Leftover chili can be repurposed into many delicious meals. Here are some ideas from various sources:
- Chili Cheese Dogs: Pour some leftover chili over your favorite hotdog or sausage and top with cheese.
- Pot Pie: Warm the chili in a baking dish, stir in frozen peas for an extra hit of veggies if youd like, and top with mashed potatoes. Bake until brown.
- Nachos: Layer leftover chili on top of tortilla chips, add cheese, and bake in the oven.
- Chili Mac: Combine leftover chili with macaroni and cheese.
- Baked Eggs: Simmer leftover chili in a skillet, then make little wells in the chili and crack an egg. After baking this dish for 10 minutes, the eggs are soft set and the chili is nice and bubbly.
- Stuffed Chicken Breasts: Use leftover chili as the base before you lay on the traditional tater tots to crisp up on top.
- Chili Empanadas: Use leftover chili as a filling for your next batch of empanadas.
- Chili Loaded Baked Potato: Top a baked potato with leftover chili and cheese.
- Chili Cheese Lasagna: Layer leftover chili with lasagna noodles and cheese.
- Chili Fries: Top fries with leftover chili and cheese.
- Chili Breakfast Bowls: Top scrambled eggs with leftover chili.
- Chili Dip: Combine leftover chili with cream cheese and bake.
- Chili Stuffed Peppers: Stuff bell peppers with leftover chili and cheese.
- Chili Quesadillas: Layer leftover chili with cheese between two tortillas and cook on a griddle.
- Chili Tacos: Use leftover chili as a filling for tacos.
- Chili Sloppy Joes: Use leftover chili as a filling for sloppy joes.
These are just a few ideas to get started. There are many more ways to use leftover chili, so get creative and enjoy your leftovers!