Daddy’s Hot Dog Chili -AND Hip Hostess Winners!
TWO Southern Plate Readers Will Be Choosing Hip Hostess Aprons today!
Mama Jane was the winner chosen at random for The Hip Hostess Apron Giveaway! Mama Jane, all you have to do is visit The Hip Hostess and choose your favorite apron, then email that to me along with your mailing address christy@southernplate.com.
Another reader will be choosing a Hip Hostess apron as well.
Shirley left the following comment on this post :
If I ever needed to win anything this is it. I lost my left arm to cancer and I need something with pockets to help me out! Man that is the perfect idea.
Shirley MooreAfter reading that, I know all of you wanted her to have an apron as badly as I did.
Shirley, I contacted The Hip Hostess and she was so grateful for the opportunity to send you your choice of a Hip Hostess apron in addition to our winner. Please email me at christy@southernplate.com with your mailing address after you visit The Hip Hostess and choose your favorite apron! Special thanks to The Hip Hostess and to Shirley!
We had company over the weekend and I cooked several big meals but decided to do a simple one as well. I can’t help it, I love hot dogs. But to gussy them up a bit, I added my Dad’s hot dog chili. This is one of those recipes you get told over the phone whenever you need it and no one actually bothers to write it down.
So I called Mama “Can you tell me how to make the hot dog chili again?”. She told me the instructions and I was off to the races – only this time, I’m gonna write it down. For y’all. Because I love ya’ll and because it’s summer time and most of us are going to be making more hot dogs over the next two months than we will the entire rest of the year combined.
Did I mention this freezes well? Well it does. So make a big batch and freeze it in smaller batches and have hot dog chili all summer long. Hey, its a double meat on a bun. How can you go wrong?
I am working on the free e- of freezer recipes. Make sure you’re subscribed by email to get it first! If I had a babysitter I would have had it done by now. I had a babysitter once…for about an hour or so. Got to go to a meeting at a local library. That was fun. I’ll always carry memories of that night with me. Sometimes I think about getting a T-shirt made like my son’s that says “I do my own stunts” only mine would say “I raise my own kids” ~grins~. I think I deserve a t-shirt for that. Maybe a trophy, too!
You’ll need: Ground beef, chili powder, black pepper, salt, and water.
My mom insists on Mexene chili powder. She swears by it. I insist on Morton Salt for reasons I’ve mentioned a few times on Southern Plate. If you don’t know why I am devoted to Morton’s …now is the time for a fun little treasure hunt! Go up to the search box at the top right of this page (right beneath my header) and type in “Morton Salt” and posts where I have mentioned it will come up. Just in case you like digging around a bit!
Truth is I had no idea this was my Dad’s recipe. Have I ever seen him make it? Umm…no. But he must have at some point. Of course, this makes sense seeing as how I don’t remember having it more than once a year or so. So in that case, I guess Daddy could have been the one making it. ~winks~
With that in mind, I wanted to share with you something one of my reader’s sent me. I can’t remember who sent it though and when I went to find it, I couldn’t find it anywhere in my email. My email is a bit congested. So I went on the web to find it again. If you sent this to me, please let me know in the comments so I can thank you!
This is EXACTLY how it is at my Mom’s house. It’s not how it is at my house because…well, I don’t have a grill. I’d like a grill but I don’t currently own one. If that changes at any point in the future you’ll know by the sudden influx of grilling recipes I post!
BBQ Facts of Life:
Men and Cookouts
*Note, if this offends any of my wonderful male Southern Plate readers, I promise to post some female defamation humor in the near future and I’ll even try to feed you a cookie at some point in your life to help make up for it.
We are about to enter the BBQ season. Therefore it is important to refresh your memory on the etiquette of this sublime outdoor cooking activity.
When a man volunteers to do the BBQ the following chain of events are put into motion:
Routine…
- The woman buys the food.
- The woman makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
- The woman prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to the man who is lounging beside the grill – beer in hand.
- The woman remains outside the compulsory three meter exclusion zone where the exuberance of testosterone and other manly bonding activities can take place without the interference of the woman.
- Here comes the important part:
- THE MAN PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
- The woman goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
- The woman comes out to tell the man that the meat is looking great. He thanks her and asks if she will bring another beer while he flips the meat
- THE MAN TAKES THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO THE WOMAN.
- The woman prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces, and brings them to the table.
- After eating, the woman clears the table and does the dishes.
- Everyone PRAISES the MAN and THANKS HIM for his cooking efforts.
- The man asks the woman how she enjoyed ‘her night off.’ And, upon seeing her annoyed reaction, concludes that there’s just no pleasing some women.
Important again:
And most important of all:
Alrighty, lets get cookin’!
Fill a pot with about enough water to cover up your ground beef.
Take a handful of ground beef and submerge it in the water and …
Moosh it up in there with your hands.
This is super easy if you do it under the water.
Yeah, I know its gross but it’s raw meat and someone has to cook it so buck up, buddy, that “someone” is you.
Besides, it’s gonna be good and I hereby declare that you can have the first hot dog for your efforts!
When you are done it will look like this.
Add chili powder. We add 3 tsp for every pound of meat so for this recipe I am adding 9 tsp.
I’m feeling terribly repressed lately. There are so many things I want to talk about. So many tangents I want to go off on and ideas and projects I want to update you on but I try (believe it or not) to stay somewhat on point on Southern Plate and I realize that y’all are coming here for food so I’ve been trying to avoid straying too terribly far off topic.
~sighs~ But I love to write and I love to share what is going on in my little minuscule corner of the world so preventing myself from doing that has caused it to build and I feel like I am about to explode. I’m dying to do some posts about the summer crafts, science experiments, and general cool stuff that the kids and I are doing around Bountiful so consider this fair warning. It’ll be coming up soon!
Add salt to taste.
You’ll need a good bit though. I am adding a heaping tablespoon. You might even want to add more.
Add a tablespoon of pepper as well (more if you like).
Stir that up and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for about an hour. It’ll look like this.
Now get a ladle and skim the majority of the grease off the top of the pot and into a separate bowl.
Don’t panic honey, it’s just grease. I know it may look gross but if you knew half of what was in the food you ordered in a restaurant you wouldn’t think twice about drinking this stuff straight.
This is what we have left.
Yummmmmmm
Now get out what you need with a slotted spoon but to make the hot dogs really good, you need to put a bit of that juice on them, too!
Alright, now this looks good but it needs a little something…It looks naked to me.
Aww yeah, that’s the stuff!
Dad’s Hot Dog Chili
- 3 lbs ground beef
- 9 tsp chili powder (Mama insists on Mexene)
- 1 T salt (more to taste)
- 1 T pepper (More to taste)
- Enough water to cover your ground beef
Place enough water in a pot to cover your beef. Take handfuls of the beef and submerge in the water, mooshing it up with your hands. Add seasonings and stir. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and boil gently for about an hour. Ladle off grease. Remove chili with a slotted spoon to put on hot dogs. Freeze leftovers for your next cookout!
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Win An Apron From The Hip Hostess!
This is me in my new yellow kitchen! I painted it myself last week. I just love the color yellow, so cheerful and happy!
There is something else new in this picture, my apron from The Hip Hostess!
One lucky Southern Plate reader will get to choose their favorite apron from the Hip Hostess just like I did!
To enter, just leave a comment on this post.
I’ll choose a winner next Monday!
I love my new apron!
*Note, please do not email to enter! 
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-Clementine Padford
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Love ya Christy! Thanks for the chili recipe!
oooh yummy! DH will love this!
I love your recipes.
I’ll have to try the hot dog chili – I’m ALWAYS looking for good recipes to dress up the dogs.
And I love aprons!
Beth in PA
Thanks for the chili recipe, I am going to make it today. Was that sauerkraut on the hot dog? I am thinking a chili cheese dog.
Janet F in NC
I love the yellow kitchen. It is so inviting and gives me a happy feeling.
Count me in please; I LOVE aprons! Makes me feel so domestic!
Sounds delicious and it’s so much easier than my hotdog chili recipe. Thanks for sharing!
I’ll have to make this one for the 4th of July hot dogs. I can just taste it . . . hot dogs, chili, chopped up Vidalias, and a bit of grated cheese. Mmmmmmmmmm:-) Thanks for the recipe
my hubby will love this! just for the record my gran likes the mexene chili powder too!
