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    Home » Recipes » Everyday Meals

    Modified: Jun 13, 2023 · Published: Jul 18, 2020 by Melinda O'Malley Keckler · This post may contain affiliate links · this blog generates income from ads.

    Cheeseburger Pie Without Bisquick

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    Forget the drive-thru. Cheeseburger Pie Without Bisquick includes all the flavors we love from a classic cheeseburger. Burger, onion, pickles and cheese. All that's missing is the hamburger bun, but you'll never miss it. The bun is replaced with a flaky and easy to make, pat in the pan crust. This is a family favorite recipe that kids and adults both love. Serve it with French Fry Sauce, Cold Green Bean Salad or Red Potato Salad for a winning meal.

    Cheeseburger pie in a pie plate with tomato and onion and sliced pickle on wooden planks
    Garnish with fresh tomato slices, sliced onion, pickle and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.
    Jump to:
    • Ingredients to Have on Hand
    • Easy-to-Make Cheeseburger Pie
    • No Bisquick Needed
    • Thick, Sturdy Crust
    • Prepare the Cheeseburger Pie Filling
    • Cheeseburger Pie Recipe
    • Topping for Cheeseburger Pie
    • The Inspiration
    • More Dinner Ideas
    • Rate the Recipe
    • Recipe
    • Comments

    Ingredients to Have on Hand

    This is a recipe that comes together with basic pantry staples. Here are a few other ingredients you'll need for your cheeseburger pie. Scroll down to the recipe card for all the details.

    • ground beef
    • dill pickles
    • cheddar cheese
    • onion
    • garlic
    • flour
    • salt
    • shortening

    Easy-to-Make Cheeseburger Pie

    This recipe is a great example of how to make a meal from scratch without spending more than an hour in the kitchen. The filling for a quick cheeseburger pie is easy to prepare in a skillet on the stove.

    The crust comes together quickly. You could even use store-bought pie crust.

    raw pie crust for cheeseburger pie
    Mix the crust with enough water so it holds together easily and is soft enough to allow you to pat the dough into place.

    No Bisquick Needed

    There's no rolling out a pie crust for this no-Bisquick cheeseburger pie crust.

    Simply combine the flour, sugar and shortening in a bowl, then sprinkle with water and blend.

    In the recipe, I suggest using a pastry blender to combine the ingredients, but your fingers can do just as good a job. Another plus about using your hands is that it makes it easy to know immediately if you've added enough water for the dough to hold together. You can feel it when the crust is ready to pat in the pan.

    crust in a pie pan, unbaked
    You won't need your rolling pin for this flaky crust. Just use your fingers to pat the crust into place.

    Pat the crust ingredients into a 9" or 10" pie plate, a quiche dish or a 9" square baking dish. Place in the oven and bake for 15 minutes at 425° F

    While the crust is baking, it's time to prepare the cheeseburger filling.

    pie crust after baking, in a pie pan
    This pat-in-the-pan crust is easy and creates the perfect rustic, flaky crust for the cheeseburger ingredients.

    Thick, Sturdy Crust

    You'll want to crust to be a bit thicker than the crust we make when we prepare pies. This crust needs to be fairly thick and sturdy.

    It's going to hold all those wonderful cheeseburger pie ingredients. But be assured, even though it's thick, the crust will be tender and perfectly flaky.

    diced onions in a cast iron skillet
    I like to cook the onions and garlic separately from the beef, it gives the onions a chance to soften and caramelize.

    Prepare the Cheeseburger Pie Filling

    The filling for Cheeseburger Pie without Bisquick cooks in a skillet on the stove. Super easy. This recipe comes together quickly and is the perfect dinner when everyone feels like cheeseburgers, but no one wants to grill outside.

    Fried hamburger with sliced cheese diced pickles in a cast iron skillet on a stove.
    Stir the shredded cheese and diced pickles into the fried burger, this is the final step in creating a scratch-made cheeseburger pie.

    Star by browning the ground beef in a skillet on the stove. Remove the beef and drain it on paper towels. Then using the same skillet, cook the onions and garlic this gives the onions a chance to soften and caramelize.

    After the onion and garlic cook, stir in the cooked beef, shredded cheese, diced pickles, pickle juice, milk and flour.

    cheeseburger pie ingredients in a pie tin, before the cheese
    There's cheese in there, all melted and delicious, but add a layer of cheddar cheese on top and pop it back in the oven for the full cheeseburger effect.

    By now the crust will be ready. Remove it from the oven and spoon the cheeseburger pie filling into the crust. Return it to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes.

    After that, remove from the oven and top with another cup of shredded cheese and bake for another 5 minutes, until the cheese melts.

    Cheeseburger Pie Recipe

    We don't often think of pie as a savory, dinner recipe. But when you fill it with great flavors and ingredients that go into a cheeseburger and combine it with a flaky crust and it's a fantastic new spin on a cheeseburger - minus the bun and minus Bisquick which is sometimes used.

    cheeseburger pie

    This is a family favorite recipe and I think your family will love it too. Be sure to serve it with plenty of ketchup and mustard.

    Cheeseburger pie in a pie plate with ketchup and mustard in small dishes on the side.
    Remember to serve plenty of ketchup and mustard and a few extra pickles on the side with your cheeseburger pie.

    Topping for Cheeseburger Pie

    To top off the baked cheeseburger pie, slice tomatoes, sweet onions, and more pickles and arrange them on top of the hot pie when it comes out of the oven. Either arrange the fresh ingredients on top or serve them on the side with plenty of ketchup and mustard.

