie crust not recommended?
There is not enough filling for a deep dish crust so it would be partially empty.
Made this, but added chopped pickles and finely chopped garlic…also didn’t use bbq sauce (not a fan), so I used an avocado ranch dressing instead…soooo good! Next time I think I’m going to add chopped jalapeno and make a bacon lattice! Thanks for the recipe!
This is a new family favorite!! I didn’t add the bread crumbs, Tonight I am making it with a gluten free crust.
So glad your family enjoyed it!
This was so good!! Dad came back for 2 more servings. I added sliced mushrooms to the ground beef mixture. I had a 2lb pkg of ground beef. I doubled all but the cheese mixture. I made one pie and froze the remaining beef mixture. I will either make another pie or thought maybe making individual pies in muffin pans or mini tart pans and make the cheese mixture at that time. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
I love mushrooms, I bet they were great in this!!
Came across this recipe earlier today and I made it tonight. Doubled the recipe and made 2 pies since a few of our kids were going to be here.
Bad thing: Realized I had already used the 2 pie crusts I thought I had in the freezer.
Great thing: Realized I had already used the 2 pie crusts I thought I had in the freezer!!! In place of them, I used one can of crescent rolls per pie and I am soooo happy I did!
Everyone thought this recipe was ahhh-mazing! Other than using the crescent rolls in place of pie crust, I made it exactly as you posted. Even put tin foil around the edges of ‘crust’ the first 15 minutes and I’m happy I did or it would have been charred! Thank you for the wonderful recipe! I’m definitely going to be making this again and again along with trying out some of your other recipes. Have a wonderful day/night! :)
What a great substitute Mary! Thank you for sharing, you can’t be the only one who didn’t have pie crust handy! I’m definitely going to give that a try!
I was working from home and took a break to start dinner. I just bought lean ground beef and wanted to do something different with it; found this recipe online and… WOW, this is a GREAT recipe!! My picky eater husband loved it too! I ended up making my pie crust from scratch because it was one thing I didn’t have on hand (I also didn’t have panko bread crumbs ~used regular breadcrumbs w/ a tsp. of water). I also put the assembled pie in the frig for a couple hours and then let it sit out for ½ hour prior to baking (only because I had to go back to work)… Thank you Holly for this wonderful recipe!!
Thank you for stopping by DeeDee!! So glad you enjoyed it!
My husband sounded skeptical/hesitant when I told him we were making cheeseburger pie for dinner, but then he ate the rest of mine that I couldn’t finish and had seconds. This was really good. We added some jalepeno slices to the ground beef mixture and a bit of garlic powder, plus extra black pepper. It’s an excellent recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! I love the idea of adding jalapeños to it!
Made this tonight. Turned out great. The only changes that I would make would be to precook the bacon and to add more of the ketchup mustard and bbq sauce. The family loved it!!! Thank you!!!!
I believe she cooked the bacon with the ground beef
We stumbled across this recipe a couple of months now and we absolutely LOVE it! We’ve probably made
It once a week/2 weeks since we found it. The only thing we do not put in is onions (I won’t touch food if it has onions in it). This recipe is heavenly!!
I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe Amanda!!
Thanks for this recipe. I have been trying to figure out what to feed the Mr. on the weekends (Friday/Saturday). He does not like fast food and prefers that I cook. This is a great weekend meal idea and an on the go meal. I plan to make this meal this Saturday and I know he is going to LOVE it. Thanks again, and God Bless.
The picture looks like it has chopped up pickles in it. was this left out or picture off?
There were no pickles inside, just on the side. Just onions inside.
I might try it with a few pickles. Hopefully it will be okay :)
Hi! This looks amazing, but my fiancé is allergic to beef (I know, he doesn’t know what he’s missing!). Do you think this recipe would work with ground chicken or turkey instead? To make it fiancé-friendly? ;)
I haven’t tried it that way but I’m sure it would work and be delicious! I’d love to hear how it works for you!
Hey Natalie,
We use ground turkey for everything pretty much and I just tried this wonderful recipe and it also works as well. Its a keeper and I will be making this for my family for now on. It is also so nice to try things new. Not the same boring stuff. Thank you Holly and I sure hope this helps Natalie. :)
Thank you so much for your great tip Jennifer! I love ground turkey too so I’ll definitely give that a try! :)
do i thaw the pie crust or use frozen?
If your pie crust is frozen, I would let it defrost about 10-15 minutes before filling.
I’m planning to make this over the weekend. I have the Panko bread crumbs but if you didn’t what do you suggest for a substitute ?
Just wondering…if I’m using a store bought frozen pie crust do I need to bake it first? Before filling and baking again? Or do I fill it and bake frozen all together? I’m a newbie to pie crusts so…better to ask than mess up dinner! Also, I’m making a variation by adding a packet of dry ranch seasoning to the beef mixture because I don’t have worscher sauce.
Oops posted too soon…I don’t have BBQ sauce either so I thought the ranch would add a nice flavor. Hoping it turns out! I just need to know what to do with the frozen crust!
Thanks!
Kelsey
You do not need to pre-bake the crust. :) I bet the ranch will add a great flavor! Enjoy and let us know how it works for you.
The ranch mix was great! I like that you can play with this recipe to make it work for you and your tastes. I was talking to a friend and I think next we will try to modify it to be a Mexican version…black beans, corn, spices…maybe some peppers…yum!
Thank you for coming back and letting us know!! Can’t wait to try it with that add it too, I think my kids will love it!!
Just want to be sure I understand. There is not top pie crust – just the cheese, milk and egg combined and put on top? Looks delicious but I would have to omit a few ingredients that we don’t like – ie, mustard and onion.
There is no top crust on this pie (it’s just the cheese you see on the top). And it would definitely work if you eliminated the mustard and onions.
Thanks, Holly – will have to give it a try :)
Are you able to freeze this to use for once a month cooking?
I haven’t tried it but I would think you could.
Making this now. But I used 13×9 dish, added more hamburger and omitted onion and BBQ sauce. Hoping it turns out ok since I forgot I needed to double ingredients seeing that I have a big family and used more beef for bigger pie. But wanted you to know someone else is looking at your recipes and trying them. :) And saved a few others to try later too. Thanks for sharing. :)
That sounds like a great idea for feeding a crowd! The recipe is extremely forgiving so I am sure it will be wonderful!! :)
Courtney – how did this turn out when using a 9 x 13 pan? Did you have to cook it longer?
Tried this tonight. It was DELICIOUS!!! LOVED IT~~Definitely going into my Keeper file of favorite recipes. I even made my own pie crust for the first time and was so happy how it turned out. I LOVE all your recipes. Can’t wait to try more. Thanks for posting them.
Aww Thank you!! I am so glad you loved it!! :)
Have a great weekend Robin!
I accidentally bought a deep dish crust, do you think it will work?
Yes I think it should work just fine. Your crust might not be quite as ‘full’ but it should still taste great.