Frito Pie
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I've had more than one Gut Pack from Vitek's. That's getting pretty close. Beans, smoked sausage, barbecue sauce, cheese, pickles, and onions all piled onto a bunch of Fritos. It's not a true Frito Pie, but it's a close cousin.
The last one I had was over 20 years ago, and I think it's still packing my gut.
kelbro
Alfred Spatchcock
Camping for a couple of days on the Swannanoa River. Gotta have Frito Pie.
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kelbro
Alfred Spatchcock
RV. The bears and rattlesnakes when we lived in AZ made it easy for me to upgrade our accommodations after years of Texas tent camping. Had a brown bear about 6" away from our heads in our pop up that convinced her we needed a motor home . I'm not ashamed to now be a Glamper LOL.
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Heh. "Texas Poutine."
Gotta be cheap chili, though. Try to get all fancy and it just isn't the taste that we rode our bicycles across town to get when we were chaps.
O.H.
Gotta be cheap chili, though. Try to get all fancy and it just isn't the taste that we rode our bicycles across town to get when we were chaps.
O.H.
I am firmly planted on the no beans side when it comes to chili, but right here in Austin, Texas, about a block from the Big Pink Building, is the Texas Chili Parlor. They make superb chili, but to my horror and delight their five bean vegetable chili makes the best Frito pie around IMO.
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Vegetable chili? Times have changed. I can’t go there. But I trust Austin Texas to cook some pretty good chili whether it’s vegetable or beef. So I must show you my Frito pie. Sorry there is no little bag with it.
No beans in NM chili. Christmas means both red and green NM chili. Some places are known for the red; others green. I made some green last night. Fritos are a tad too salty for me; fresh well made chips are much better.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
That was my thought too. But instead of Fritos it's doritos with taco meat. Fritos with chili would be good too, I'd put in about 1/2 cup of raw onion to really make it sing.
Yep. I always use a lot of onion.
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
Sometimes I cut up an onion, fry it in butter and then when it's translucent, throw in a little red wine, let it flash off. Then put the onions pieces in a bowl and eat them like noodles.
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True on too much salt. I’m not a big salt person. So what I do is not salt the chili as much.
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One camping trip I planned frito pie for our last lunch in camp. We had a couple hotdogs so I added them to the chili. My friend said it looked like someone scared the 
out of a bear. So he renamed it “ Scary Bear”
I have to watch my salt intake so Fritos are not on the menu these days.
out of a bear. So he renamed it “ Scary Bear” I have to watch my salt intake so Fritos are not on the menu these days.
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Onions on top are a must.
I can’t take those salty Fritos either. But my local grocer produces a salt free tortilla chips. Ive bought them for years.One camping trip I planned frito pie for our last lunch in camp. We had a couple hotdogs so I added them to the chili. My friend said it looked like someone scared the
I have to watch my salt intake so Fritos are not on the menu these days.
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Before the pandemic, there was a BBQ joint in the Dallas airport that had Frito pie with brisket in it.. dang that was some sort of good
Drunken bean variation on the frito pie from a local bbq restaurant. Had a bbq Cuban and some slaw to go with it
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