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Chili Cheese Dogs Recipe
Chili cheese dogs are one of my guilty pleasures! Luckily, this recipe makes enough chili for a crowd, but it can also be frozen for weeknight dinners.
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
American
Season
Fall, Spring, Summer, Winter
Key Ingredient
Beef, Lentils
Prep Time
5
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
25
minutes
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
24
hot dogs
Calories
410
kcal
Author
Charity Beth Long
Ingredients
Chili
1
tablespoon
oil
1
medium
onion
, diced
1
green pepper
, diced
2
large
jalapenos
, diced
1
lb
ground beef
1
package
chili seasoning
1
can
lentils
1
can
tomato paste
Hot Dogs
24
hot dog buns
24
hot dogs
3
cups
cheddar cheese
, grated
Instructions
Chili
Preheat the oven broiler.
In a dutch oven, heat oil over medium high heat.
Add onions, green pepper and jalapenos and cook for a couple minutes.
Add in beef, breaking up beef as you cook it.
Once the ground beef is broken up, add the chili seasoning, lentils and tomato paste.
If the mixture looks dry add 1/2 cup a water.
Bring to a boil, stirring often.
Cook until the beef is cooked and the vegetables are tender, then season with salt and pepper to taste.
Hot Dogs
When the chili is almost done, place the hot dogs on cookie sheet and broil for about 5 minutes.
Place hot dogs in buns and top with chili and shredded cheddar cheese.
Notes
This recipe is also great with grilled hot dogs!
We used McCormick chili seasoning
Nutrition
Calories:
410
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
42
g
|
Protein:
20
g
|
Fat:
17
g
|
Saturated Fat:
7
g
|
Cholesterol:
48
mg
|
Sodium:
678
mg
|
Potassium:
440
mg
|
Fiber:
6
g
|
Sugar:
4
g
|
Vitamin A:
295
IU
|
Vitamin C:
7.3
mg
|
Calcium:
204
mg
|
Iron:
4.6
mg