Family Spice Recipe for Campfire Chili With Cornbread Crust

 

Campfire Five Pepper Chili With Cornbread Crust

A very easy and tastey dinner to make while camping or at home!

 

Recipe by Family Spice

 

 

  1. In a fire ring or other fire-safe container add:
    • 35 charcoal briquettes
  2. Light the briquettes and allow to heat up for approximately 20-30 minutes.
  3. When flames are down and coals are hot, place over the hot coals a 10-inch cast iron dutch oven.
  4. Pour into dutch oven:
    • 1 TBS olive oil
    • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
    • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  5. Cook until vegetables soften, approximately 5 minutes.
  6. Add to the vegetables:
    • 1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
    • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  7. Mix meat in with the vegetables and cook until meat is mostly browned.
  8. Season with:
    • 2 TBS chili powder
    • 1 tsp ground cumin
    • 1 TBS onion powder
    • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
    • 1/2 tsp salt
  9. Mix in:
    • 1 15 oz can black beans, drained & rinsed
    • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
    • 1 15 oz can cut tomatoes
    • 1 4 oz can diced green chiles
  10. If your coals are too hot you might need more liquid. Add as needed:
    • water
  11. Mix together according to package directions:
    • 1 box of pre-package cornbread mix, like Marie Callender's
  12. Spread cornbread batter evenly over the top of your chili.
  13. Cover dutch oven with lid and place approximately 16 hot coals on the lid.
  14. Allow chili and cornbread to cook until cornbread is browned and done, approximately 20-30 minutes.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1 lb lean ground beef or turkey
  • 1 medium yellow onion, diced
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 15 oz can black beans, drained & rinsed
  • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 1 15 oz can cut tomatoes
  • 1 4 oz can diced green chiles
  • 1 TBS olive oil
  • 2 TBS chili powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 TBS onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • water, if needed
  • 1 box of pre-package cornbread mix, like Marie Callender's

 

 

 

 

Family Spice Recipe for Campfire Chili With Cornbread Crust

Family Spice Recipe for Campfire Chili With Cornbread Crust

 

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 15 min

Inactive Time: 30 mins for coals to heat up

Cook Time: 45 min

Servings: 6

Serving Suggestions: Top with your favorite chili toppings: shredded cheese, sour cream or guacamole.

 

Substitute listed seasonings with your favorite chili seasoning mix. If wind is blowing ashes around your fire, keep chili covered. Remember, when cooking do not place your Dutch oven directly over the flames because this will crack your pot. For more tips on Dutch oven cooking, visit Byron's Dutch Oven Cooking Page.

 

You can also do this at home in the oven. Make sure you use an oven safe pot and bake the chili-cornbread uncovered per your cornbread recipe directions.

 

Also great in the Duch oven over a campfire: Kalamata and Sun-Dried Tomato Pot Roast.

 

 

 

 

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