I love your website and posts. My husband mostly cooks and I clean. But now that I have found your site, I am trying to do more. I have made the buttermilk buscuits! They were great! He was impressed. He loves chili on hot dogs so I will plan on trying this. I love the step by step pictures! That really helps me! I live down on the Gulf Coast in Alabama and want to teach my daughter how to be a great Southern hostess!
Ohhhhh I love chili dogs!! But even better I love Chili Cheese Burgers and this recipe is almost the exact one I make…give or take a few hot peppers once they get going in my garden! A big old fat grilled burger topped with chili, some mustard and as much cheese as that bun will stand! Nummy!!! Man! I wish I had one right now and if you don’t let that chili and cheese drip onto your fries or chips you don’t know what you are missing!!!! Next thing you know you will be making chili cheese fries, chili cheese buns, chili cheese chips, chili cheese chicken strips……the possibiities are endless!
Thanks for posting this. Your descriptions always bring me right into your kitchen!
Great post!
… and that apron would sure look good in my kitchen.
I’ve become a big fan of aprons lately. I wonder why I didn’t think of them before, after all these years of messy, sloppy, stained clothing.
This is very similar to the chili sauce my grandmother made when I was growing up and it is DELICIOUS! One thing my grandmother did was drop the uncooked weiners into the chili a short while before serving; grandmother didn’t grill so this cooked the weiners. And your juice comment is right on; be sure to add some to your hot dog. GOOD EATING!
What a great idea, Judy. Your grandmother was one smart lady.
Hmm My Husband loves Chili, sometimes he adds a little hotdog to it (He actually hates hotdogs, he will eat them only with every condiment known to man on top). This is pretty easy, I bet I could do it when I forget to buy him chili.
Oh Something you may want to try with your next Hotdog: Sourcream! I know it sounds gross, my brother got hooked on it when he was in the Army (I think while in Iraq) and he forced me to try it, and it was the best condiment. Especially with Chili, cheese and mustard!
Now I am on tangents!
I absolutely love your tangents, and I don’t have a problem reading them. I figure you will get to the food eventually and in the meanwhile I have something worth reading. I had a great time talking with you the other night on FB!
That was too funny. Except yours truly does the grilling along with everything else. My dad does stand around and offer “advice” though.
Mexene chili powder is great.we use it most of the time as long as we remember to get it @ Wally World cause it’s too darn expensive at the local stores if they have it at all.
The apron is cute and love the yellow walls as well. I guess consider me entered.
Christy,
Thanks so much for all your wonderful recipes. It just so happens that chili dogs is one of our favorite foods. We’ll be having this recipe tomorrow night. Thanks again for all that you do.
Maryann
I love meaty hot dog chili! I have never tried to make my own, but this recipe sounds like one I will have to try.
my daughters favorite meal! we add old bay seasoning, cause, well, we add it to everything (ok ok, i have a yankee grandmother, you do what you can ya know?)…..
my daughter is 2 and already has 2 aprons to cook in- she loves them and insists i wear one too- which means i’ve had to start haunting antique stores cause i like to half aprons…love the link to hip hostess. i see 2 of their aprons at least in my future and lots more christmas presents for friends!!!!!!!!!!!
That looks really good. My favorite part of summer is grilling and eating hot dogs. This looks like an added bonus. Thanks
I love aprons! in fact I collect them! I don’t have a big collection yet but that’s the point of collecting right? LOL Love your blog!
God bless,
Amanda
The chili sauce recipe sounds just right for those summer grilled hotdogs!
Love the apron. I need a new one to wear around the farm here, one with big pockets to hold the chicken eggs.
Pam
I love reading your posts……. you write just like you talk! Makes it all very interesting and funny. Also love the quotes, and can’t wait for the freezer e-cookbook to come out. Thanks!
Chili dogs are one of my favorite drive-in foods! I look forward to trying them at home. By the way, I look forward to hearing about your science experiments
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I love hot dogs too and never could see why some people think them beneath them. A chili dog is even better and I want chopped raw onion on mine. A toasted bun and it is a meal fit for a king in my opinion.
Gosh Christy, how did you decide which yellow to paint your kitchen?
I have swatches on every wall trying to decide! Who knew there were so many yellows? Thanks for your Dad’s recipe.
Linda
I would love to enter this giveaway! I have recently started wearing an apron, and I really like it! I’d love to be able to add a second one to my cooking/cleaning wardrobe
Great post, Christy! I enjoyed reading the BBQ Facts of Life!
An apron is just what I need to make me a complete domestic goddess!
That’s about how we make hot dog chili in our neck of the woods too! (east texas-ish) and may I say you look just as bright and pretty as a daisy in your apron, that yellow background just sets you off! You remind me of one of my daughters and I’m tellin off on myself…let’s just say I have seven wonderful grandbabies and leave it at that!
This looks yummy!! Love the picture of your kitchen. I am thinking of a similar one for mine. How is your garden doing? Any veggies yet?
The hot dog chili recipe looks so easy and I love that you can freeze it too. I plan on making this tomorrow. I love yur site. It’s the first one I come to when I need recipe ideas for a family get together. My brother in law calls me Vicky Crocker. We all get a laugh out of that.
As a wife (ex) and mother, I’ve rarely gotten to pick my own personal favorite of anything. Love the apron – functional and pretty
I love aprons. My granny used to wear them and I have a few of hers that I got when she passed away but I don’t ever wear one. Now would be a good time to start! And this hot dog chili looks great. Can’t wait to try it!
Hi Christy! Lookin’ good in your new apron!
Keep the yummy recipes coming.
so I’ve been slacking on posting comments… my fault entirely! I always read your emails though
The whole Mortons things got me going today, I’m proud to say that I could remember why without looking it up! But I did end up looking it up anyway to tell my beloved daughter how many grandparents you had… She didn’t believe me and had to see for herself.
So we started chatting about ours, and it hit me real hard that all mine are now gone… Can I borrow one of yours? I’ll return them, eventually
I need to go make those wonderful biscuits you make that remind me of my gram…
Nice apron & Kitchen too. You think wearing a apron will stop those silly holes in my tee shirts?
Love your new kitchen! My family gets a kick out of your posts! We could be kin?
Gwen
YUMMMM! I think I will make this for Father’s Day cookout we are having this weekend! Thanks!
that apron is just precious!
I love your Southern Cookin’! This is another recipe I have to try.
Sounds great! Can’t wait to try it!
Thanks for all the great recipes!
Thank you thank you for a hot dog chili recipe! My husband has always insisted on the yucky canned stuff for our hot dogs because he thinks there’s nothing better, but I plan to prove him wrong with this recipe! BTW, I’d love a classy apron!
I love this chili. Have you ever heard of a cafe in Huntsville called Mullins? It is on Andrew Jackson Way. They have been around for years and they are known for their chili dogs. slaw dogs and hamburgers. They make their chili this way.
I know what you mean about men and cookouts. Everybody in my family loves my husbands steaks and just rave over them. But all he does is put them on the grill. I am the one who marinates them all day and gets them ready just like you said. We went to a marriage thingy at church a few months ago and they showed a video of exactely this scenerio. It was hilarious and so true.
I just love your blog and cant wait to see the new posts every day and the emails. I really want to try that cold coffee recipe.
I GREW UP ON MULLIN’S!!!! We used to live near five points when I was a little girl and even now, I try to take my kids there a few times a year. LOVE MULLINS!!!
I’m so excited to see someone mention them in a post on Southern Plate!!!! LOVE MULLIN’S!!!
Do you miss Zesto’s too?
~GRINNING~
Christy
My parents grew up on Mullin’s, too!
The Lincolnettes meet there some. They meet every month at a different restaurant. MY mother in law and her sister went to Lincoln way back in the day. The Lincoln Reunion is coming up the end of June, so I will be taking her if her sister in law doesnt.I sub there too. It is the best little school and community.Your 5th grade teacher, Patti Moss is a good friend of mine. Love her!!
