Recipe: Chili Cornbread Casserole — Recipes from The Kitchn

When it's chilly outside and all you want to do is hunker down with a steaming bowl of chili and some warm cornbread, turn to this trusty one-pot casserole. The best part of making chili and cornbread together in one dish is how the cornbread soaks up some of the sauce while still growing crispy on top. Pantry staples give this meaty beef and tomato chili a quick start. Cooking the dish in the Dutch oven means you can pour over an easy cornbread batter before popping it in the oven to bake. The Dutch oven does double duty as a baking dish that you can serve dinner right out of, plus there's one less baking dish to have to wash later.

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