Chili Frito Pies are a great way to use up leftover chili! Layers of Frito corn chips, chili, cheese, and chili toppings combine to make a cozy dinner or game-day snack. It’s simple but, oh, so satisfying.

If you like to make chili, be sure to save some for these chili Frito pies. It’s one of my favorite comfort food recipes and a great, easy dinner if you have leftover chili in the fridge or freezer.

Crunchy corn chips, savory chili, and all the toppings—it’s such a great combination of textures and flavors. The best part is that any chili you like will work! So, make your favorite or try one of my favorite chili recipes. Depending on the chili and toppings you use, you can make all kinds of frito pies.

Chili Frito Pie Ingredients

Leftover chili: You can use your favorite recipe or try one of my chili recipes. One of my favorites for frito pies is slow cooker ground beef chili.
Frito corn chips
Shredded cheese: Cheddar or pepper jack cheese are great.
Shredded lettuce
Grape or cherry tomatoes
Sour cream
Sliced green onions
Chopped cilantro
Other toppings: Salsa, diced avocado, diced jalapeno, or guacamole.

How to Make the Recipe

☑️ Chili

If you’re using leftover chili, warm it up first on the stove or in the microwave.

☑️ Assemble the Frito Pies

I like to pile the Fritos in the bottom of a bowl first and top them with chili. Next, I add the shredded cheese, some shredded lettuce, and tomatoes.

Add a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of sliced green onion or cilantro. Go extra and add some salsa, avocado, or guacamole!

More Ways to Use Leftover Chili

frito pie with bowls of toppings surrounding it.

Chili Frito Pie

Chili Frito Pies are a fun and easy dinner or game-day snack! Corn chips topped with chili, shredded cheese, and lots of toppings combine in a seriously good chili dish. It’s a great way to use up leftover chili

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Author: April Anderson

Servings: servings

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 25

Ingredients

2 cups Frito corn chips
4 cups leftover chili warmed (see note)
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup shredded lettuce
1 cup grape tomatoes halved
1/4 cup sour cream
2 green onions sliced
Chopped cilantro for garnish

Instructions

Divide the corn chips among four bowls.
Top them with one cup of chili and sprinkle the cheese over the top. Layer on the rest of the toppings, and enjoy!

Notes

Use your favorite chili recipe or try my slow cooker chili – it’s easy to make ahead.

I’ve included measurements, but feel free to adjust the amounts – there are no rules 😊

There are many other topping options: try some salsa, like my easy salsa or salsa verde, diced avocado, guacamole, diced red onion, jalapenos, or other chili toppings you like.

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Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Frito chili pie, Frito pies

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Happy Frito pie-making!

This Frito pie post and recipe were updated from the archives. The post was first published in October 2015.

frito pie with the ingredients around it.

2 Comments

Kristen says:

January 10, 2017 at 12:55 pm

This is one guilty pleasure I want to dive into! And as I have told my kids, fritos are made with simple ingredients, still a treat, but totally allowable 😉

Megan @ MegUnprocessed says:

January 13, 2017 at 2:30 pm

Great video! The spice flavors are amazing!