Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’
Cornbread waffles with chili and fixins’ is one of our favorite weeknight meals. Easy to make and the two flavors were meant to go together!
A FUN (AND TASTY WAY) TO EAT CHILI AND CORNBREAD!
This recipe for Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’ was inspired by a recent teacher event. We were trying to put together a teacher appreciation meal and they wanted something other than the soup and potato bar they usually have every year. So, I ended up creating this easy recipe idea!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Of course! This recipe is more of a technique or an idea rather than a full recipe. You could make a big ole Crock Pot of Homemade Chili and sit it on the side so folks can help themselves!
Absolutely! Use your favorite brand. You’ll want to prepare the mix using the instructions on the back of the packet. Also, feel free to use your favorite flavors!
I think creating a “waffle bar” is the best way to serve this. Make all the waffles and put them out along with bowls of all the toppings along with the chili and let folks create their own personalized waffle.
Thats a little tougher since it’s hard to make waffles without a waffle maker, right? You could purchase one of those mini waffle makers. They are a more affordable option. Or you could make these into cornbread muffins. Once baked, you could split them open and then add the toppings.
I think this would work perfectly with a beef or chicken taco filling. Like my Crock Pot Taco Meat. Ot maybe make it more of a breakfast meal. Use a yellow cornbread mix and add cooked bacon or cooked and crumbled sausage. And then serve with warm maple syrup!
These are great to make ahead of time and store in the freezer. Just wrap them well with plastic then aluminum foil to protect against freezer burn. Store in a ziptop bag. You can then just reheat them in a toaster, toaster oven or air fryer.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- Mexican Style Cornbread Mix – you can sue any flavor of cornbread you like, it doesn’t have to be the Mexican style.
- milk
- eggs
- chili – see my Frequently Asked Questions above for a homemade chili recipe.
- sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese (for topping)
HOW TO MAKE CORNBREAD WAFFLES WITH CHILI & FIXINS’:
Preheat your waffle iron to a medium-high setting. If your waffle iron has a number setting, set it to a number 4 (higher if you want a darker, crispier waffle.) My son likes his waffles lightly cooked so I make his first. I like mine a little more well done. Also at this point you will want to start heating up your chili. Pour both cans of chili into a covered pot and heat up until warmed through or pop it into a microwave-safe bowl and heat until warmed through.
In a medium bowl, combine both packs of cornbread mix with eggs and milk. Stir well until combined.
Once your waffle iron is heated, spray with nonstick spray. Pour one cup of cornbread mix onto waffle iron.
Y’all, look at these waffles. They cook up perfectly in the waffle iron. Again, for lighter waffles like the first picture below, cook for a shorter time. If you want your waffles a bit more cooked, just cook for another minute longer.
Have everyone top their own waffles with what they like. Chili and lettuce, sour cream, shredded cheese and diced tomatoes. This recipe makes 4 large Belgian Waffles or 6 smaller waffles. This would be a great idea for a “Cornbread Waffle Bar”. Just set out all the hot waffles along with all the fixins’ in a bowl and let your friends and family stack it up however they like
CRAVING MORE RECIPES?
- Cornbread Muffins
- Sloppy Joe Cornbread Casserole
- Cornbread Chicken Casserole
- Cornbread Taco Bake
- Tamale Pie
- Cincinnati Chili
- Corn Fritters
- Beefy Cornbread Casserole
- Old-Fashioned Chicken and Dumplings
- Skillet Cornbread Pizza
- Strawberry Muffin Mix Waffles
Cornbread Waffles with Chili and Fixins’
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat your waffle iron to a medium-high setting. If your waffle iron has a number setting, set it to a number 4 (higher if you want a darker, crispier waffle.)
- Also at this point you will want to start heating up your chili. Pour 2 (30 ounce) cans chili into a covered pot and heat up until warmed through or pop it into a microwave-safe bowl and heat until warmed through.
- In a medium bowl, combine 2 (7 ounce) packets Martha White Mexican Style Cornbread Mix with 1 1/3 cups milk and 2 large eggs. Stir well until combined.
- Once your waffle iron is heated, spray with nonstick spray.
- Pour one cup of cornbread mix onto waffle iron. Close the lid.
- Depending on your type of waffle iron, the light will come on or it will beep when ready. Cook it as light or as dark and crispy as you prefer.
- Once they are all cooked up, it’s time for toppings!
- Top waffles with heated chili, along with suggested toppings: sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese (as desired)
Video
Notes
- Lots of ways to change this up! Use any of your favorite cornbread mixes.
- You could also use a beef taco filling instead of chili!
- Or make it like a breakfast waffle. Use the Sweet Yellow Cornbread mix and add cooked bacon or cooked and crumbled sausage. And then serve with warm maple syrup!
