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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on Jun 15 2009. Filed under Misc, Sauces/Other.
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[...] one of the favorites is Hoe Cake, mercy, my family went to heaven the first time I served that one! Hot Dog Chili Sauce, that one is really great, my friends loved it and asked for the recipe (of course I had to show [...]
I was raised mostly Southern but never have had Hoe Cake. I will in the morning. The chili looks and sounds so much better than a can of store bought and we do love chili dogs. Thanks for the recipe.
Yum, I love a good chili dog. I may have to make this right now!
Oh my stars, Christy!!!! You have Mexene Chili Powder!!! My Uncle Gene used to make his Chili (more like Chili soup) every Sunday after church and the reason why his tasted so good and mine tastes so bland is he used Mexene and I get to use McCormicks because I can’t get Mexene here in South Central Pennsylvania!! How I wish I could get Mexene locally but the one and only time I asked, I got a look that said I had grown a second head! How I miss that Chili recipe! I have it and I make it, but it is not the same without Mexene! Thanks for the memory, though.
HPasty, order you some Mexene off Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=mexene+chili+powder&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Amexene+chili+powder
Thank you for the recipe. My future son-in-law has been looking for this forever. I can’t wait to see his face Christmas morning when I give him a package with the recipe, cooking pot and ingredients (meat will be in a gift card format). Of course we will have to cook up a big batch before he leaves too.
In addition, I LOVE the apron. My daughters and I have been collecting them for years and display them in our kitchen on racks made from old glass door knobs. My middle daughter is making aprons for all her gifts this year. You and she have another love in common, she just painted her kitchen a lovely yellow too.
I love chili hot dogs!
I love chili with my hot dog but I got to have more than just hamburger cooked, I add ketchup and some water to make a good thick soup like chili. so good
I love chili and I love hot dogs!
ummmm….this is like Mullins chili dogs
I’m a Mullins from Ky and it’s hard to beat a good Ky. hot dog which btw you don’t use ketchup anywhere close to it,it’s got to be mustard chili and onions,although carolina dogs are acceptable too with cole slaw on the afore mentioned mustard,chili and onions.
sorry to tell you but my husband makes the best hot dog chilli around, if you want to get this verified just ask my family. whenever we had a gathering before we moved it was always”lets have uncle bill’s chili dogs”. and no matter how many times someone else uses his recipe it is not the same. he is a great cook anyway. when natalie dupree’s show was on tv, he loved watching her cook because he said they both make a mess when they are cooking but the food is great. just wanted to share this with you. if you would like the recipe, just let me know on facebook and i will ask him.
I would really love the Hot Dog recipe. Thanks, from the South!
i would like the hot dog chili recipe .my email adress i johnpauldillon@yahoo.com
I would LOVE the recipe.
Thank You
THIS DOES NOT LOOK TASTY AT ALL, THE INGREDIENTS ARE BLAND
I bet you’re even sweeter in person, John
Great hit dog chili!!! I have made it several times, with several different combinations of seasonings. I have made the orginal version………love it! Added ground allspice, cloves, and cinnamon for a Greek hot dog sauce like that served in BIrmingham. Tasted great!! Added beans, for a different taste, and that worked too! Does anyone have a chili recipe that tastes like that served at the Varsity in Atlanta?
Hey Terry try this,
4 lb gr. beef, 6 Tbls chili powder, 2 Tbls cummin, 2 tsp salt, 1 pkg (1 1/2 oz) hot chili seasoning, 1/2 onion diced
Brown the beef, then throw everything in a crock and cook for about 6 hours.
I will try this recipe, I have been looking for one like this. I sure would love to win an apron. Love your site…..
I will make this recipe,we just love hot dogs and could never find a good hot dog sauce,we are going to have it for supper tomorrow nite.i love your site sure am glad i found it.
Not the kind of chilli we are used to seeing. Ours usually has a tomato base but will give this a try. Would just love to have one of the aprons. I have a few that belonged to both of my Grandmothers who were wonderful southern cooks.
Thanks for all the great recipes.
I hope you enjoy it Terri!!
BEST hotdog chili EVER. ’nuff said.
Ohhh, I am so glad you like it Teresa!!!
Definitely gonna fix the hotdog chili for our next cookout!!
I had been searching for a recipe I saw on Diners, Drive ins and Dives and finally saw this one. Its almost exactly the one the guy used. Maybe a few more spices, but boiled the beef. Thank you….
I am cooking it now for the second time the first batch I forgot to reduce the salt as I was only using 1lb. of hamburger. Hopefully it will turn out great.
This sounds like the Hot Dog Chili recipe they used at Woody’s Drive In Movies that my mother use to talk about.
Well I made 30lbs of meat give or take a lb for church they loved it the only thing I did was use a potato masher I had to many other pots going could not use my hands but I will next time
Christy, this is the chili my Dad made. He also insisted on Mexene Chile Powder! Unfortunately I never learned to make it before he passed. Thanks so much for posting this recipe!!!!
this sure beats buying the chile in a can. looks so easy. i will certainly try this next time. i love your tip on cooking and crumbling large portions of hamburger and freezing it in individual bags
I hope you get to try it soon Louise, and I hope you like it!!
I’m a great believer in learning to make it myself instead of buying it, and that goes for the hot dog chili! (I even make my own “Starbucks” mocha frappaccino to keep in the icebox!) Thanks for the recipe!
Christy, I have to make about 40 pounds of chili for a fundraiser with my fire department and want to use your recipe. The problem I have is I cant find Mexen anywhere, do you have any suggestions on another brand or what I can do? Also I would like to cook more then 3 pounds at a time. If I make 10 to 15 pounds at a time is that a bad idea? Thanks in advance and thank you for the recipe!
Brian, I live in New England and I was able to order Mexene online… it was worth it!! I can’t remember where I ordered from but I would consult the Google. I don’t know how soon you need it.
Making this right now!
I’ve only been with you a short time, but I’ve already tried quite a few of your recipes, lot’s of compliments, I’m so happy I found your site !!!! Thank You.
Welcome to Southern Plate Bobbi!!! I am so glad to hear that you like the recipes!!
This sounds like a recipe my sister use to make. I did not get the recipe from her before she passed away. I am so happy to have this one. I will try it this weekend.
I love the apron! I like the way the top of it is made. Wide enough across the top to cover your clothing. I would love to have one!
Thanks for all the great recipes, especially the hot dog chili recipe.
Thanks Im planning on making hotdogs tonight.
I hope you enjoy Susan!!
Can’t wait to try this recipe. Your kitchen looks lovely in yellow and so does your apron. I love the way it’s made, it might actually cover my “girls”
Can’t wait to try this recipe, love chili dogs and especially when you add slaw. I love the apron. Have recently had to start using a cane or walker and the pockets would really make it a lot easier carrying smaller things. Thanks for all the recipes and great ideas.
Sounds so good! I was trolling through recipes for a hot dog chili for my son’s birthday today, This recipe I think he will love, good and meaty and not sweet! Thanks. can’t wait to see what else you have on this site! Chili cheese dogs tonight with chili cheese fries….I think my son will be very pleased!
Wow…same way Ive been making for years..everyone says its so great..:)