Yes!! We loved the corn dogs and upside down banana splits. I am taking care of my mother in law (she is 88) and has to go to Mullins EVERY DAY!So they know us very well there.I remember when they were 10 for a dollar. They were better back then though. I just got through grating 3 bars of that soap to make your recipe for laundry detergent.It lools like cheese. Hahaha
Christy, I want you to know that I am VERY offended by that post about Men. Thats just WRONG…I mean if the woman was on the ball she would have already noticed he needed a beer and brought it BEFORE he had to ask…
Do not enter me into the apron contest. Real men do not care if they get food stains on their clothes. It’s not like we have to wash them. Thats what women are for after they make sure we have a beer in our hands.
Crawling back into my Manbearpig cave now….
*waits for backlash…
~sticks her thumbs in her ears, waves her fingers about and sticks out her tongue~
Plllllllllllpt!
I was talkin’ bout my other male readers, Bill. We all know you’re here for the duration on accounta you love me s’much that you can’t stay away!
Yeah well.. Oh ok, ya got me.
~smiles~
..but you still have cooties..:)
Bill — your post is too clever. Don would agree with you, I’m sure. If I win the apron, I’d like to donate it to one of you two. Surely you know a woman who would enjoy wearing it? Tell her to fill a cooler with ice and beer and station it near the grill. =)
Mary, It’s all satire of course. If I really thought that way, my mama would come up out the grave and slap me into next week. I don’t drink alcohol at all. I wash all my own clothes plus my elderly dads and we have the old grease stains on them to prove it.
Don’t want the apron though. The lady making them would have to buy way too many extra yards of material and it might bankrupt her. I’d hate to be the cause of her financial meltdown.
This TEXAN loves chilli and am excited to try one.
Frankie
Sounds great and I love the apron too. We just painted my bedroom in a pretty pale yellow. I love it!!!!
This Florida girl wants an apron! I love all your recipes.
Love your e-mails and recipes. I cannot wait to make the hot dog chili, as the only way to eat a hot dog is grilled with chili and cheese on it! Thanks for sharing! Also, the apron is adorable!
MMMMM! This chili recipe looks so good and it looks really easy. I love chili dogs, can’t wait to try it out! I miss my folks back in Missiouri and Arkansas. I remember my Grandmother and her chocolate gravy, so I was really excited to see that recipe. Thanks for the wonderful job you do everyday!
Man, I just blew $14 at A&W today at lunch on coney dogs.
This sounds much better.
I need that apron…my tops have bleach holes in them from me dripping stuff while cooking!
Thanks for giving away an apron! You look so pretty and hip in the apron and your new kitchen. I know it must feel so good to you to have such a bright kitchen. Please pick me to win the apron! I seem to always ruin my good shirts by splattering what ever I am cooking. I would love to have a Hip Hostess apron to help save my wardrobe. BTW I love your website and so does my family for all the wonderful recipes I have been using. Thank you for sharing!
Looks like a good recipe. I’m a hot dog with chili lover, but I usually just open up a can of chili. Now I can actually make it myself! I’m hoping I win an apron too. Wish me luck!
Yummy, sounds great and just in time for the first big family get together on Fathers Day. Bought huge quarter pound hot dogs from our supplier at work and think that this chili sauce is just the thing to put on top.
Thanks for the great recipes…
I love the yellow color of your new kitchen ( attached to the house) and the apron is great. I love aprons and wear one every day of the week. Have 3 dresser drawers full and am always adding new. Of course I cook for 425 to 450 people 5 days a week so need the aprons .
Can’t wait to try this on a Chili Cheese Burger……
Love the apron !!!!
OOh, I love aprons! I’d love to enter the contest!
Yes, we love chili dogs here. Thanks for the recipe!
Cute Apron! I would LOVE to win one of these
. Thanks for the recipe as well, I’ve never had a hot dog chili one before!
I’ve not been disappointed with ANY of your recipes before, so I’m trying my hand at this one tonight! I’m sure it’ll be wonderful and my husband will be grateful! I would LOVE to have the apron, also! I was handed-down several of my nanny’s, but those are too precious to wear! I’m sure it would come in handy with a potentially messy recipe like this one!
I love your yellow kitchen. I painted my kitchen yellow last summer. It took me three months to choose the right shade. It is so cheerful and sunny all day long. Thanks for the chili recipe.
Hiya Christy, can’t wait to try this one out, I love a good Chili dog!
Love this chili recipe!!! I am allergic to tomatoes so I’m all pumped up about this one! I have a yellow kitchen too and it makes me happy. Love to win a new apron for my yellow kitchen-all of mine are alookin’ kinda ratty!
Wow thanks for the recipe. That was super easy and yummy to boot!
This isn’t about today’s post but your super spaghetti sauce. I did this last week but actually cooked it on top of the stove because I was late getting started. One of the persons here for dinner sent me an e-mail to ask about my sauce recipe. So I told her all about Southern Plate.
This is just the recipe I needed. We eat lots of hotdogs around here and my kids don’t mind the store bought chili but I detest that stuff. Thanks for sharing this…now I can really enjoy the hotdogs too.
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I usually just use Wolf Brand Chili but I will definately try this one out. I’ve never owned an apron but it looks very nice on you. I received an e-mail recently called “Grandma’s Apron”. If I saved it I will forward it to you. Thanks again, and I’m looking forward to reading the cookbook, I ordered one last week!
Thanks for the recipe. I was a bit surprised not to see some sort of tomato product in it but it sounds great. Can’t wait to try it.
I also must share some news! We live in Massachusetts and while I do not miss the weather down south, I sure miss the good food. We found out last week that my husband’s company is transferring him to Arkansas. I can’t wait for good mexican food and catfish! And being able to find cornmeal in the stores besides on cereal aisle in small boxes. We will be moving about 30 mins from Memphis so if anyone is in that area, give me a holler. (Yes my Texas accent and words will once again be understood! LOL)
P.S. I would love the apron to wear in my new kitchen!
Oh Nan. Real chili doesn’t have tomatoes (or beans) in it. If you have a Texas accent, you must know that.
Hey Christy, can’t wait to try this hhot dog chili.
Yummy that sounds good! I am with a few other readers…..I would want to add me some cheese, too! My mother-in-law has always worn aprons – maybe I will wear one when I win this contest! I love yours – and your pretty paint.
Kim
What a neat prize and I have been wanting a cute apron. Please enter me my name in the drawing!
The Chili looks good – I can see that on our Dogs!
Yummy! All I need is some coleslaw! Thanks for sharing!
I am so hungry and that chili looks GOOD!!!
I LOVE The Hip Hostess aprons!!! I’ve been on their mailing list for a while and would LOVE to have an apron!!
Congrats on the fresh kitchen! I’d love to win
Oh shoot! Now ya got me wantin’ a hotdog!!!
I’ve never made chili with water! I just brown a lb of hamburger, drain, stir in 1 tsp salt & 1 Tbsp chili powder, then add 1 cup ketchup. yummmmmmmmmmmmm
PS: cute cute cute apron!!!
:)
Another fab recipe. However, I really wish you would expound on some of the other things happening at Bountiful. FB has been a blast!! LOVE the yellow by the way.
LOL – I just had to forward that joke on to my husband. Sounds familiar around our house (except for the beer part) and I am usually the one that compliments him on meal! But, my husband, gentleman that he is, always tells me that I shouldn’t be thanking him since I did most of the work. (He’s a real keeper that man of mine!)
I’m thinking that’d be real good with some cheese on it too.
Oh Christy, ya gotta invest in a grill I simply love ours! I loved your BBQ Facts of Life but unfortunately I’m the one that does all the grilling as well, lol. Mmmmm, chili dogs will right that down for a yummy lunch dish this week! Love the apron!
Love your site!!!!!!!!!! How true about the men BBQueing. I finally do it all myself!
And I love yellow kitchens-that is the color of mine. Your apron bbring back memories of my mom-she always had one on like that
Great recipe, will definitely be trying this one!
Good luck to everyone on winning the apron.
Great recipes! So do you think you could cook a hunk of beef in water like that and shred it when it’s done cooking for some tacos or enchiladas?
Love chili dogs! Love aprons too. My mother always wore one.
Can’t wait to try this one!
We are having hotdogs and this chili looks like just what we need to spice it up a little. Thanks for the recipes.
