How often do you make chili and have leftovers for days. This chili baked potato recipe is the perfect dish for those leftovers. A full meal packed in a baked potato, it’s hearty, flavorful and checks all the marks.

Step 1: Prepare and cook the potatoes.

First thing’s first, you need to get the potatoes on the grill. If you are making a chili from scratch, these will take as much time as the chili mix itself. Wash some Idaho potatoes, dry them off, rub some olive oil on them and wrap each separately in a sheet of aluminum foil. Set them on the grill or oven at 375 degrees and cook until fork soft.

Chili recipe options.

If you are looking for chili recipes made from scratch, I have some great options for you! Hearty, flavorful family favorites that will keep you warm and full all winter long.

Over the Top Beer Chili. Beer and chili are the perfect marriage. Packed with traditional beef chili flavors and a hoppy beer flavor surprise, make this one unique recipe.

Beef Chili with traditional chili flavors full of heat, beans (otherwise it’s beef soup), and hearty spices.

White Chicken Chili that is creamy, light, with perfectly smoked chicken meat.

Another great option is getting a pre-measured chili mix that takes out all the measuring steps out. Simple and convenient. I used a mix by Hardcore carnivore and it was delicious. Definitely a different flavor profile than my recipes, with sweeter and cinnamon notes, but still a delicious alternative.

Step 2: Grill up some beef chili.

To get started, preheat the grill to 350 degrees and set for direct heat. Heat up some olive oil in the dutch oven and cook the ground beef inside breaking it up as it cooks. Remove the cooked beef with a slotted spoon keeping any liquid in the dish. Add in a chopped onion, tomato paste, beef stock and the chili mix. Add the beef back into the dutch over and mix it in. If you can’t live without beans, this is the time to add some in. Mix the ingredients together and cook on low heat for 1.5 -2 hours.

Step 3: Assemble the chili baked potato.

Once the baked potatoes are fork soft, cut them open creating a bowl like shape. Scoop out the inside leaving 1/4 inch of potato around the skin, otherwise the walls will collapse. Put the potato insides through a ricer. Mix in some sourcream and butter and mix together until you get a soft and fluffy mashed potatoes.

Fill the potato skin bowls halfway with the chili. Next, fill in the remainder with the mashed potatoes add some shredded cheese on top and place it back on the grill or oven allowing the cheese to melt.

Top the chili baked potato with some sour cream and chopped chives. Enjoy!

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Chili Baked Potato

This baked chili potato recipe is the perfect dish for those leftovers.  It's hearty, flavorful and checks all the marks.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword chili baked potato, chili recipe, baked potato, tailgating recipe, hearty recipe, beef chili recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 2 hours hours

Servings 1

Ingredients

• 1 lb Ground beef
• 4 Idaho potatoes
• 1 Yellow onion
• 2 cups Beef broth
• 1 pkg Chili mix
• 2 tbsp Sour cream
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste
• 1 tbsp Butter

Instructions

• Wash and dry the potatoes, rub some olive oil on them and wrap each separately in a sheet of aluminum foil.  Set them on the grill or oven at 375 degrees and cook until fork soft.
• Next, preheat the grill to 350 degrees and set for direct heat.  Heat up some olive oil in the dutch oven and cook the ground beef inside breaking it up as it cooks.   
• Remove the cooked beef with a slotted spoon. Add in a chopped onion, tomato paste, beef stock and the chili mix. Mix the ingredients together and cook on low heatfor 1.5 -2 hours.  
• Once the baked potatoes are fork soft, cut them open creating a bowl like shape.  Scoop out the inside leaving 1/4 inch of potato around the skin.
• Put the potato insides through a ricer. Mix in some sour cream and butter and mix together until you get a soft and fluffy mashed potatoes.
• Fill the potato skin bowls halfway with the chili.  Fill in the remainder with the mashed potatoes add some shredded cheese on top and place it back on the grill or oven allowing the cheese to melt.  

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