What do you do with leftover chili?

As per a request from DS this week, I made a pot of chili.  As he and I were the only one there, I only used half a pound of beef, 1 can of beans, 1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles, 1 small can tomato sauce and half a can of beef broth along with seasonings, and it still made a ton of the stuff.
 
While it is delicious by itself, I still have some left and have kind of run out of ideas.  We did loaded chili the first night, the next night we did chili stuffed potatoes.  I then did pan-brown chili burritos and last night chili quesadillas.  I also will be doing chili nachos or chili cheese dogs, but will still have some left for the freezer. 
 
Anyone have any further suggestions?

I make chili frequently and with the overage I often take it in to work to share.  Other than that I freeze it in small containers that I can thaw pretty quickly and slather it on burgers or dogs when the opportunity arises.

I use it as a filling for tacos, and make taco salads, which is much the same thing, but without the tortilla.  It's a great way of using up bits and pieces of cut onion, cheese, or sour cream for the topping.

Try chili-mac, or serve it over sphagetti.  Heat it with grated cheddar and serve as an appetizer with tortilla chips or fritos to scoop it.
 

Make one of those Tamale Pies?
 
Grill up some hot dogs?

Chili-cheese baked potatoes or potato skins.

Convert it into a burgoo-like stew by adding corn or mixed vegetables, perhaps some cut-up potatoes or rice and maybe some chicken and/or pork.

      Chili pasta but my ? how far can you stretch a 1/2 pound of beef lol you've already served it 3 or is it 5 times (ways). Thought maybe was a mis-print you ment 20 pounds of beef.

Nope, just me and a 12 year old, lol.  And yes, 1/2# can stretch a lot when you are stuffing a potato and filling fajita sized tortillas:)

And let me add the chili burrito and quesadillas were for me alone as ds's was with his father for those meals, lol.

yup. roll a flour tortilla with some imside...sprinkle on some cheddar and perhaps some salsa...and it's a great lunch!!!

leftover chili makes, IMHO, a killer omlette! not delicate food by any means, but really satisfying (especially with a warm corn tortilla or two on the side)...

Killer nachos - heat and toss on top of chips, add cheese, melt, pico, scallions whatever. Great movie-watching snack!

Either you didn't eat much of the chili or there is something wrong...a 1/2lb of meat is basically one good sized burger..enough for 1 person. 

Navy_Brat913


As per a request from DS this week, I made a pot of chili.  As he and I were the only one there, I only used half a pound of beef, 1 can of beans, 1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles, 1 small can tomato sauce and half a can of beef broth along with seasonings, and it still made a ton of the stuff.
 
While it is delicious by itself, I still have some left and have kind of run out of ideas.  We did loaded chili the first night, the next night we did chili stuffed potatoes.  I then did pan-brown chili burritos and last night chili quesadillas.  I also will be doing chili nachos or chili cheese dogs, but will still have some left for the freezer. 
 
Anyone have any further suggestions?

 
Looking at the quanities in your recipe, I can't imagine you had enough chili to do all the things you said you did with it. There's a disconnect here or you only ate a spoonful of each end-product. There's more chili in a can of Hormel Chili than what you describe here. What you describe as a "Ton of the stuff" would only feed 1, max 2 people for a normal serving. Something wrong with this picture!

make up some thin spaghetti and heap on the chili and raw onions and tons of sharp cheddar

NYP, in Texas we do the same thing but maybe add some pickled jalapenos and put tha cheddar... under tha chili. It melts that way. :~)
Joe

What do you do with left over Chili? YOU EAT IT 'TIL IT's GONE--DUH!

PapaJoe8


NYP, in Texas we do the same thing but maybe add some pickled jalapenos and put tha cheddar... under tha chili. It melts that way. :~)
Joe

..you need to sub habaneros for the jalapenos for a little kick..I put the cheddar under the chili usually on chili dogs...

Sneetch


leftover chili makes, IMHO, a killer omlette! not delicate food by any means, but really satisfying (especially with a warm corn tortilla or two on the side)...

Yep---i will second that!!!

Get a block of cream Cheese, put the Chili on top, nuke it till hot, makes a great dip!

Foodbme

Navy_Brat913


As per a request from DS this week, I made a pot of chili.  As he and I were the only one there, I only used half a pound of beef, 1 can of beans, 1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles, 1 small can tomato sauce and half a can of beef broth along with seasonings, and it still made a ton of the stuff.
 
While it is delicious by itself, I still have some left and have kind of run out of ideas.  We did loaded chili the first night, the next night we did chili stuffed potatoes.  I then did pan-brown chili burritos and last night chili quesadillas.  I also will be doing chili nachos or chili cheese dogs, but will still have some left for the freezer. 
 
Anyone have any further suggestions?

 
Looking at the quanities in your recipe, I can't imagine you had enough chili to do all the things you said you did with it. There's a disconnect here or you only ate a spoonful of each end-product. There's more chili in a can of Hormel Chili than what you describe here. What you describe as a "Ton of the stuff" would only feed 1, max 2 people for a normal serving. Something wrong with this picture!

you're flat wrong. one can of hormel chili?
 
1 can of beans (~ 2 cups)
1 can of diced tomatoes w/chiles (~2 cups)
1/2 lb ground beef (~2 cups)
broth (~1 cup)
tomato paste (~1/2 cup)
spices
total: about 7.5 cups.
 
can of hormel chili is about 2 cups? so, if you ate her recipe in one sitting, you'd eat 3.5 cans of hormel chili.  
 
1 cup = 1 serving.  One cup of chili, loaded - I suspect she added cheese, sour cream maybe? That, along with a salad and some bread is MORE than enough for a meal.  Especially a female and a 12 year old child. Maybe too much. My wife might not finish all that. So, maybe she used less than 1/3 of her pot on that meal. Put chili on a baked potato, one's probably only using 1/4 cup of chili. I'm assuming it was loaded with chili and other things, like cheese. So, after two full meals she's used 2.5 cups, a full cup less than 1/2 her pot. Even if we aimed high and she used 3 cups, at this point, she had over 1/2 the pot left. A chili cheese dog will only use a a few table spoons. Same may be true for her enchiladas.
 
Considering, it's a woman and her 12 year old son, I don't doubt her one bit. And she doesn't seem to have a reason to be untruthful. She also already explained herself.
 
You have a ton of nerve for essentially calling her a liar.

This may sound weird, but make a great salad with all of your favorite things (leave out the garbonzo beans if you have beans in your chili. Scoop in several generous helpings of chili. Toss. Dress with catalina dressing. Very good! (It's a take-off on taco salad without the tacos. You really don't need them)

Garbanzo beans belong in paellas.

I freeze it in Ziplock Screw Top Containers. Then I have an easy meal some other time, No cooking just reheat!!!!   :) :) :) :)

What leftover chili?

My daughter takes it back to her apartment in a tupperware bowl and eats it for dinner the rest of the week, so we have no leftover chili (or anything else I make for sunday dinner).

Chili cheese fries!

Make corn muffins, but add shredded cheddar cheese, a can of drained Mexicorn, a can of chopped green chilies or something else to jazz it up.

When they're done baking, put a hot baked muffin on a plate, make a cross with a butter knife so it cuts in quarters. Scoop the hot chili on top. Optional additions are more shredded cheese, onions, jalapenos, scotch bonnets, sour cream, whatever you like on chili.

Toated English Muffins, scrambeled eggs on top, Chili on top of eggs!

Generally, I freeze it. But I make somewhere around 2-3 gallons at a time.

Generally, I freeze it. But I make somewhere around 2-3 gallons at a time.