Yummy stuff, pretty new kitchen color, and I WANT THAT APRON!!! smile
I’m happy to know that this chili freezes well, because if my husband likes it, he’ll want it all the time : ) About the apron, I would LOVE to have one, because I am a Tennessee gal living in Northern California. Well, let me tell ya – there are a lot of, um, hippies who are too proud to think that women should be the ones doin’ the cookin’ anyway. So, it’s near impossible to find a cute apron anywhere besides on the internet. The ones I can find here might say things like “MEAT IS MURDER”, and I thought about getting one and painting “(but it sure is delicious)” on the bottom of it, but I would prefer one that has some sort of print and color to it. So, I don’t own a single apron (thank the good Lord for Oxy Clean spray), but I would be thrilled to start a trend for us ladies in NorCal who aren’t such feminists and make meals with real butter, fried meat grease, and (heaven forbid) BEEF : )
Um,I think I am just having one of those days, so I hope I didn’t upset anybody with my post : / Lord help me : )
Mmmm! Hot dogs are one food that has always said “summer” to me– and now that its here I am definitely eating my fill of them!! Thank god I don’t know how (or trust myself!) to fire up the grill or I would eat them non-stop!!
You are awesome….My cooking is getting better and better….thanks for everything you do. Keep up the good work!
Hi from North Dakota! Love the hot dog chili, love the apron, love the recipes on your site and mostly, I love your stories and tales. I’ve tried many of your recipes just cuz you make them sound so good and so much fun to make!! Your recipe book is great, too. It’s sitting by my easy chair and I’m picking out new recipes to try!!! Marlene
I needed a new recipe for chili! And a new apron.
Hey Christy, you look so cute in that darling apron, in your beautiful cheerful yellow kitchen. I have always loved having lt. yellow kitchens in my houses, but now am trying lt. green for a change. I love the Chili sauce recipe, and plan to give it a try and freeze it like you recommended. I crave a good ole fashioned chili dog with mustard and onions……and always hate to open a big can of canned chili. Now I don’t have to, I can freeze in smaller portions…..Great, many thanks for the great recipes and appreciation for the simplier things in life. Thanks for all you do to help everybody out here in the South to save money.
Rae
This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to make it for my family. The apron is gorgeous! I just have to have one! Thanks for letting me enter the contest!
This is the first time I’ve posted to your site. I love it! I have searched high and low for cooking like my mom’s and my Nanny’s. Everything I have made so far has been a huge hit with my family which makes me so happy! I can pass on the wonderful-tasting food from my childhood to my family. Thank you for giving so much of yourself to bring me (and others) this awesome opportunity to bless my family.
I make my chili with the water too!!!! Actually, I do it anytime I am cooking ground beef and then drain off the water/grease. This is the first time I’ve seen anyone else do it with water!!!!! Makes me feel a little better after pulling my yucky greasy hands out of this water/beef mixture!!
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Thanks for the great recipe!! I’m gonna tell all my friends!! I’m actually going to try it tomorrow night after I try your steak and milk gravy tonight!! Yummmm
Hey Sheri! Check out this post:
http://www.southernplate.com/2008/07/how-i-process-large-quantities-of.html
It’s how I cook my beef when I make big batches ahead of time!! Just like you! No, you aren’t alone!
OOOOOOOOOOH I want to eat at your house !! I love steak and milk gravy!
That looks really good and easy–2 of my favorite things!! I have a problem with the mooshing it up with my hand though–I’ll just have to make sure my daughters aren’t in the kitchen when I am cooking this–I don’t want to give them any complexes about doing things in the kitchen. I am looking forward to the posts about crafts and all. Love your blog. Sheila in NC
Looks great! Gonna try it tonight!
Hi Christy! I’m a new fan & as my dad would say, the fat’s what makes it taste so good…
I just wish my husband like hot dogs. Oh well, meat sandwich for him!
Love your site. I made your starwberry pie the other night and it was yummy! This post was hilarious!
Love the apron!
Do you always cook hamburger meat for casseroles in water like the chili? I’m curious as to why you do it this way. Love the recipe.
Donna
Love the Hot Dog Chili. I bet it is better than that stuff in the can!! Love the bbq..facts of life. I’m still laughing. I also love the apron and would love to win it.
Blessing’s
Ann Corbett
LOVE grilled hot dogs and chili. If I didn’t already have spaghetti sauce cooked for supper I’d have this instead. Yum! Now I need to make a Costco run for some ground chuck to make this with and freeze some up for later on this year. You always have the best looking recipes that make me hungry.
And go ahead and spill it on your crafts, home life, etc. I’d love to hear them!
The chili sounds WONDERFUL!!! I can’t wait to try it. Im also a HUGE apron fan. I have a bright pink one with green ruffles that I think you would love!
Boy that is so easy! And it looks delicious! Can’t wait to try this recipes! That apron is pretty too!
Thanks, this looks like a delicious dinner for hubby and son on nights when I just don’t know what to cook. I would eat the chili but I don’t do hotdogs.
I LUVVVVVVVV chili dogs!! And the apron brings such sweet memories of my Mamaw when I was little…
Everytime I open your email, I change what I am having for dinner. Can’t wait to eat the chili dogs tonight.
Christy,
You look fabulous! Your new yellow kitchen? Love it!
You are totally the hip hostess!!! Thanks so much!
Honey,
I just discovered you last week and I love you!!! You are more southern than Paula Deen every thought about being
OK, I’ve never had a chili dog! lol…but I have the ingredients and I will be making this tomorrow! It will definitely come in handy during the summer when we are busy. It will save me from running to the nearest fast food joint! So, Thank you! I can’t wait to try it.
~And we can’t wait to hear how everything is going in your new home!
I have been looking for a great hot dog chili. Our favorite place has what they call “Yellow Jacket Dogs”, and they are so good, but homemade dogs are never as good. I have started lightly buttering and toasting the buns, which greatly improves the flavor in my opinion. Now I will try with your chili. Thanks!
Is there anything better than a good chili dog? I don’t THINK soooooo! Especially if ya pile it high with diced onions n mustard………or some cool slaw. YUMMO!!! Thanks for a recipe that I can try….(I don’t make good hot dog chili YET). Love the Yellow in your kitchen too it is so cheerful looking! Great job as always!
You were RIGHT on the money with the man cooking the barbeque. Been happening to me for quite a while now. Really enjoy your blog. Brings back so many memories.
Ok – have got to try this. I finally got over the nastiness of the cheap ground beef cooke din water adn has been great to have them in the freezer fro quick meals! Thanks. Please ener me in the contest and I say – post away about all the fun things you are doing in your household. If it really bothers you, start a blog of home life but I need more ideas for my two year old all day long. Thanks and love your site.
Love your kitchen color..it is very similar to mine! I am a frequent reader and love your recipes. I would love to have a new apron!
I love that fabulous new apron. Hope I win!
love the recipe and also the words of wisdom hugs sally
Chili looks yummy! Now I’m hankerin’ for a chili dog after reading this post! LOL! BTW, the apron is cute!
I love the apron…I cook a lot but don’t use one…would be very nice to have. We all love chili dogs. Will use this really soon.
Thanks,
Christa G.
Looks just like Mullin’s chilli dawgs.. Yes I miss zesto’s too. Had my share of ice cream cones from there.
This sounds great! I love hot dogs! And especially with words like “chili” who can resist?! Although, I’m probably going to through a lot of cheese on top of mine…cheese is a wonderful thing.
And the apron looks adorable on you!
Oh look at you in your apron, you cute thang! Love that color yellow for your kitchen too.
I’ve been on a hot dog roll here lately myself (LOL there we go again) but no recipes or anything, I’ve just been craving hot dogs. Mostly it’s been corn dogs for some reason! I think I’ve eaten one just about every day!!
I’d love a new apron!
Did you ever hear of Charlie’s Hot Dogs in Atlanta? I wonder if this recipe was similar to Charlie’s? YUM, I can’t wait to give it a try.
I always wondered how chili was made! Thanks, now I can make it too!!!
ohhhh, now why did I never think of just chili powder, salt & pepper. So much less messy… great idea!
Thanks!
What a precious apron. It not only covers up your front really good, but look at those great big pockets. Wow. Love it.
Now who doesn’t love a good hot dog. One of my Grandbabies could eat them every day. Hee hee, me too.
While I have a great chili recipe, I will try out your Dad’s too.
There is always someone’s recipe that is better.
Thanks Christy
Adorable apron!
I will have to try this recipe when we have cookout again.
I love that apron!
I have a pretty yellow kitchen, too. It always makes me smile.
And, I can’t wait to win the apron!
