Have you ditched the carbs and sugar in your diet? If so, don’t worry! You can still enjoy a delicious Chili Dog with the low carb chili recipe used when putting together this Low Carb Chili Dog Bake Casserole. (Thank you to Bar-S Foods for partnering with me to bring you this post!)
Hot dogs (and burgers, of course) really are the ultimate summer cook-out food. My kids request them for dinner all the time. (Andy I’ll admit, the kids are not the only ones in the family who love hot dogs…)
We’ve been cooking out a lot lately. With Labor Day around the corner and summer officially coming to a close soon after that after that, I figured it was time for me to come up with a way the entire family could enjoy chili dogs again. (Hubby and I are not eating bread or sugar products right now, so a traditional hot dog in a bun is off the table.)
In the past, I would buy canned chili for our chili dogs, but even the bean-less chilies have quite a few carbs in them, so it’s better to make my own version of a low carb chili. This Low Carb Hot Dog Chili recipe turned out sooo good, you would never know it was low carb!
After baking the hot dogs with all the chili, cheese and onions, I was definitely in chili dog heaven. (and yes, there is such a thing!)
How good does that look? You definitely won’t miss the bun. If you’re gluten free instead of low carb, this would be awesome with corn chips. (Just cut the hot dogs into smaller slices and scoop the chili, franks and cheese up with the chips or spoon the chili dog bake right into a snack size bag of chips!)
Low Carb Chili Dog Bake
Best hot dog chili ever and bonus: It’s low carb! (8 carbs per serving if you use the beef franks)
Ingredients:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 large bell pepper
- about 3/4 of a large onion, diced (use more if you like sauted onion)
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1/2 tsp cumin
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt (You could cheat and just use 2 tbs of a chili spice mix in place of the 4 spices above.)
- 1 tsp Worcestershire
- 1 tbs of sugar or sugar substitute (12 carbs in a tbs of sugar, fyi)
- 1/2 tsp celery salt
- 1 cup of tomato sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbs tomato paste
- 8 Bar S Franks sliced longways down the middle and cut in half
- 1 cup shredded cheddar or cheddar blend cheese (or more if you like a lot of cheese)
Directions:
- Combine the ground beef, 2/3 of the chopped onions, peppers and garlic in large frying pan and saute until ground beef is browned. Drain fat.
- Add spices, worcestershire, sugar, tomato sauce, tomato paste and water to the pan. stir to combine and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Optional step, but totally makes it just like real hot dog chili: Using a food processor or immersion blender, process the chili until the beef is in very small pieces.
- Lay hot dogs flat on the bottom of a 7 x 9 casserole dish. Cover with chili. (you should have enough to reserve a bit for those that are eating regular hot dogs and want chili.) Spread 1 cup of cheese over chili and top with remaining onion.
- Bake at 400 F for about 15 to 20 minutes or until hot and bubbly!
Serve and Enjoy!
Want to see the recipe in action? Check out all the steps in the video below!
The kids definitely thought these were the best chili dogs ever!
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Melanie Walsh says
Yum! I know my family would love this. I got into a little bit of a rut during the summer. This is a grew way to mix it up.
kristi dominguez says
Yum! The hubs and kiddos would love this recipe!
Housewife Eclectic says
This looks so good! My husband would love it!
bxcrochet says
That looks so good and cheesy. I love that it is low carb too.
Michelle F.
Erica S (EricasRecipes.com) says
Homemade chili is so much better than canned to begin with, and your recipe sounds delicious!
MikiHope says
I know I would love this! Especially the low carb and sugar (I am a diabetic). I have never seen that brand of hot dog but I will look for them.
Julie is Coco and Cocoa says
Love the idea of making chili dogs low carb! Saving this idea for the weekend.
Liz Mays says
Ooo yum, I love the cumin in there. This looks great and I'm all for the low-carb!
Lucy T says
I bet my kids would love this! I haven't convinced myself to go low-carb yet but I still think would be a winner dinner for us!
plussizeannie says
Ooh!! This looks so good!!! I shared this in a Recipe Roundup on my blog, Plus Size to Downsized!!! Thanks so much for the great ideas!
Emily says
How many servings is this recipe?
Jamie says
6 to 8 maybe? depends how big your servings are.
Jill Bailey says
This is SO GOOD! I'm trying to go as low carb as I can and with this recipe (and ones like it), it makes it a lot easier. I did use different hot dogs (Oscar Mayer Selects Angus Beef) for even lower carbs (2g per link). I think I could eat this chili without the hot dogs honestly, haha! Thank you for posting and sharing!
Nicole says
Hi. This recipe looks amazing. By any chance do you have the nutitional information for this?
Jamie says
Sorry, If it’s not in the post, I didn’t save it. To get the nutrition info, go to my fitness pal and enter the ingredients.
~Jamie
Kendra says
Are you using a 13×9, or 7×9? Your dish looks like a 13×9, but the recipe says to use the smaller one.
