Shelly's Recipe

FIRECRACKER CHILI CHEESE PIE

Category: Spreads -- Cold

1 cup crushed tortilla chips
3 tbsp melted butter
2 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs
1 (4 oz) can chopped green chilies
8 oz shredded Mexican blend cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
Garnish: Chopped green scallions, chopped tomatoes and sliced black olives
Whole tortilla chips, to serve with

Mix the crushed tortill chips and melted butter in a bowl. Press over bottom of a 9 inch springform pan. Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.

Beat the cream cheese and eggs. Mix in the chilies, jalapenos and cheese. Pour over the baked layer and bake for 30 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes

Place on a serving platter, lossend the sides of the pan with a knife and remove. Spread sour cream over the pie and garnish by mounding the chopped tomatoes in the middle, the olives on top in the middle and scatter the chopped scallions around the perimeter of the chopped tomatoes. Arrange regular tortilla chips around with pints out and scatter a few red tortilla chips around.