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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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!
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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!!!