Christy, you look so darn cute in that apron. My Grandma would have been proud of you for wearing it. I never saw her in the kitchen without an apron on. I love aprons. And I just last night looked up this way of cooking burger so I could make a big old batch for tacos last night and your pizza tonight! Anyway, love you recipes, love your attitude about life and just plain old love YOU! You make my day to read your email newsletters. Thanks for all you do.
A new fan and poster
Thanks for the recipe and a change to win an apron
I really do enjoy reading all the recipes you have. I also love the apron. I have many vintage aprons–they always remind me of my mother when I was growing up.Keep up the wonderful blog.
Christy,
(grin)
You sure have “cranked up my cooking skills”! This recipe has a lot of other possibilities for other meals
How did you know I could use a new apron?
Thanks for your wonderful recipes and sharing your family with us!
Hi Christy:
You stepped all over my toes (just kidding). However I always had to get my own beer. I laughed all the way through your story, because that’s the way it works. My grill won’t work right without a beer in hand. your kitchen is pretty,but I don’t think the apron will work. Thanks anyway.
Hi Don. If you can find Bill’s comment above, you’ll see that I’m donating the apron (if I win)to one of you.
Girl, You are just too cute in your apron in your new yellow kitchen. I bet you have enjoyed the sunshine and bright open space!
Keep up the good work!
That apron is adorable! You are too and the yellow looks great. The hot dog chili sounds yummy and I can’t wait to try it out! Can’t wait for a “tour” of your new house and all the projects you’ve been working on!
Christy,
Your recipes are a breath of Springtime.As the mother of three young women, I have to tell you that it is my experience that kitchen aprons, such as the one featured on your site, can be a powerful motivator to getting in the kitchen and discovering the joys of cooking. Each daughter spent more time in kitchen with her new apron.
Since I was a stay at home Mom during their growing up years, no one had time to learn how to cook – too many activities, too much homework, etc. Later,all three learned to cook by phone, “Mom, how do you make biscuits and gravy?” and many other dishes. The old boyfriends called from college asking for recipes that were their favorites. Skills now range from gourmet to OK and wear their cute little aprons all the time. Our youngest married on Maui and I found an apron in a tropical print. Guess who wears it all the time? They also give the aprons as gifts to friends. It’s a winner!
Can’t wait to try the hotdog chili!!! I have tried a lot of your recipes, thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you,
stacy
Cute apron and lovin’ the hot dog chili…think I’ll make mine a Chili Cheese Dog..mmmm!
The only great dog is the one with the greasy chili…I love the recipe..
The apron reminds me of my grandmother with those pockets…
Oh..and I love the yellow walls …so cool looking…
Is there anything you don’t do? You are so smart
Looks good, and simple, too!
Thanks for a chance to win!
Sounds yummy – and I will definitely be making this for camping trips when we do lots of hot dogs and brats! No self-respecting hot dog should ever go without either a good chili or some good sourkraut!!!
Enjoy yours site!
Betty Jordan
Virginia woman married to a Carolina man!
Love the yellow kitchen wall – and that apron is absolutely adorable! Thanks for all the great recipes!
Christy….love your new yellow kitchen, so bright & cheery!
Thanks for all the wonderful recipes (from me & my family)!
Hi
Thanks for the hot dog chili recipe! I am doing the Low Carb diet again and really enjoy chili, but so many call for flour or masa. I just want plain old chili and this fits perfectly. I looked up the Mexene and found that it is actually a blend of chili powder with cumin, oregano and garlic. Everyone else probably already knew that. Kind of a shame too, with me living here in TX and all!
Interesting hot dog chili recipe. I can’t wait to try it because it looks so simple. I also love the color of your new kitchen and the apron
I enjoy reading your blog and your recepies are the best. I don’t own a Apron but will be nice to have one, so I don’t have to use my own shirt or top anymore.
love the apron, hope i win one. Sorry Christy, but i do agree with your mom, mexene chili powder is the best.
Sure do love your recipes! I’ve added many of them to my file. And I sure do need a pretty apron to serve up those delicious dishes in……pick me!!!
My girlfriend told me how to make this hotdog chili. Her husband is from South Carolina and that is how a hot dog is ordered. Love the new kitchen color.
I love yellow kitchens!! So cheery! I also love the apron! Makes me think of my dear grandma!
Thanks for the recipe. You never know what is in that canned stuff. I will feel much better feeding this to my kids. Thanks again.
Looks Yummy – will try soon. I would love to win a beautiful apron. Thanks
I love the kitchen color and the apron is adorable.
Can’t wait to try this, hotdogs are very popular at my house.
I love your blog and your tangents are what makes it great. Can’t wait to hear what crafts and things you’ve got going on.
Looks delicious!! Love your sunny yellow kitchen. Looking forward to hearing about all the happenings at Bountiful!
I’m on my way to a wedding in Ga. Looking forward to some wonderful Southern food!! In N.C. today and plan to have pulled pork with some wonderful veggies tomorrow….sweet tea, biscuits, gravy, and cornbread are calling my name! LOUDLY!!!
Blessings!
I love aprons!!!You don’t see them as much as you did years ago.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the great recipes!
I collect aprons everywhere we travel or visit. Simply put, I love them. They are so much fun to wear and who knew but they are the handiest item in the kitchen…I would love to win one of these, and yellow is also my favorite color, it’s sunshine all year rounds in my kitchen…
love your post and the apron!
Christie,
We’re just LOVIN’ your recipes here. We only found southern plate a few weeks ago but I’m awaiting your cookbook and have tried a whole bunch of your recipes! Keep it up!
My favorite food in the world is a hot dog with mustard, onions, cole slaw and chili. This sounds like it would do just fine. Sounds deelish…..
I am hoping that was an onion on that dog…try a little cumin mixed in with it and you got something we call a Michigan. I also use a little bit of Frank’s hot sauce….and please….ketchup?? You’ll ruin the flavor of the meat!!!!!
Ask Michael what a Michigan is…..
Barbara
Hi – My husband loves chili dogs and mine never turned out right. This way of making the sauce is certainly different from anything I have tried before. Hope this tastes like he wants them too. I like to buy aprons at antique stores, yard sales and auctions. My mother and grandma’s always wore aprons.
We could be twins! Except you’re young and cute! I have always had yellow walls in my house – they make me happy. And I’m the queen of aprons. Wear them at work and home and love them all! Thanks for all the great recipes!
Mmmmmm Hot dogs are wonderful, aren’t they? The chili sounds great. I like the way you cooked it…. takes most of the grease out and lord knows we don’t need that stuff. The cute apron reminds me of my mother. She always wore an apron whenever she was in the kitchen. I have some of her old, battered and worn aprons. They are a treasure. Thanks for the memories.
I love your site, and your apron. Please count me in
I love that apron! So cute! Thanks for a great giveaway!
That is the cutest apron. It looks so good on you Christy. Love the Hotdog and the new yellow kitchen. good job
Christy, One of the most enjoyable things about your emails
has been reading the comments posted by others. But, Good Lord,
today I just couldn’t read them all! I have never seen chili
cooked in water like that and am truly amazed! Since my 82 year
mother thinks all hot dogs have to have chili on them…I will
be trying this one out soon. Your right about cooking more hot
dogs in the next few months….they just taste SO GOOD from the
grill!!
MJ
I absolutely love the Espresso Swirl Apron. You show us the coolest sites Christy. Thank you for a SUPER giveaway.
Oh, I just love aprons!
Recipe sounds yummy, aprons are precious!
Love your blog, Christy! Can’t wait to try this recipe. Love those summer hot dogs. Blessings!!!!
I always make my own hot dog chili but I’m interested in trying your recipe. When we were in WA state for 4 years I had to make my own hot dog chili because they had never heard of chili dogs, can you believe that??
Thanks for sharing your recipe and for the giveaway!
Hi, Christy! I love yellow kitchens and the apron is gorgeous! Thanks for the chili recipe. I’ve tried to make my own before, but it never came out right. My husband and I grew up in NC and the hot dog chili there is out of this world. I’m hoping your recipe is something like that. Thanks again!
I wish I had my Mom’s aprons — sure don’t know what happened to them. I do have one of Paula Dean’s aprons that says — if you leave hungry, it’s not my fault!!! Would love to have another apron, because they really do come in handy a lot. I use them often during canning season.