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
I only recently discovered Martha White mixes at my local Walmart. After trying the banana bread and strawberry cheesecake, my goal this year it to try every single product they make, include mexican cornbread. I’m excited to see a recipe that uses this product. For anyone like me who is NOT a baker (LOL) their mixes are a blessing.
HEY BRANDIE
MY NAME IS MICHAEL, I JUST HAD TO TELL YA THAT THOSE CHILI WAFFLES ARE AWESOME. I HAD TO MAKE 10 OF THOSE BABIES AS THE FAMILY GOT INTO THIS AS WELL. THEY WERE GREAT!!!!!!! TO LOOK AT THE RECIPE , IT WAS BASIC BUT THAT BABY WENT OVER LIKE A BOMB. THE FAMILY WANTS THESE FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH CHRISTMAS DAY. LOLOL . I SAID OKAY WILL GO FOR IT AS LONG AS YOU REMIND ME…….FAMILY SAID DONT YOUR WORRY …….WE WILL!!!
THANKS FOR THE RECIPE BRANDIE.
MICHAEL
P.S. I’M NOT YELLING I ALWAYS TYPE CAPS…………..C–YA
Thanks so much Michael! I really appreciate you taking the time to comment! Also, thank you for telling me you weren’t yelling at me LOL
AH YUM!!!!
I’m so doing this for our next Neighborhood Gal Pals gathering! Socially distanced out of doors, of course!
That is the best comment ever! Yes!!
My first thought when I saw this…..Taco Meat and all the fixins!!!! Yummers!
Oh that is wonderful Linda Sue! The waffle iron is great for so many things, not just waffles. I hope you can get your fix soon. Missing out on cornbread is just not acceptable.
I wondered a while back if the waffle iron could be used to make cornbread. Right now, I don't have an oven, and we have really missed eating cornbread with many of our meals. I will try this and see what the family thinks. Frying it makes it a bit too greasy, but I think this will work. Thanks.
I could eat cornbread (sweet, unsweetened or savory) with almost any meal!
I love this. Thank you. Sweet cornbread is my favorite.
I love them both.
I love Sweet cornbread!!
We love cornbread sweetened with just a bit of honey and slathered with melted butter. Delish!
I like sweet cornbread
We love all cornbread in this house. When I was a young girl we used to eat cornbread and milk on Sunday night after church oh the memories!!
I,ll eat either but I prefer sweet cornbread I like to put a couple of drops of vanilla extract to my batter it gives my cornbread a wonderful slight flavor
Definitely sweet cornbread
I've never tried cornbread waffles so I will have to try this recipe. I like a little sugar in my cornbread. Thanks
Unsweetened with butter and honey!
Idon't care I jusy love Cornbread.
I am not fussy…I will eat any form of cornbread! Love it all!
I make sweet cornbread.
Any cornbread is wonderful to eat. Love the cast iron cornbread maker. Would love to win, as everyone else who signed up, lol.
Sweet cornbread is my favorite! This recipe looks delish! I can't wait to try it.
Either! I just love cornbread!
I love all kinds of cornbread! I'm looking forward to trying this recipe. It sounds so good!
I love both depending on what I am eating it with
I love a sweet onion cornbread
I love a sweet onion cornbread
Mostly sweetened. But unsweetened if I'm making good ole Southern Cajun Cornbread Dressing
I live in South Dakota your recipes remind me of being a little girl in Louisiana.Any cornbread is great, but sweet is the best.
I love sweet cornbread!
I like cornbread both ways, it all depends on what I am serving it with.
I love unsweetened cornbread made with yellow cornmeal. Those recipes look so delicious. thank you for posting them.
I love sweet cornbread with honey butter.
I LIKE BOTH, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ARE GONNA EAT AS TO WHICH TYPE OF CORNBREAD GOES WITH THE FOOD!
I love any kind of cornbread. But my favorite is tex-mex or taco cornbread. YUM!
Although not a fan of jalepeno in my cornbread- I'm seeing a lot of possibilities.
I love sweet cornbread with fresh corn added to it.
I like any kind of cornbread! Its according to what you are eating with it as to which sweet or regular. I guess if I could only eat one I would go with sweet only because I could not do without sweet cornbread at all.
This recipe looks delicious. I like cornbread, sweet or not. I would love to win the skillet, mix and cookbook.
i love them both!!
I love a sweet cornbread! Loving that you are using a waffle iron! Awesome!
heatherp626@msn.com
Sweet cornbread is my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love both kinds of cornbread but might lean a little to the sweet side.
My favorite is sweet!
I like sweet
Sweetened!
Sweetened!