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Leftover Chilli Con Carne Recipes

Leftover Chilli Con Carne Recipes


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What’s one of your favourite leftover chilli con carne recipes? Have you even got a favourite recipe for chilli con carne? What goes well with leftover chilli con carne? What to have with leftover chilli con carne instead of rice? So many questions! Hopefully, we can help you out. Please read on for lots of leftover chilli ideas.

Everyone loves a bit of rice, but variety is the spice of life and spice is what we’re all about here at Gran Luchito. So we’ve put together a few ideas to get you thinking outside the box. If there’s one thing our Chipotle Paste works well in, it’s a recipe for chilli con carne. So if you haven’t tried it, add some to your next batch and taste the difference for yourself. It’s not like the standard chilli con carne mix.

Leftover Chilli Con Carne Recipes

So go on, feast your eyes below and click to discover the ideas in full.

How long does chilli last in the freezer

Before freezing the chilli con carne, make sure it’s a room temperature. Put it in a Tupperware and the chilli will last 90 days in your freezer.


1. Chilli Con Carne Burrito

First on our list is a chilli con carne burrito. What better way to use leftover chilli than loaded up in a Burrito Wrap with your favourite toppings. In this recipe, we share a new chilli con carne recipe using our Cantina Beans and the result is delicious!

Chilli Con Carne Burrito

2. Chilli Stuffed Peppers

Peppers work amazingly well with chilli con carne. Once you’ve made your best chilli and got out the leftovers, mix it with some rice and spoon it into the peppers before sprinkling with a little cheese and baking in the oven. The results speak for themselves.

Chilli Stuffed Peppers

3. Beef Empanadas with Chilli Con Carne (Posh Pasties)

Delicious crumbly pastry stuffed full of tasty chilli con carne. A great way to take your leftover chilli to a picnic, and perfect for party snacks, or pre-dinner appetisers.

Beef Empanadas


4. Breakfast Chilli

Another fantastic one of our ideas to use up leftover chilli. Get yourself some Soft Taco Wraps, eggs, guacamole and tomatoes and enjoy a breakfast or brunch that’ll set you up for the rest of the day. The most important element here is to nail your fried egg to perfection!

Chilli Breakfast

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5. Chilli Beef Nachos

Aahh Nachos.. one of life’s many pleasures. These are even more exciting because they are Chilli Beef Nachos! Lightly Salted Tortilla Chips and Serrano Chillies are also needed for these. Pair the leftover chilli with homemade salsa and guacamole and make it the ultimate in Tex-Mex dishes. Go on, go ahead and try this next-level leftover chilli version! It’s the bees knees! We recommend serving them with a side of Frijoles for extra dunking, and here is our perfect guacamole recipe.

Chilli Beef Nachos

6. Smoky Chilli Dogs

First up for our leftover chilli con carne recipes is this one. What bread to serve with chilli con carne? How about a bun! Chilli dogs are a classic American dish that we knew would work really well, given the Gran Luchito treatment. We used our Chipotle Paste to make a rich and smoky chilli con carne, and spooned it onto meaty good quality sausages in a bun, topped with grated cheddar, diced onion, coriander and Serrano Green Chillies. One for the meat-lovers for sure! 

Smoky Chilli Dogs
Chilli Dogs

7. Chilli Cheese Fries

Not much explanation or justification is needed here. You can tell just by looking at it that chips are a worthy substitute for rice. This leftover chilli recipe makes for a great sharing dish as well. Just make sure it’s big enough!

Leftover Chilli
Chilli Cheese Fries

So what’s one of YOUR favourite leftover chilli con carne recipes? Please let us know in the comments below! For anything chilli related don’t forget to tag us on Instagram #granluchito

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Susan Amos
Susan Amos
4 years ago

I do chilli wraps with cheese. Delicious !

Allison - La Marketer - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Susan Amos

Ooh yes chilli cheese wraps are awesome, we like how you think!

Mandy Whitehouse
Mandy Whitehouse
4 years ago

Stuffed roasted butternut squash. Cut the squash in half lengthways, scoop out seeds. Drizzle with olive oil and crush a couple of cloves of garlic into it. Roast until cooked. Remove from the oven and laddle in the left over chilli, grate some cheddar cheese over the top. Pop back into the oven for 10-15 minutes until the chilli is pipping hot and the cheese is melted. Serve complete squash with salad of your choice.

Allison - La Marketer - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago

This sounds really great, we are going to have to try this one out in the test kitchen!

Jan Prince
Jan Prince
4 years ago

Twice baked cheesy potatoes with spring onions (ask me if you want the recipe) topped with left over chilli, yum

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Jan Prince

A cheesy potato is the way I’d eat left over chilli too! Totally delicious with sour cream on top too.

Pauline
Pauline
4 years ago

Hot baked potato, melted butter,chilli leftovers,topped with sour cream

Allison - La Marketer - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Pauline

Yes, yes, and yes!

Lily Knights
Lily Knights(@onlybroken)
4 years ago

Sloppy Jessica for the WIN

Allison - La Marketer - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Lily Knights

I had to look this one up, but now that I have, I can’t believe I’ve lived my whole life without a Sloppy Jessica! Time to cook up a few batches of chilli! Amazing!

Sheree Gibson
Sheree Gibson
4 years ago

I make Chili Lasagna! Use tortillas as lasagna sheets, add sweetcorn too. Serve with mexican rice and copious amounts of sour cream and guacamole. Yummy!!

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Sheree Gibson

What an amazing idea! Thanks Sheree

Ellen Knight
Ellen Knight(@blackgravestone)
4 years ago

We put it into a bun kind of like a sloppy joe burger

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Ellen Knight

Great idea!

Chiara Pinto
Chiara Pinto
4 years ago

I would use it as the base for a spicy cottage pie, making sure you fork the top for extra crispy bits. Britain and Mexico working together in perfect culinary harmony!

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Chiara Pinto

Thanks Chiara, another smashing thought! Britain and Mexico combining forces!

Beth
Beth
3 years ago

These all look so yummy! One of my faves for chilli is taco salad. Culli on a bed of lettuce, topped with old cheddar, red onion slices, tomato bits and sour cream with tortilla chips and salsa on the side 😋

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
3 years ago
Reply to  Beth

Thank you Beth! This sounds like a lovely and fresh idea with the salad and tomato. Positively salivating! 😆

Rinku
Rinku
3 years ago

I make moussaka with my leftover chilli, layer slices of aubergine and chilli and top it with cheese

Celia - Chica Chismosa - Gran Luchito
Admin
3 years ago
Reply to  Rinku

Moussaka! Another amazing idea for leftover chilli 😊

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