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Chili dog casserole
Hot dogs tucked into buns, smothered in a quick homemade bean chili and melted cheddar and baked in one dish, game-day food for a weeknight.
- 45 min total
- 15 min hands-on
- Anyone can make this
- Serves 6
- About $1.63 a serving
- 600 calories
- Good the next day
Dolly says: Make the full amount. It’s just as good for lunch the next day.
Ingredients
For 6 servings.
- 1 tsp butter, for the dish
- 1 can kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cans tomato sauce, 8 oz each
- 8 hot dog buns
- 8 hot dogs
- 2 cups shredded cheddar
- ½ yellow onion, finely diced (optional)
- 2 tbsp yellow mustard, to serve (optional)
From your pantry
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
Each serving has about 600 calories, 27 g protein, 47 g carbs and 34 g fat, and costs about $1.63 at typical US grocery prices. Both are estimates from what the recipe uses.
Missing something?
- No butter? Ghee works.
- No kidney beans? Pinto beans or black beans work.
- No tomato sauce? Crushed tomatoes work.
- No shredded cheddar? Cheddar cheese or Mexican blend cheese or Monterey Jack cheese works.
- No yellow onions? White onions or red onions work.
- No yellow mustard? Dijon mustard works.
Steps
Tap an underlined word for a quick explanation.
the oven to 375°F and butter a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Preheat. Preheating means turning the oven on before you start, so it’s fully hot when the food goes in. Food that starts in a cold oven cooks unevenly and doesn’t brown the same.
How you’ll know: The oven beeps or its light clicks off, usually 10 to 15 minutes after you turn it on.
Stir the beans, tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, onion powder, brown sugar and salt in a and over medium-low for 5 minutes, mashing some of the beans with a spoon.
Saucepan. A saucepan is a pot with tall, straight sides and one long handle. It’s for things that need depth, like rice, sauces or a few boiled eggs.
How you’ll know: The food fills it about halfway, leaving room to bubble without spilling over.
Simmer. Simmering means keeping a liquid just below a boil, with small bubbles rising gently. It cooks food evenly and lets a sauce thicken without scorching on the bottom.
How you’ll know: Small, lazy bubbles break the surface every second or so, and nothing is churning.
Low heatTimer: 5 min
Open the buns and stand them side by side in the dish, then tuck a hot dog into each.
Spoon the chili over the hot dogs and sprinkle the cheddar over everything.
Cover with foil and 15 minutes, then uncover and bake 10 minutes more, until the cheese is and the edges are bubbling.
Bake. Baking means cooking in the oven with dry heat all around the food. It cooks evenly from every side, so you can mostly leave it alone.
How you’ll know: It’s golden on top and passes the recipe’s check, like a clean toothpick or the right temperature.
Melt. Melting means gently heating something solid, like butter or cheese, until it turns liquid. Low or medium heat keeps it from browning or burning.
How you’ll know: It’s smooth and liquid, and butter may foam a little but hasn’t turned brown.
Timer: 25 min
Top with chopped onion and a stripe of mustard, and lift each one out with a spatula.
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