Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’
Cornbread waffles with chili and fixins’ is one of our favorite weeknight meals. Easy to make and the two flavors were meant to go together!
A FUN (AND TASTY WAY) TO EAT CHILI AND CORNBREAD!
This recipe for Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’ was inspired by a recent teacher event. We were trying to put together a teacher appreciation meal and they wanted something other than the soup and potato bar they usually have every year. So, I ended up creating this easy recipe idea!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Of course! This recipe is more of a technique or an idea rather than a full recipe. You could make a big ole Crock Pot of Homemade Chili and sit it on the side so folks can help themselves!
Absolutely! Use your favorite brand. You’ll want to prepare the mix using the instructions on the back of the packet. Also, feel free to use your favorite flavors!
I think creating a “waffle bar” is the best way to serve this. Make all the waffles and put them out along with bowls of all the toppings along with the chili and let folks create their own personalized waffle.
Thats a little tougher since it’s hard to make waffles without a waffle maker, right? You could purchase one of those mini waffle makers. They are a more affordable option. Or you could make these into cornbread muffins. Once baked, you could split them open and then add the toppings.
I think this would work perfectly with a beef or chicken taco filling. Like my Crock Pot Taco Meat. Ot maybe make it more of a breakfast meal. Use a yellow cornbread mix and add cooked bacon or cooked and crumbled sausage. And then serve with warm maple syrup!
These are great to make ahead of time and store in the freezer. Just wrap them well with plastic then aluminum foil to protect against freezer burn. Store in a ziptop bag. You can then just reheat them in a toaster, toaster oven or air fryer.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- Mexican Style Cornbread Mix – you can sue any flavor of cornbread you like, it doesn’t have to be the Mexican style.
- milk
- eggs
- chili – see my Frequently Asked Questions above for a homemade chili recipe.
- sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese (for topping)
HOW TO MAKE CORNBREAD WAFFLES WITH CHILI & FIXINS’:
Preheat your waffle iron to a medium-high setting. If your waffle iron has a number setting, set it to a number 4 (higher if you want a darker, crispier waffle.) My son likes his waffles lightly cooked so I make his first. I like mine a little more well done. Also at this point you will want to start heating up your chili. Pour both cans of chili into a covered pot and heat up until warmed through or pop it into a microwave-safe bowl and heat until warmed through.
In a medium bowl, combine both packs of cornbread mix with eggs and milk. Stir well until combined.
Once your waffle iron is heated, spray with nonstick spray. Pour one cup of cornbread mix onto waffle iron.
Y’all, look at these waffles. They cook up perfectly in the waffle iron. Again, for lighter waffles like the first picture below, cook for a shorter time. If you want your waffles a bit more cooked, just cook for another minute longer.
Have everyone top their own waffles with what they like. Chili and lettuce, sour cream, shredded cheese and diced tomatoes. This recipe makes 4 large Belgian Waffles or 6 smaller waffles. This would be a great idea for a “Cornbread Waffle Bar”. Just set out all the hot waffles along with all the fixins’ in a bowl and let your friends and family stack it up however they like
CRAVING MORE RECIPES?
- Cornbread Muffins
- Sloppy Joe Cornbread Casserole
- Cornbread Chicken Casserole
- Cornbread Taco Bake
- Tamale Pie
- Cincinnati Chili
- Corn Fritters
- Beefy Cornbread Casserole
- Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
- Skillet Cornbread Pizza
- Strawberry Muffin Mix Waffles
Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle iron to a medium-high setting. If your waffle iron has a number setting, set it to a number 4 (higher if you want a darker, crispier waffle.)
- Also at this point you will want to start heating up your chili. Pour 2 (30 ounce) cans chili into a covered pot and heat up until warmed through or pop it into a microwave-safe bowl and heat until warmed through.
- In a medium bowl, combine 2 (7 ounce) packets Martha White Mexican Style Cornbread Mix with 1 1/3 cups milk and 2 large eggs. Stir well until combined.
- Once your waffle iron is heated, spray with nonstick spray.
- Pour one cup of cornbread mix onto waffle iron. Close the lid.
- Depending on your type of waffle iron, the light will come on or it will beep when ready. Cook it as light or as dark and crispy as you prefer.
