Home Recipe for Waffle House Chili

  4.5 – 4 reviews  • Sausage Recipes
Level: Easy
Total: 40 min
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 (15-ounce) cans pinto beans (not drained)
  2. 1 pound lean hamburger
  3. 1/4 pound breakfast sausage
  4. 2 cups chopped yellow onion
  5. 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
  6. 2 cubes beef bouillon (or 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules)
  7. 1 teaspoon salt
  8. 1 teaspoon chili powder
  9. 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  10. 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  11. 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  12. 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
  13. 1/8 teaspoon ground oregano

Instructions

  1. Brown hamburger, sausage and onions together in 6-quart saucepan. Add pinto beans (not drained), add can of tomato sauce and add enough water to rinse can. Add beef bouillon granules. If using beef bouillon cubes, dissolve in 1/4 cup water then add to the pan. Add salt, black pepper, garlic powder, ground oregano, cumin, chili powder and sugar. Blend thoroughly.
  2. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Serve.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 675
Total Fat 32 g
Saturated Fat 11 g
Carbohydrates 57 g
Dietary Fiber 15 g
Sugar 9 g
Protein 41 g
Cholesterol 100 mg
Sodium 1329 mg

Reviews

Andrew Baker
I’ve watched them make the Chili at my local Waffle House. It most certainly does involve meat, although the recipe featured here does not appear to be identical.

When I watched the cook make the chili, this is what went in it:

4 1/4 lb beef patties
A bunch of sausage patties (I couldn’t count them)
Onion
1 single-serving can tomato juice
A bunch of water
A bag of Waffle House Chili Mix (I suspect all the seasoning, along with the beans, is in there.) This was more than just a seasoning packet, but there was no liquid in it.

I can’t imagine my local restaurant piled all that meat in the chili just for the heck of it, if the bag already had meat-like substance.

Except for the tomato juice, not a single can was opened to make the chili.

Kathy Johnson
Bert’s Chili actually does not have any meat in it at all; it uses TVP or TSP in the place of meat, as do most commercial canned chilis. Not a bad chili, but not like Waffle House’s either.
Cynthia Campbell
this is a great chili with good flavor with things you can have on hand. It also lets you spice it up without ruining it’s integrity. We gave it two thumbs up.
Dr. Jason Robertson
wonderful taste…..has great flavor

 

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