We really enjoy chili dogs – with onion or cheese on it also.
Hi Christy
My mother who has been passed away for a few years, use to make this
recipe for us all the time when I was home.
But, she added chopped up onions to it and flavored it with a little ketchup (had to be Heinz though).
It sure did make a hot dog taste so much better.
Then in the Winter time, she would toss a can of beans into it and we would eat that as our main dish for supper and for some reason, we always had saltine crackers with it.
This sure does bring back a lot of wonderful memories.
This apron is beautiful, I would love to win it.
Thanks Sue
Thanks for the hotdog chili recipe. I’ll be giving it a try. I looooooooooooove hot dogs. My husband was in the Air Force for 30 years and every where we lived or visited I seached until I found the best hotdog joint in town (still do). After all that searching, my favorite is still one from my high school years. The Dew Drop Inn, on Old Shell Road in Mobile Alabama. The chili dogs there are to die for! They are so popular in Mobile that they serve them at some of the Mardi Gras balls. I’ve got to plan a trip over to Mobile.
Christy,
You have the “best” trophy that sits at your kitchen table every day. They grow up soooo fast, soon they will be driving and then off to college and oooohhh now they’re on their own. (Keep sharing them with us)
I wanted a chili dog Sat. night, but no one to go to the local drive-in. Don’t know why I only make chili in cold weather, but eat them from drive-in in the summer. I’ll make some this weekend.
I loved the apron with the pockets. It gave me a great idea. I use a walker or my rolly chair in the kitchen. An apron with pockets would allow me to carry spices and small packages to the table or stove.
Thank you for the giveaway, for your recipes and “just” for being such a lovely woman!!
Ooooh nice! We don’t eat hot dogs like that over here. I saw it on the Varsity menu (yeah I know, I am super excited to visit that place and clog my arteries) and I couldn’t believe it. It was magnificent. lol
Your ground meat (we call it minced here
) comes in a roll? I’ve never seen such a thing in my life.
Oh wow painting kitchen yellow is awesome…love that lively colored kitchen….hot dog sounds yummylicious…..oh that apron looks pretty on you….
I love, love, love aprons. Did I mention that I love aprons?
Christy:
I enjoy your comments and have tried a few of your recipes. My father in law, son and I do try our hand at cooking. By the way, maybe at your house the grill routine is what you described, but where we come from the man can and does cook the whole meal when required. My dad taught me how to cook hamburgers and fried potatoes, the right way. I have never found anyone who could cook them better. Do you have any manly aprons? Oh, thats right REAL MEN don’t use aprons. I guess women are just messy. Thanks for all the great southern recipes and tips.
John
John! The man!! I saw your apron question and I sure hope you don’t mind a suggestion about manly apron sources……I have gotten a few for honey-pie and he loves them for grilling. Look first on http://www.WhatOnEarthcatalog.com and then http://www.wirelesscatalog.com and http://www.theLighterSide and catalogfavorites.com.
You know how your mailbox brings a catalog a day seems like….these few have what I consider to be the funniest, craziest and zany items……I just saw in one item, a shower gel dispenser……..in the shape of a nose……nostrils dispense the gel. I also have seen “egg-white” separater cups w/ nostrils…….I cracked up!! ..~get it, the pun? get it?~ Good luck now.
John, honey if you are single you might want to hide behind me here. I’ll do the best I can to fight the female readers off but I have to tell you, you are quite the catch!!
And lord you got me pegged! I am messy as all get out.
Really impressed with you though! But I think pretty much all of the men who read SP are good cooks. I’m raising a good cook in my son! My brother owns a restaurant, too, ya know. I think my Mama raised us to live in the kitchen.
Except for my sister…who doesn’t even grill! lol
But she can order a mean burger, I’m sure!
Now, whats a gal gotta do to get one of your hamburgers with a side of taters?
Love the color of your kitchen – and the apron, as well!
I kept looking at that chili and couldn’t figure out what wasn’t right to me….and finally it hit me, you don’t use any tomato sauce, paste or anything like that! I’m going to have to try it this way for sure!
Love that recipe!! Thank you so much!
I love the shade of yellow on the kitchen walls – such a happy color!!! The apron is just sooooo cute! I am always excited to see an e-mail from you in my inbox knowing that a great recipe as well as something that always makes me smile or laugh is just a click away.
Love your kitchen color…and that apron!
I was watching Diners, Driveinn’s and Dives last night and they were showing somebody make hot dog chili similar to this. Looks good, love hot dogs too. Hubby will eat them cold out of the fridge (yuck)! Not me, give me the works and heat em up!
Ramona
My husband LOVES LOVES LOVES chili dogs! Can’t wait to make this for him. My kitchen, dinning room and living are all open and all 3 areas are a yellow color. It is very cheerful and bright!
Thanks for the great recipes christy! Just made the pizza rolls and they were a hit!
I love chili on hotdogs, I’ve never had it like this though!
It seems so simple. I love the idea that you can freeze it. I am the only one in my home that likes hotdog chili…so i’ll make a half a batch and freeze enough for one portion in individual packs.
great post!
abby
The recipe sounds great. We love chili dogs. I agree with your Mom. Mexene is the only way to go when it comes to chili powder.I feel the same way about Pioneer baking mix.
You look very cute in your new apron (in your new yellow kitchen.)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I was chosen to host an Oscar Mayer Hot Dog tasting Party from Houseparty.com and this will be great to add to my menu. It is this saturday and I am looking forward to my family coming and tasting all of these hotdogs.
Your apron is so cute and your new paint in the kitchen brings the sunshine indoors. Thanks for your hard work and Happy Cooking.
My hubby loves chili dogs and I only make them when I don’t have anything planned for dinner. Since this is great freezer item I think it will be great. Thanks for all the great recipes.
The chili looks wonderful. I can’t wait to try it!
Love your site and would love that apron!
YUM! I have to try that!
PLEASE post what you are doing with the kids! I always need ideas to keep my kido busy!
Well, I was going to wait until the 4th of July to make this chili, but I ended up making it last night after my daughter Caroline told me she wanted to have hot dogs for dinner. Boy, was it good! I made the chili and used it for chili dogs along with some fresh cut Vidalia onions. Mmmmmm mmmmmm. For a side, I oven-roasted some home fries with olive oil and seasoned salt (skins on, of course). Talk about good! My husband even commented on how good everything was, and he’s not real big on hot dogs usually.
By the way, I LOVE LOVE LOVE your sunny kitchen. You just can’t help but be happy when you look at something yellow
Yellow reminds me of my daughter’s favorite song, too–the one she likes to sing in the shower – “Walking of Sunshine.” She likes yellow too.
I’d love an apron, too, and I might have to order one if I don’t win it here. The only trouble is which one to choose – avocado or espresso. They’re all so cute!
Also, I can’t wait for my cookbook to arrive. We enjoy your recipes at our house. I just found your site a couple of weeks back, and we’ve already had your dad’s chili, fire and ice salad (made with fresh cucumbers form the garden), sweet and sour green beans, one dish pork chops, banana crumb cake, and homemade banana pudding (couldn’t let those eggs white go to waste, though, so I made a meringue, and my neighbor said it was just like his mama used to make). Everything has been so easy to make and so good. Thanks again for all the recipes!
I love this recipe, it is perfect for an outdoor outing.
TAR NATION!!! If you aren’t jes the cutest thang, all squinched up w/ yo lil shoulders, lookin like a purdy little girl w/ an angel’s grin in that frilly, flattering apron. I am bettin a dollar to a donut that none of the male SP readers will be offended at your “male bashing bbq” thingy. Shucks, if they ARE mad and hear your drawl on the videos, surely all that madness will melt away. Then if they make the chili, taste it and make an aaaapple daaaapple cake or banana puuuuddin’……both your specialty, your “hate” mail will be zip/zilch/nada.
Thank yo Daddy for all us SP folks and “hi” to mama ~waves~. Congrats on yet another fab recipe, cant wait to try it when my honey-pie comes home from traveling. I love my “Tuscan-y” kitchen he renovated for me….buuuuut your yellow-ness/sunshiney walls might make it on my list for next re-do. Happy 1 year…comin up anniversary for SP!!! Gold star for you. Love ya & see ya soon, baboon.
Christy, I love your site. I am so glad I signed up for your emails. What do you think about putting beans in this chili for frito chili pie? Been craving that. You must have been reading my mind.
