These chili dogs are grilled on a BBQ and are perfect for a crowd. Turn this recipe into a buffet-style BBQ with toppings and side dishes for a Saturday night BBQ or keep it simple for a quick weeknight dinner.
A grilled hot dog is good, but a grilled hot dog topped with chili is even better. Add some toppings and a quick side dish and you’ve got a quick and easy to make dinner.
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Ingredients For Chili Dogs
To make chili dogs, you will need just a few ingredients.
- Wieners. We like to use Costco all-beef wieners because they are our favourite.
- Hot Dog Buns. Top sliced, traditional or homemade, use your favourite.
- Chili. Homemade or canned.
- Shredded Cheese. Any kind of cheese works. we like to use cheddar or a blend of cheddar and Monterey Jack.
- Toppings. See below for some ideas.
For this dish, we like to use a no bean chili but you can also use one with beans if you prefer. Try our Hearty No Bean Chili which is what we use for these.
Toppings For Chili Dogs
Although chili dogs are good on their own there are some toppings that make them even better. You can top them with your favourite hot dog toppings as well.
- Pickled Jalapenos.
- Mustard.
- Diced white onion.
- Pickles.
- Diced tomatoes.
- Salsa.
- Sour Cream.
- Crumbled tortilla chips.
Chili Cheese Dogs
Easily turn these chili dogs into chili cheese dogs with one ingredient: cheese sauce.
Heat a jar of queso and drizzle it over chili dogs. We like to make our own cheese sauce for chili dogs. Our Velveeta Nacho Cheese Sauce is perfect for topping any kind of hot dog.
How To Serve Chili Dogs
Grilled Chili Dogs can be served on their own or as part of a larger buffet or BBQ.
When making these for a weeknight dinner, we serve them with a side of fries or salad. They also go well with a side of tortilla chips and salsa.
Turn These Into A Buffet
If we are serving these for a crowd we turn it in to a buffet with all kinds of toppings available for everyone to create their own chili dog.
To create a buffet, we place all the wieners in the toasted buns and keep them warm inside the BBQ on low indirect heat. Usually we stack them in a large aluminum pan.
The chili get placed in a large pot over low heat in the same BBQ as the hot dogs. A small ladle works well for scooping the chili onto the hot dogs.
All the toppings are placed on a table near the BBQ. This is where the side dishes are as well.
For a larger crowd we also make burgers and turn them into Chili Burgers.
How To Make Grilled Chili Dogs
There are a few ways to make these hot dogs.
- Gas Grill. One of the easiest ways to grill hot dogs is on a gas grill. It is also one of the fastest ways.
- Charcoal Grill. Cooking hot dogs over charcoal gives the hot dogs more of a smoky flavour.
- Flat Top Griddle. Another quick and easy way to cook hot dogs is on a flat top.
Heating Chili On A BBQ
Chili can be easily heated on a BBQ in a heavy bottomed pot. When making Chili Dogs, we heat the chili in a cast iron pot or Dutch oven.
The pot can be heated on a side burner or right on the grill. A pot can also be placed directly on the flat top to heat through.
Chili Dogs
Ingredients
- 8 wieners
- 2 cups chili, canned or homemade
- 8 hot dog buns
- 1 cup shredded cheese
- toppings
Instructions
- Preheat BBQ to 375℉ or medium-high heat
- Cook wieners on BBQ on one side of the grill, turning every 2-3 minutes ¼ turn.
- Heat chili in a pot on side burner or grill.
- Toast buns on other side of grill.
- Place one cooked wiener in each toasted bun.
- Top with ¼ cup chili and shredded cheese.
- Serve with favourite toppings. See notes.
Notes
- Pickled Jalapenos.
- Mustard.
- Diced white onion.
- Pickles.
- Diced tomatoes.
- Salsa.
- Sour Cream.
- Crumbled tortilla chips.
