Who doesn’t love chili cheese dogs? I’m sure there are some people out there, but it can’t be a lot. I mean what’s not to like? A meaty, savory hot dog made even more meaty with robust and zesty chili and topped with plenty of ooey-gooey cheese. Oh, and of course it’s all wrapped in a nice comforting bun… but here I can do you one better. Instead of a bun, we’ve got fluffy, buttery crescent rolls. So still a chili dog, but maybe even more comforting, and it’s all baked together in one bubbly dish.
For the main part of this dish, you only need four things: hot dogs, chili, crescent rolls, and some cheddar cheese.
It’s easy: you unroll the crescent dough, place a little cheddar cheese on it along with a hot dog and roll it right up.
You give those a head start in the oven to start to bake and then you spread two cans of chili in the bottom of a baking dish. Could you use homemade chili? Of course you could, but this quick bake is all about simplicity.
You top the chili with the par-baked hot dogs and give it just ten more minutes in the oven. The final flourish is brushing with some melted butter mixed with a little parsley and garlic salt… It’s not totally necessary but it sure is a nice finishing flourish!
Chili Cheese Dog Bake
Ingredients
- 8 hot dogs
- 1 can crescent rolls
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
- 2 (15 oz each) cans chili
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon parsley, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 375°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- On a clean work surface, unroll crescent roll dough and separate into triangles.
- Add some cheddar cheese to each triangle, then place a hot dog and the widest end. Roll dough up from widest end to smallest and place on baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining rolls and hot dogs, then bake 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, pour chili into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Once hot dogs are done baking, arrange in baking dish with chili and return to oven for 10 minutes more.
- Stir together melted butter, garlic salt, and parsley and brush over crescent roll dough. Serve and enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Modern Meal Makeover.