    For added taste and appearance, sprinkle sesame seeds on top of each serving.

    The Inspiration

    This recipe was inspired by one I found in the Alpha Bakery Children's Cookbook. It was a gift to my daughter from her Grammy (my mother-in-law) for Christmas in 1999. Thanks to the many years of regular use, it truly is a crinkled cookbook in our collection. 

    Cheeseburger pie in a pie plate with tomato and onion and sliced pickle on wooden planks
    Garnish with fresh tomato slices, sliced onion, pickle and a sprinkle of sesame seeds.

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    Recipe

    Cheeseburger pie in a pie plate with tomato and onion and sliced pickle on wooden planks

    Cheeseburger Pie Without Bisquick

    All the flavor of a delicous cheeseburger, minus the bun. This is the perfect meal for a night when you feel like enjoying a burger, but don't want to grill outside. Another classic cheesy main meal is Chicken Spaghetti with Rotel, delicious every time!
    4.97 from 62 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes minutes
    Servings: 5 people
    Calories: 725kcal
    Author: Melinda O'Malley Keckler

    Ingredients 

    Crust

    • 1 ⅓ cups of flour
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup shortening

    Filling

    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 ⅓ pounds lean ground beef -
    • ¾ cup finely chopped onion
    • 1 clove garlic - pressed or chopped
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ cup flour
    • ⅓ cup dill pickle liquid
    • ⅓ cup milk
    • ½ cup chopped dill pickles
    • 2 cups sharp cheddar cheese - shredded

    Garnish

    • tomato, sliced
    • sweet onion, sliced
    • pickle, sliced - dill or bread and butter
    • sesame seeds

    Instructions

    • Heat oven to 425°

    Make and Bake Crust

    • Place flour and salt in a small bowl. Cut in ½ cup shortening using a pastry blender, fork or your fingers to combine until the mixture looks like tiny peas. Sprinkle with 3-4 tablespoons cold water, adding water 1 tablespoon at a time. Mix lightly until all of the flour is combined and the pastry cleans the sides of the bowl.
    • Pat the pastry dough in the bottom and up the sides of a quiche dish, 10" pie plate or 9" x 9" baking dish.
      Bake for 15 minutes, remove from the oven.

    Cook the Filling

    • While the crust bakes, place olive oil in a skillet and heat until the oil shimmers. Add the ground beef and cook until the meat is no longer pink.
      Remove and drain beef.
      In the same skillet, cook onion and garlic until the onion is softened.
      Return the beef to the pan with the cooked onions and garlic and sprinkle with salt and flour. Stir in pickle juice, milk, chopped pickles and 1 cup of shredded cheese, stir and cook over low/medium heat until the cheese is melted and the ingredients are combined.
      Spoon the meat and cheese mixture into the baked crust.

    Bake

    • Place the pie pan containing all of the ingredients in the oven and bake for another 15 minutes, then sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup of cheese and bake five minutes longer.
      Remove from oven.
      As an option, garnish with sliced tomatoes, onion and pickle with a sprinkle of sesame seeds as garnish.
      Serve and enjoy!

    Notes

    I've made this using just 1 pound of ground beef, so if that's what's in your fridge it'll work fine with this recipe. Serve with plenty of sliced tomatoes, pickles, ketchup and mustard. Delicious! For dessert, serve Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Bars, a classic way to wrap up an all-American meal. 
    Calories: 725kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 42gFat: 45gSaturated Fat: 18gCholesterol: 124mgSodium: 1197mgPotassium: 568mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 505IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 372mgIron: 5mg

    Please note, the nutrition details are estimated using a food database, so they’re just a rough estimate not an exact science.

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    1. Amy says

      June 10, 2024 at 6:59 pm

      5 stars
      Loved this recipe! Such a great idea and was so full of flavour. Loved that it was easy enough for a mid week meal.

      Reply
      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        June 10, 2024 at 8:29 pm

        Thanks Amy! I'm glad you enjoyed Cheeseburger Pie.

        Reply
    2. DK says

      June 07, 2024 at 10:11 am

      5 stars
      Wow - never heard of cheeseburger pie before, but this was simply delicious! Now I might have all of my cheeseburgers this way!

      Reply
      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        June 07, 2024 at 2:09 pm

        Haha, that's great. It is a fun way to enjoy those tasty cheeseburger flavors isn't it? Thank you for the five star rating DK!

        Reply
    3. Nora says

      June 06, 2024 at 12:33 pm

      5 stars
      This is such a fantastic recipe! Can't wait to make it again!

      Reply
      • Melinda O'Malley Keckler says

        June 07, 2024 at 8:39 am

        Thanks Nora! 🙂

        Reply
    4. Katrina says

      March 29, 2022 at 7:48 am

      5 stars
      I can't wait to try this for dinner! It looks so good!

      Reply
    5. Jeri says

      July 22, 2021 at 3:34 pm

      5 stars
      What a great recipe! It was easy to make, and everyone loved it! Adding it to my dinner rotation!

      Reply
    6. Luca - Ruoka on valmis says

      July 22, 2021 at 10:13 am

      5 stars
      I love finding new recipes and this is exactly the case! Also, it seems very easy to make!

      Reply
    7. Lexa says

      July 21, 2021 at 7:00 pm

      5 stars
      We loved this new take on a cheeseburger! Such a great fusion of a pie and a burger. My husband ate it all, no leftovers 😉

      Reply
    8. amanda says

      July 21, 2021 at 6:14 pm

      5 stars
      Looks delicious! My kids would eat this up in a second and I love how quick and easy it is.

      Reply

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