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Cornbread Waffles with Chili

These simple, homemade Cornbread Waffles whip up in minutes and go great served with chili for a quick 15 minute dinner idea!

Cornbread Waffles with Chili gets dinner on the table in 15 minutes! From DessertNowDinnerLater.com

If there is one meal that screams fall to me, it’s chili. We love to have baked potatoes with chili, sour cream, and cheese for an easy, warm, hearty dinner around here; but this time, we swapped the potatoes out for cornbread waffles!

Cornbread Waffles with Chili gets dinner on the table in 15 minutes! From DessertNowDinnerLater.com

You know how cornbread and chili goes well together. Well, my friends, this has become our new favorite fall meal. I totally cheated and used canned chili, although you can find our absolute favorite Sassy Steak Chili here on my blog. But talk about easy! Whip up the batter, cook your waffles, and heat up your can of chili for a dinner ready in 15 minutes!

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Cornbread Waffles with Chili gets dinner on the table in 15 minutes! From DessertNowDinnerLater.com

These cornbread waffles are lightly sweet and crisp, yet tender. My kids were happy to eat the chili when it came with a cornbread waffle! You’re going to love this!

Cornbread Waffles with Chili gets dinner on the table in 15 minutes! From DessertNowDinnerLater.com
5 from 2 ratings

Cornbread Waffles with Chili

Created by Amber Brady
Yields7 cornbread waffles

Ingredients

  • 1 cup (160 g) yellow cornmeal
  • 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour, (stir, spoon & level)
  • 1 Tbsp baking powder
  • ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup (237 g) milk
  • 1 large egg
  • ¼ cup (57 g) butter, melted
  • 2 cans of your favorite chili

Instructions
 

  • Whisk the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Add the milk, egg, and melted butter. Whisk until just mixed together.
  • Heat your waffle maker. I set mine to a 3½ out of 5.
  • Spray your waffle maker with some baking spray.
  • Pour enough batter to almost fill the mold (about ⅓ to ½ cup depending on the size of your waffle maker); it will puff up and spread as it’s baking.
  • Cook according to directions for waffle maker; I have to wait until the light goes from red to green on mine. These do brown quicker than regular waffles so keep an eye on them. Repeat with remaining batter; makes approximately 7 standard waffles. Keep on a plate with a towel covering the waffles to keep them warm.
  • Serve with heated chili, sour cream, cheese, etc.

Notes

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Recipe adapted from KitchMe
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19 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Delicious, and easy!   What a great idea, thank you.

  2. Caribbean Bella says:

    This recipe didn’t work out well for me. The waffles were basically crumbly when you cut into or stick your fork in them to eat. Not sure what when wrong. Aside from that the flavour was good.

    1. I’m so sorry to hear that! If you want to try again, you can try adding an extra single egg yolk to the recipe, swap honey with the sugar, OR add a bit more melted butter for extra moisture.

  3. Oh my gosh, you had me at cornbread but cornbread waffles? That looks incredible! Love this idea especially with a big bowl of comforting chili – yum! So perfect for fall 🙂

    1. Thanks Kelly! You can pretty much make waffles with any batter (I’ve done red velvet cake waffles too!)

  4. Cornbread waffles?! This looks DELISH! I love cornbread.. and I love chili – great way to have both at the same time!

    1. It’s like an open face sandwich, but with cornbread and chili. We loved it!

  5. This sounds way better than the cornbread I usually make to go along with chili — I love it! Can’t wait to try this amazing combination!

    1. Cornbread and chili just go together! I hope you enjoy this twist!

  6. I LOVE this unique way to serve chili Amber!! My family will love this recipe for sure! Thanks so much for this great dinner idea! 🙂

    1. I loved the crisp of the waffles with the tender chili. It was a great combo!

  7. Oh my gosh this is seriously the best idea in the history of chili! I so can’t wait to try these waffles next time I whip up a pot of chili. Pinned!

    1. With as much as you love chili, you better make these 🙂

    1. We seriously loved these! The waffles helped my kids eat the chili, so it was a win-win! Thanks for pinning!

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