Jamie says
The pyrex dish I used is 25 centimeters by 15 centimeters which is just about 9.8 x 6.5. If you watch the little video, you’ll see at about 1 minute in, how the hot dogs fit in my dish.
When you cover the hot dogs with chili you should have enough to reserve a bit for those that are eating regular hot dogs and want chili, or you can use it all.
~Jamie
Me says
Should we use red or green bell pepper? The recipe doesn’t specify, but a red one is used in the video. Thanks.
Jamie says
go with red, they taste better. (unless you prefer green peppers.) Also when it comes to printing stuff on the internet, just go to a site called print friendly. you can print anything.
Tow Truck Guy says
This is genius! I am so hungry right now. Throw some fresh sliced jalapenos on top and some tater tots on the side and I set for life.
Lindsey Brandon says
Making this right now while babies sleep. Excited to eat it tonight! Thank you!
Jamie says
Hope you enjoyed it!
ASHY says
Made tonight, turned out great. The chili dog saice was amazing! I was afraid with not grilling hot dogs on stovetop before baking but it didn’t make a difference.
The sauceuphoria was a little runny, I must not have gotten all the grease drained.
Totally worth marinating sauce on stovetop, thanks for the share
Jamie says
If the chili seems too watery, just cook it a few minutes longer next time.
~Jamie
Chanda says
I use Aldis park view cheese hot dogs and they have 1net carb per dog! I can’t wait to try this recipe…it looks so yummy!
yogamom says
This is absolutely delicious. We love chili dogs but need to stay low carb and diabetic friendly. The only thing I omitted was the celery salt (didn’t have on hand). The canned chili always has a bitter aftertaste and of course all the carbs/fat. Thanks for such a great recipe, we will definitely be enjoying this on a regular basis.
Dwayne says
I used Applegate Natural Uncured Beef Hot Dogs. They do not have any fillers or carbs(no sugar, no corn syrup, starch etc). They are expensive but IMO worth it.
When I made this recipe, it came out of the oven with too much liquid in the bottom. I only used half a cup of water and I drained most of the grease from the hamburger. I will try omitting water next time.
Jamie says
I’ve never tried those hot dogs, that sounds good. If your chili is too liquidy you could also try simmering it a bit longer so that it opens up more.
Ashley Roberson says
the BarS Hot Dogs are good. and affordable. Less than $1.50 for a pack. If you want to go the turkey route the Jenni-O Hot dogs aren’t bad and again less than $1.50 per pack.
Leslie says
This was sooooo good!!! I found the hot dogs in the produce area near the deli where they slice the meat for you!
Stephanie says
I found a low carb corn bread recipe and then assembled this in layers. Dogs, cornbread batter, chilli, cheese, repeat. It was amazing
Dani says
Made this tonight!!!!!! Delicious. Thank you so much.
Courtney Botts says
I am just curious of the nutrition facts for the low carb chili dog bake casserole. Thanks.
Jamie says
If you need them, you can go to my fitness pal and enter the ingredients.
Linda says
Just got mine out of the oven. This is the 2nd time I’m making it. This time I fried the hot dogs in a dry frying pan while I was simmering the chili sauce for eye and taste appeal. I ran out of tomato sauce and used Heintz low sugar Catsup with a dab of French’s mustard and added a little water for consistency then lowed the water amount from 1 cup to 3/4 cup. The chili thickness was perfect.. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Trisja says
Would this still tast good without any sweetener at all? I have cut sugar from my diet and can’t seem to find an artificial sweetener that I can stand the flavor of 😳😳
Jamie says
I am sure it will be fine, the chili just won’t taste the same. Have you tried swerve sweetener? 1 tbs of this in the chili does not taste weird.
Trisja says
I haven’t. I have looked at it but am just scared to buy a bag 😂. I might try it ☺️
Jamie says
I saw swerve at my local safeway for a great price recently. You might check your grocery stores. Swerve is a is a combination of erythritol and oligosaccharides. I really haven’t found anything yet to cook and bake with that I like better.
Norm says
I made this two nights ago. I thought it was great. Definitely making this again.
Ashley Roberson says
Going to try this tonight. I amcheating and using the pack of chili seasoning but instead of tomato juice/paste, I am going to use V8 Juice and using Jenni-o turkey + ground turkey instead. Can’t wait to try!
Mike says
Sorry, did not enjoy that much. Will try it again but omitting the sugar. It tasted like beef and sweet ketchup. Even after adding like 5TBSP of chili powder and extra salt and black pepper.
Jamie says
There are several types of chili recipes. This is a hotdog chili recipe which is supposed to be slightly sweeter and less spicy.
Vickie says
I made this a bit over a week ago, hubby and I both liked it. Our 18 year old grandson finished off the other half the next day (was supposed to be our lunch…oh well..lol)! Hubby wants me to make this again tonight. Thank you for this recipe!