I really need an apron too. I am always getting something on my clothes when I cook (kinda like when I eat too! lol).
I love your stories, keep em coming.
CW
Don’t you look lovely in that apron.
I really need an apron my teenage daughters are always losing the only one I have. I can’t wait to try this recipe my girls were just
whining about it being hot dog season so this might make them a little more excited about it. And they just love your Mississippi Mud
Cake!! We took one to my friends house that just had surgery, And about 10 min after they finished making it they called me and said that it was killing them that they weren’t going to be able to eat it
and if they could please make another one for them. Whats a mom to do I let them make another one it’s to good to pass up. The hot dog chili looks great. and to make things easier 3tsp. = 1 TBS but I know that you know that already.
Christy, Oh me! I love your site and your recipes are tops. Everyone should give the iced coffee a try, it is the best! I added some Southern Butter Pecan creamer to mine and float to heaven with every sip, thanks for the great recipes. I am making the chili dogs today. The yellow in your kitchen is the same shade as mine. Momma always had yellow kitchens too, so bright and sunny and cheerful. You look so cute in that apron in your new kitchen. You go girl! Best cooking site I have ever found online bar none, the kind of good food we Tennesseans love to eat.
I really enjoy your site, posts and recipes! I’ve been sharing your site with family and friends ever since I stumbled upon it.
The next time I visit my Daddy in GA, I’ll be making him the hot dog chili. He’ll love it! Thanks!
I am not commenting to win an apron, so you may withdraw me from the contest. I am just commenting about the huge amount of gender stereotyping in this post! Wow! And I thought the cleaning commercials were bad. I would hope that not every home is like this. In fact, I KNOW it isn’t. I know you were trying to be humorous, and it may be that way in your home and many other opposite-sex partnered (but not all!) homes, but not every home is like that. Also, many men visit your blog and love to cook.
Anyway, with that aside, I must comment about the chili dog recipe. It looks really good! I don’t mind the grease at all. I agree with you 100% about what we eat at home vs. what we don’t know they serve us in restaurants.
LOL Hey Memoria!
Rest assured that I’m an equal opportunity gender stereotyper! I am a living stereotype myself! ~grins~
You’d be amazed at how many men read Southern Plate, you’re right on the money about that! And I love ‘em every one!!!
Lord, you are so right on the restaurant. It’s best not to think about what they’re putting in it, especially if you get the rare treat of eating out! I seldom do but have hopes of the future! lol
Bad thing is, I kinda like eating at home more. Okay, so that is where I leave my stereotype!
Gratefully,
Christy
Mmmm…hot dog chili! Hubby is from Ohio, so cincy chili is one of his favorite things for me to make, along with just plain no-bean chili.
Count me in on this giveaway! I need a new apron
)
They probably dont have one big enuff 4me. i really didnt like cooking until i got ur cookbook and now i have gained weight. my mama tells me i need to not cook so much. imagine that!
I LOVE the apron! You look so cute!
The color yellow you chose is my favorite too! (At some point I want a yellow kitchen for now I am settling on that color yellow for the nursery along with colonial green.
LOVE this post, too!
Thanks!
I love hot dogs! I told my girls the other day I think I could eat one a day. LOL! Can’t wait to get my cookbook!!
Cute apron, love the sunny kitchen!
Add me to the list of people who didn’t know you could boil raw ground beef! I thought you had to fry it first to get it to crumble! Very interesting!
Pretty apron! I love aprons, but somehow I never think to put one on until after I’ve already splattered something on myself!
Very delicious. Just made the chili. I’ve been looking for this recipe for awhile now. Finally. Thanks Christy for sharing. Love your site.
Don’t think this will wait till the 4th of July. Think I will make it up this weekend.
Love your kitchen. I’m painting mine red. My bathroom is painted yellow.
The apron is fabulous.
Sounds yummy! We love hot dogs!!!
Ok, I am making this tomorrow
You can’t get easier than this. Can’t wait to hear more about this freezer meals ebook.
That’s the secret! Cooking it in the water…I’ve never thought to do it that way! I love hotdogs, too…(especially grilled!) gotta stop at the store on the way home…this sounds like supper to me!
Cute apron!
Love the yellow kitchen and the chili sounds great!
Would this ever save my tops!! Waving my hand wildly!!
Chili dogs sound so good right now you don’t even know!
Christy, I am so grateful that a friend sent me your website
a long time ago . I introduced you to my two best friends and
when we get together we always talk about you and Southern Plate.
We love to cook and we Southerners LOVE your recipes. Thank you
for all the work you put into it and your sense of humor is our
style. LOL We grew up with good “ole country cookin”
Keep up the good work . Will make some of that Chili for our
next family cookout. Love your Apron ,too.
Thank you for sharing your Dad’s Hot Dog Chili recipe.
I love your website, house, and cute kids. I also love aprons, they seem to make me a more accomplished cook! I really need a new one!
Thanks I am going to try this. Been thinking of giving making hot dog chili a try anyway.
Mmmmm – chili dogs!
I’m definitely gonna have to give this a try! Me and the other half eat chili dogs off and on here, but I’m always using the canned chili and that just doesn’t cut It at times. Leaves you desiring something a bit more tasteful and with a little oomph! hehe
I never, ever would of thought of boiling hamburger meat like that! Looks rather simpler and much easier then browning It in a regular skillet over and over as I do. Some habits are hard to break though! Especially If your the cook! lol
That apron would look smitten on me! LOL I couldn’t hold a candle as to how good It looks on you my dear!;-) Good luck to all of you!
Thanks for the great recipe Christy!
Hey! This looks great. Thanks for the ‘underwater’ tip. I am gonna go get me some ground beef and make me some to keep in the freezer! Thanks!!
My mom has quoted *very* similar BBQ Rules to my sister & me. So very true!
I love hot dogs. The apron is also cute. Francis Moore
Hello Christy, loved the quote today – awesome! Thank you for everything, Kathy
girl i love your southern plate and i love to try your new dishes. never had one i didnt like yet so keep cooking up good things for me to feed all my men and i aint gonna lie i want that apron real bad.
I love it….that is such a perfect description of a man barbequing!
The apron is darling and you look so happy in your happy kitchen!!!!
I want one of those “I raise my own kids” t-shirts!!! What a great idea! I’m not the commenter type, but that t-shirt got me.
I have to say that my six kids (and husband) all LOVE Southern Plate. Your name has become part of their normal daily vocabulary. Your recipes and stories make my day. We love getting some southern cooking in our MI. diets!
Throw some beans in there and you could eat it straight – without the hotdog.
Christy you are a creature after my own heart…I would like you to see this since you brought up the apron. It’s kinda long but well worth the read…
In memory of my grandmothers, Lou Newton, and Ora Prince
I don’t think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the
dress underneath,because she only had a few,it was easier to
wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but
along with that, it served as a potholder for
removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children’s tears, and on
occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying
eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be
finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places
for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around
her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent
over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in
that apron
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After
the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had
fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was
surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a
matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch,
waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in
from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something
that will replace that ‘ old-time apron’ that served
so many purposes.
Send this to those who would know (and love) the story
about Grandma’s aprons.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window
sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs
were on that apron.
I don’t think I ever caught anything from an apron.
I’ve never thought of making homemade hotdog chili! We love hotdogs at our house! Thanks for the recipe!
Being from the great state of WV.we all eat hot dogs with mustard, onions & hot dog chili.
I know we could eat them 3 times a week.
I never knew some people ate them any other way until we moved to NC. for 5 years and learned some people put slaw or relish on theirs that may be ok but I never wanted to try one.
I make my hot dog chili this way except I’ve never heard of this brand of chili powder,I will look for it at Wal-Mart & Kroger’s I use Tones brand chili powder from Sam’s Club and add a little cayenne powder.
I really like your yellow kitchen it looks so clean & bright.
Thank You for your wonderful web site I dearly love it and I’m realy looking forward to your cookbook I ordered.
Wow, I always wondered how they did this. I guess you can even add more heat if you would like and some onions too. thanks!
I am an apron fanatic! I would love a new apron!!
I’ve never made anything other than my regular chili to put on hotdogs – I’m going to have to give this a try!
Oh – and your apron is adorable!!
