You’ve Never Had A Chili Cheese Hot Dog 🌭 Like This

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

hot dogs

🥗Healthier: turkey hot dogs

💰Cheaper: pork hot dogs

Turkey hot dogs are lower in fat and calories.

chili

🥗Healthier: vegetarian chili

💰Cheaper: canned chili

Vegetarian chili is healthier, while canned is more affordable.

buns

🥗Healthier: whole wheat buns

💰Cheaper: white bread

Whole wheat buns provide more fiber, while white bread is cheaper.

Start by slicing the bell peppers and onions thinly.

Add a little oil to a pan and add the sliced peppers and onions.

Season with potato salt to help draw out the liquid while cooking.

Caramelize the peppers and onions until they are nice and soft.

In another pan, add ground beef over medium-high heat and break it up as it cooks.

Drain the grease from the cooked ground beef.

Season the beef with chili mix and minced garlic after draining the grease.

Mash the beans (kidney and black beans) to avoid big chunks in the chili.

Add spaghetti sauce to the beef and mix it in slowly to avoid splatter.

Taste the chili and adjust seasoning if necessary.

Dissolve beef bouillon cubes in boiling hot water before adding to the chili for flavor.

Let the chili simmer until it is rich and well combined.

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