My family loves chili, and we often eat cornbread with it, so one day I thought, why not combine the two? This Cornbread Chili Bake combines the flavors, and made the meal much less messy than a bowl of chili was for my toddlers.
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cups dice Onion
- 2 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- 2 ¼ cups cook Ground Beef
- 14 ½ ounces Diced Tomatoes, Canned
- 30 ounces Kidney (Dark Red) Beans, Canned
- 2 tablespoons Chili Powder
- 2 teaspoons Cumin
- 16 ounces Cornbread Mix
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Cooking Instructions
Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
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Why would I want to freeze this?
- In a large saucepan, brown onion and garlic; add in cooked ground beef.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
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- Prep from frozen
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- In a large saucepan, brown onion and garlic; add in cooked ground beef.
- Add tomatoes, beans, and spices.
- Bring to boil and simmer on low for 5 minutes.
- Divide into baking pans.
- Prepare cornbread batter according to package directions.
- Spread batter evenly over chili mixture.
- Cover with foil and bake covered at 400F for 30 minutes.
- Uncover, and bake an additional 10-20 minutes or until cornbread is golden brown.
Nutrition Facts
- Servings Per Recipe
- 8 Servings
- Serving Size
- 4"x2" piece Amount Per Serving
- Calories
- 500
- Total Fat
- 16g
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 56mg
- Sodium
- 963mg
- Total Carbohydrates
- 60g
- Fiber
- 6g
- Sugar
- 15g
- Protein
- 28g
- WW Freestyle
- 13
9 Comments
Join the discussionPam – this was delish!! I had leftover chili, and decided to make this for lunch. What a great fall recipe. It’ll be perfect for football game food too! 🙂
This was amazing. My husband loved it. I just used a variety of beans we had in the pantry.
My mother and grandmother used to make this all the time when I was growing up using canned chili, and I still make it now when doing a lazy dinner night. It’s nice to see a recipe without the canned chili, it looks a lot cleaner (not so much liquid in the chili) and I’m going to have to try your version. Thank you!
I was wondering if you can freeze individual portions instead of the whole sha-bang. Maybe by getting those small foil loaf pans? How would you adjust the cooking time and temp? I’m about to have a baby, and individual frozen meals are going to be the easy way to go after the little one arrives.
Yes, you can most certainly do that. I am not certain on the cooking time adjustments though as we haven’t tried that. i would check it half the time and go from there.
Tried this tonight and I must say this is AMAZING!! I used one can of chili beans, a can of dark red kidney beans and a can of chili flavored tomatoes. Omitted the chili spice but did add some cumin. I can say I will make this again!
This looks great – I actually just made a batch of chili, and would like to use it with the cornbread topping idea. How many cups of prepared chili should I put in the bottom of each 8×8 pan?
Hi Sally, I would use about 2 or 2.5 cups in each pan. Enjoy!
Thanks!