Reminds me of Lyric’s Hamburger Dogs. I’ve been eyeing aprons for over a month – if I don’t win – then I’ll just have to go ahead and buy one. Thanks.
Thanks so much for recipe. I have made hot dog chili before but never this simple. This will be delivered to my family at our next cookout…..along with the chips and onions and a little cole slaw. Can’t wait for the rain to clear here so we can actually enjoy the sun and a meal outside. Thanks for all your wonderful recipes. Love that Chocolate Pecan Pie, it will be a father’s day treat also. Have a great day!
Hi Christy
Throughly love your site and I have made many of your recipes and now I’m going to make the laundry soap too. I sent the BBQ Facts to my hubby, but he beat me by one day from another site. He saw the Hot Dog Chili recipe and the response was “So, when are you going to make that one?” Typical……….Enjoy the weekend! Deb
For the life of me, I can’t figure out how you stay so slim and cute while coming up with all of my favorite recipes! What do you do to stay in such perfect shape? (If you say it’s just a naturally high metabolism, I’ll be so tempted to quit reading this blog…I couldn’t really quit, but I’ll be tempted!!) Thanks for so many recipes to love and learn…my lips and my hips are hanging on your every word! ^o^ jane
I am making this for dinner this evening. I told my son (who is one of the pickiest eaters that every drew a breath) that we are having Hot Diggity Dogs and he has agreed to try them!!! I hope we have found something else to add to his very, very short list of foods he will eat. I love your site!!!!
This is similar to a recipe I’ve been using, but you’ve made it so simple that I think I could quickly learn to do it by memory. one of the things I like to do is use a potato masher to “smush” the meat to the bottom of the pan and then “work it” thoroughly until I get a consistency similar to what you showed in your pics.
LOVE your site! It has given me so much confidence in becoming the gracious southern hostess that God intended for me to be, having been born in VA and raised in SC!
Christy,
loved the recipe!!! And the idea of getting the Apron too!
Cheers!
Recipe sounds great, can’t wait to try it!!
Thank you for what you do. You will never know how much you have helped me in the kitchen. I now have the confidence to cook healthy and delicious food for my family and friends. I can’t wait to try this recipe. I know they will love it. Thanks again!!!
Love the recipes and all the tips…
Is there better food in this world than Dixieland?
Hotty Toddy from an Ole Miss fan!
Love all the recipes – Southern Plate is great!
Thanks for all you do.
I loooooooove the apron u have on Christy! Too cute!….I want one….lol…. The Chili Dogs look good, my hubby is in charge of all the chili gumbo and grilling in my house! He’s waaay better at it than I am! Well good luck on finding the apron winner looks like everybody wants one! Hope u have a blessed day!
If I every needed to win anything this is it. I lost my left arm to cancer and I need something with pockets to help me out! Man that is the perfect idea.
Shirley Moore
Hey Christy I’m excited about the hot dog chili recipe. We’re going to make a small batch today. I just hate the stuff in a can mostly because I do not know whats in it.
I would like to win the apron, but I would rather Shirley, the lady who posted on June 19 who has lost her arm to cancer, win it. So if my name is chosen, please do not even contact me, just send it to Shirley.
Thanks again for your cookbooks. I lost my first one and ordered another. I did not want to live without it. I found it before the second one arrived and I gave it to my mom.
Keep up the posts and emails.
You are so sweet.I send you many hugs and hope you have a
blessed day.
Shirley
OOH OOH PICK ME. I’d love the apron. I came here looking for a good biscuit recipe, but got sidetracked with the chili dog. I’m co-coordinator of the Vacation Bible School food. I think we are having hot dogs for the kick-off. Now, it looks like we’ll have chili sauce too.
Bill, you are a riot!
thanks
I love your BBQ facts of life–so true! Funny my husband didn’t seem to get it…
Love love love meat/chili sauce on hot dogs….we have tried many recipes and cannot wait to try this one out! My husband and kids will love helping make this; oh and you hit the nail on the head with the BBQ information…at least at my house.
Love your site! I love the fact that you took your passion and turned it into something big! Thanks, from a fellow optimist!
Sounds Yummy, I am hungry for a chili dog right now after reading this! Love your website!
I LOVE Southern Plate. I feel like you are my new best friend!! A co-worker bought a cookbook for her mother on Mother’s Day and she told me about you. Ever since, I cannot wait to read your stories and see what the new recipe will be. I appreciate the Hot dog chili recipe. My husband only wants chili, mustard and ketchup. The canned chili that you buy just isn’t good at all to me. There is a favorite hot dog restaurant (Story’s Hot Dogs in Opelika)where we like to eat and I have tried to mimic their recipe once with no success. This recipe looks exactly like it. I cannot wait to try it at home. Thanks again for all your hardwork. Congratulations on your new house!
I love your website. I will forward it to my Grandaughter’s. This is better than a cookbook. It is like watching Grandmother cook.
I Love “Southern Plate” too!!!!!!!! This is great…your great and smart also. I can’t wait to try this recipe my husband will be so thrilled because he doesn’t like beans in his chili that goes on hot dogs…I like the beans..haha..but he’ll eat it anyway I fix it…I don’t use a recipe for my chili, I just make it…my girls have asked me for my recipe and I just told them them the ingredients that I use and told them they had to figure out the rest..haha they did and they now make good chili too! Can’t wait to try this, quess we’ll be having chili dogs tonight. Thanks
Thanks for the recipe, although I’ve been using a slightly different approach for years (setup is the same; don’t bother “spooning” off grease; after “mashing” up meat and adding chili powder, bring to a boil – occasionally stirring – and let boil down until almost no water – or “juice” – remains. Just be sure to keep it stirred (especially toward the end), or it will boil out, stick, burn, and taste terrible. Have you ever tried chili burgers ? (Hamburger meat, onion, ketchup, mustard, and several oversize spoonfuls of the chili) – almost like a sloppy joe, only better…good luck and thanks for all your hard work on this site…
Also, not sure if anyone has already posted this or not. Store leftover chili in refrigerator, take some out, put in put, barely cover with water, bring to boil, let boil down to desired “wetness”, and it’s just as good as fresh…
I have not tried this yet, but it sounds yummy! My husband loves hot dogs, but I hardly ever prepare them. This will be a good time to make them and try the chili.
I Love “Southern Plate” funny i just moved south from living in north my whole life and my Boyfriend grew up in south So when he talks about food I dunno what they are… Like sweet potato pie I went on your site to find it.. Love the site.
Have you every tried Ward’s Chili Burger? This sounds alot like that tastes. I think I will give it a try and see. Thanks, Christy!!!
I have enjoyed reading your receipes, it makes me feel like we are long lost friends. I am looking forward to the new cookbook.
Love the yellow! Love the apron! Love hot dogs & chili!!! You are just too cute in that pic:)
sounds really good….my husband was from a small midwest town that had one of those “greasy spoon” places that served a great spanish hot dog…..we finally go the recipe years after it closed, and the sauce actually had ground up hot dogs in it in place of the ground beef.
Hi – My husband loves chili dogs and I have never made a topping like he wants. He always had chili dogs at this little restaurant when he was growing up. It was this little place in Kentucky, ran by Greek owners who made these memorable chili dogs. He still remembers and that was over 50 years ago. Needless to say, I’ve gotta’ try this!!!!!
As much as I would love this apron…You gave it to the right person. Thank you Christy for being the person you are..We love you!!
Marian
Yum that chili sounds and looks awesome!!! And I LOVE aprons!! I wear one everyday! Whatever I am doing, I somehow get more done if I put an apron on!
Looks great and I totally agree about the Mexene Chili Powder. A lot of others are bitter!
You are just the hostess with the mostest. Cute apron on a cutie gal.
I would so love to win the apron! In the 70’s my precious Grandmother would make matching aprons for myself, my daughter and her doll.
Your Dad’s chili for hot dogs looks so good. Now I am hungry for chili dogs with cheese and onions please.
Hey, I’m in. I won’t wear the apron if I win, but I will make major points with my bride when I give it to her.
I have been craving a good ole hot dog; this has pushed me over the edge and I now have a complete dinner plan…Chili-Slaw Dogs, you are mine. Thanks Christy and thanks to Chris for the Grandma’s Apron story, loved it and my fond memories of my nanny’s–it’s all true!
Keep up the great work, girl–love Southern Plate.