- Once they are all cooked up, it’s time for toppings!
- Top waffles with heated chili, along with suggested toppings: sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese (as desired)
Video
Notes
- Lots of ways to change this up! Use any of your favorite cornbread mixes.
- You could also use a beef taco filling instead of chili!
- Or make it like a breakfast waffle. Use the Sweet Yellow Cornbread mix and add cooked bacon or cooked and crumbled sausage. And then serve with warm maple syrup!
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Sweetened 🙂
I like to make sweetened cornbread from scratch! can't wait to try waffles with it!
Always make a sweet yellow corn meal cornbread.
I love any kind of cornbread, but prefer sweeter kinds.
I love sweet cornbread, but will eat either. But sweet is just a little bit better to me.
I like both, but my favorite is unsweetened!
Samfor3@frontier.com
I like my cornbread both ways – always with butter no matter what!
Wow! this looks so good, Brandie! What a great idea! I can't wait to try it!
Love sweet cornbread!!!
No sugar in my cornbread. If it has sugar then it must be cake.
I would soooooooooo love to win this and make cornbread waffles. I love cornbread and making the waffles into tacos would be so different and delicious
I prefer sweet cornbread.
amyc
Our favorite is sweet.
I would LOVE to win this!
Marilyn
I like both ways, but my husband likes it sweet
sunniewoodyplus2 atmsn.com
I love sweet cornbread with lots of butter and honey!
Sweet with pats of butter
I LOVE UNSWEETENED CORNBREAD MADE WITH WHITE CORNMEAL.
I LIKE SWEETENED "CORNCAKE" MADE WITH YELLOW CORNMEAL.
I EAT CORNBREAD 90% OF THE TIME AND CORNCAKE 10% OF THE TIME.
I love all kinds of cornbread!
This is a great giveaway and I hope I win this.
Keep up the great work!!
Sweet!
I like a sweet cornbread. My goodness I never thought to do this with my waffle maker. This sure does look good. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe and giveaway!
Seeing this awesome cornbread waffle idea makes me giddy! Brilliant! I am most definitely a SWEET cornbread gal.
I love the really sweet kind that tastes almost like cake. I think though that if it is to be eaten with chili on top not so sweet would be better.
I LOVE CORNBREAD! Sweet, unsweetened, fried, baked, cornbread dressing, cornbread muffins, cornbread pancakes … eaten alone or with a large glass of homemade sweet GA tea!! YUMMY!!!!!
I prefer sweet
Oh Yea….I LOVE unsweetened cornbread. I will eat the sweetened kind if I'm at some else's house but I like the unsweetened better.
P.S. Sweet or unsweetened…love it all!
P.S. Sweet or unsweetened…love it all!
I confess to being half Yankee, but my maternal Southern half has loved cornbread my whole life. Nothin' much better!
we love SWEET Cornbread here ! with lots of butter o top
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Both
I like sweet
I like unsweetened with lots of butter!
I love cornbread, I love to make it with lots of butter.
I am an unsweetened cornbread girl – hushpuppies too!
Sweetened!
I like both but prefer unsweetened that way it goes well with honey and lots of butter, also chili or beans and ham.
I like a little sweetness to my cornbread.
unsweetened. Sometimes I add japalinos.
I prefer sweet cornbread 🙂
I like my cornbread a little bit salty with a dash of sweet.
I love cornbread any way sweetened or unsweetened <3
Unsweetened
Sweet is the Best!
Sweet!
I like both, but I think sweet is what like best.
I love my cornbread unsweetened with a big cast iron pan full of fried potatoes and a glass of milk with a sweet vidaida onion
We LOVE Cornbread! I only make it in a cast iron skillet. That is the way my great grandmother, grandmother & my mother used to make it! Love to make it with a pot of white beans and taters! That is a meal in in self!! We are from Tennessee and all my family is from here also…. LOVE CORNBREAD!!!
I like both depends on what I am having with it.
We mainly like it unsweetened…if sweet we like just a hint of sweetness!
What brand of Waffle Iron do you have? I have looked at several and can't make up my mind. I want one that will work correctly! Thanks!