Southern Style Homemade Hot Dog Chili is made with ground beef, garlic, beef broth, tomato sauce and seasonings (no beans!) So much flavor!
HOMEMADE HOT DOG CHILI
For me, the key is to a great homemade hot dog chili recipe is that it won't overtake the taste of the hot dog (cause I wanna taste that too). Also, it can be kept in a slow cooker to keep warm for serving!
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SOUTHERN STYLE HOT DOG SAUCE
Now, hot dogs work a bit differently here in Southwest Virginia. When you order a hot dog, it automatically comes with chili. If you want it without chili, you gotta be specific. They usually refer to a plain hot dog as a weiner dog. But if you just order a hot dog with ketchup and mustard, they are gonna throw chili on there too. There are lots of ways to make it. But for a true southern experience, add some SOUTHERN COLE SLAW on the hot dog with the chili.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED FOR THIS RECIPE:
lean ground beef
onion
garlic
chili powder
sugar
cumin
Worcestershire sauce
tomato paste
beef broth (or water)
corn meal
kosher salt
vegetable oil
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE HOT DOG CHILI:
Give it all a good stir to combine then reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Do a taste test at this point to see if it has enough salt. If you want, you can transfer the chili over to a Crock Pot and put it on the keep warm setting.
TIPS FOR LEFTOVER CHILI:
This chili is super-duper wonderful on tater tots and french fries. You gotta try it if you have some leftover chili. Throw some cheddar cheese on top and you gotta whole new meal! And you could definitely try this with leaner meats like ground turkey or chicken.
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BEST HOMEMADE HOT DOG CHILI
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- ½ onion finely chopped
- 1-2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 ½ tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp sugar
- ½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 cup beef broth
- 3 tbsp corn meal
- ½ tbsp kosher salt to taste
- vegetable oil
Instructions
- Put a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil in medium sauce pan.
- On medium-high heat, saute onion until translucent, then add garlic.
- Stir for about a minute, then add ground beef.
- As beef begins to brown, use a potato masher to grind up the beef into small bits.
- Once brown, add in the rest of the ingredients (if your beef produced a lot of grease, you may want to strain some of that out first before adding the rest of the ingredients).
- Give it all a good stir to combine then reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Do a taste test at this point to see if it has enough salt.
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Originally published: March 2011
Updated & Republished: July 2019
Yum..that looks good!
My hubby LOVES chili dogs...or just hot dogs period!! He's from Indiana also..maybe that explain it! The kids always hated it when I needed him to cook for me..guess what they'd always have?? 🙂
Oh No! If you have an authentic Chicago Hot dog, no ketchup. That's the rule;) we eat Portillos Hot dogs! Your chili dogs look good though. Every region has their own version of the hot dog.
I'm going to give this chili recipe a try. We love chili dogs here! I've never seen those split top buns before. Thanks for mentioning those. I'll be on the lookout for them. And those Hebrew National dogs are the only ones that are eaten in this house!
Thanks for sharing.
Jennifer
Tasty hot dog..You did an amazing job! I'm totally drooling :))
Can't wait for summer! Your dog looks so good piled high with chili like that, yum! Like the split-top bun, too, less messy if that were possible with a chili dog.
Brandie, I love your sense of humour. Must be tough keeping a couple of hot dog connoisseurs happy! Great job.
Mmmmmmmmm Chili Dogs... *drool*
Mmmmmmmmm Chili Tots ..*drool* : )
Wow that looks wonderful. My daughter would dig right in!
yum!! This was delicious! Thank you!
This is one super beautiful hot dog!!! My mouth is all watery now, yum yum yum! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I just got done telling a colleague how much I love hot dogs as a guilty pleasure. Thanks for bringing these to me while I have hot dogs on the brain!!
I along with Becky grew up on the Chicago dog, lots of veggies (might as well be a burger with a whole pickle and slices of tomato on it) and love it to this day. Then I grew up and moved away and discovered chili dogs... AMAZING!!! Oh and chili fries... Ok I'm hungry!
LOL, Brandie, you know a lot about hot dogs 🙂 I've never even had a chili dog, but that may change soon! Yours look awfully good~
Lizzy, I know WAY more about hot dogs than I probably should...hee hee.
Don't even get me started on pizza!! ;o)
Wow this looks amazing! Tater tots sound wonderful too. Soo ready for summer and this is the perfect dish!
My husband and boys would love this too! 🙂
We are a chili dog family here, Brandie. Love them so much. Your chili recipe sounds wonderful! I'm with you on the split top hot dog buns. I could never find them in Louisiana. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
I have never had chilli on a hot dog before. Sounds interesting.
🙂 Mandy
Nothing like a good chili dog! I'm going to have to try that brand..and I'll be sure to pick up some Stewart's Rut Beer :o)
yum! That looks good! You should come link it up to my What's Cooking Wednesday linky tomorrow!
Diane
http://www.turning-the-clock-back.blogspot.com
I think I have a few boys in the house that would enjoy this recipe!
I think my brother would love these....goonna make these for him when he visits chicago and i hope it's soon...hehe.
I was just over at a friends this morning who said she had a chili dog last night. I'm really picky about my dogs but needless so say this looks delish!
In the summertime we have hot dogs so often on the open fire! It seems so long ago, I know at the first almost warm evening, Mr. Rosemary will be asking if we have any dogs. (I'll surprise him with the chili!)
I live in Chicagoland, so the hot dog is near and dear to me - just don't put ketchup on it!
I can just imagine that chili with fries - yum!!