You had me at Cheese!
The wonderful people at Cabot Cheese sent me CHEESE for recipe development.
My Baked Chili Cheese Dogs is the perfect recipe for the cheese-heads of the world.
I don’t think I have to give you a detailed description of how much I love cheese?
I don’t just love cheese, I love, love, love, super LOVE cheese.
I love cheese so much I have cheese dreams!
Yes, I dream in cheese.
The dreams always consist of me owning cows, goats, and a farm and creating an unlimited supply of cheese.
I could live that life!
I wanted to create a recipe that would accomplish two missions.
First, I wanted to showcase the wonderful Cabot cheese!
Secondly, I wanted to showcase my love of delicious cheese!
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
When I was a young child my mother would always make baked hot dogs.
She would wrap the hot dogs in bacon and cook them until they were nice and crispy!
Sometimes she would go a step further and split the hotdogs, put in a chuck of cheese, then wrap them in bacon.
You’re talking about pure hotdog deliciousness.
I decided to take my favorite chili recipe and I added canned pinto beans to the chili.
Next, I top the hotdogs with loads of Cabot cheese and baked these babies until they were nice and toasty!
Let me explain what you’re about to eat.
You have spicy chili, a high quality hot dog, excellent cheese and did I mention we slightly buttered the buns.
Yep, my little secret, a little butter and a lot of cheese will take you to great food places people!
Enjoy.
Baked Chili Cheese Dogs
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 Baked Chili Cheese Dogs 1x
Ingredients
- 8 hot dogs
- 8 hot dog buns
- 3 cups chili
- 3 cups Cabot cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons butter, unsalted
- green onions to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Grease baking pan and place the hot dog buns in the bottom.
- Butter the sides and top of the buns.
- Top buns with hotdogs, chili, and finish off with lots of cheese.
- Tent with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Garnish with green onions and serve immediately.
Wow! These look insanely cheesy and delicious! What a great idea – I’m thinking perfect for superbowl! 🙂 ~Rachael
Thank you Rachael!
I think i would go a bit more top shelf. Lol and top it with Cobot Seriously sharp white cheddar, then jalepenos. Mmhmm
Sounds good Hank!
Do you cook the hot dogs first?
Hello!
This looks delicious!! The buns won’t get soggy baking in the oven with the chili on them?
Kosher hot dogs! All beef, no byproducts or fillers. Yum!
I agree Texie! YUM
Just served these yummy dogs to my family. They were awesome!
I am glad you enjoyed them Pat!
what’s your chili recipe that you used for this recipe? Looks delicious
I will try this and rate it
Thanks Everett!
Okay made them on the grill they wear good
These were so delicious we’re making them again. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe! When my son and his wife come for dinner, they’re hoping for these.
if I wanted to wrap the hot dogs in bacon , I will have to bake or grill these first, before cooking in the oven on buns, right??
Yes because the bacon would not cook in time and it wouldn’t be crispy.
What hot dogs do you use?
Hi Ericka! I love Nathans, Hebrew National, pretty much any high quality hot dog would work. Sometimes I use turkey dogs as well. Enjoy
If I make these up the night before, will they be soggy when they are baked the next day.
Hello Cheryl, You can do one of two things. You can prepare the chili the night before as the dish only takes 5 minutes to put together. The chili will reheat in the oven as it bakes. If the chili is cold then yes you can prepare them the night before and cover them in saran wrap to prevent the bread from drying out.
Can you use frozen hotdogs
Can you tell me what size spring form pan ?
Hey,
Smoked sausage instead of regular hot dogs, you’re favorite baked beans on top of the sausage instead of chili, top it off with chees….. my mine is racing with ideas. Thanks.
Hi Jacklyn, just raw. Baking will cook them.