Jiffy Chili Cowboy Cornbread Casserole

Cowboy cornbread casserole with Jiffy corn muffin mix is the bomb! A chili pie with beans that can be mild or as spicy as you’d like too. With ground beef, like our Jiffy tamale pie, it’s a kid fave.

Cornbread Chili Casserole

This one is similar to our easy sloppy joe casserole dish except that this one has beans inside and doesn’t have as much heat to it. Of course you could make it spicy if you wanted to quite easily, that can be adjusted to your preference. Here is what we used to make it this time.

As with any other sort of casserole, you should use what you have on hand because those dishes are kinda’ like dump it together and go meals. I think everything my Grandma made was like this. “What needs to be used up in the fridge and pantry, okay let’s try to bake it together and see” if you know what I mean.

Chili Casserole with Cornbread

You could call this a chili cornbread casserole of sorts. The base of it are based off of our 5 ingredient Crockpot chili that has been popular ever since I started blogging. We seriously make this a few times a week because everyone loves it and it’s cheap. If I have leftovers I might make this the next day.

Call that a win, two meals in one essentially. You’d just need a box of cornbread mix for the top on day 2. If you want to give it some heat you could follow our Jiffy Mexican cornbread recipe and use that instead of it “plain”.

Ingredients for Cornbread Casserole with Chili

• Ground beef or sausage, cooked and drained
• A can of kidney beans 15 oz, drained and rinsed
• Chili powder, more or less depending on heat level.
  • could use red pepper flakes, cayenne and/or dry Sriracha instead
• Ground cumin and garlic powder
• Diced tomatoes or can of Rotel for a spicier version, some prefer barbecue sauce
• Oregano
• Salt and pepper
• 8.5 oz Jiffy corn muffin mix or cornbread mix in box
• 1 egg

1/3 c milk 2% or whole is necessary to make the batter as directed. You could use lactose free or almond milk for a dairy free version. I have done this to make our Jiffy layered cornbread salad too and you wouldn’t know the difference.

Use our quick bean mixture or you can make Chili With Dried Beans for this. Once you have the mixture pour it on the bottom. Then mix the batter as directed on the back of the box and pour that right over. By the time the breading is baked and golden brown on the top the beans will be warmed and everything will be ready to eat.

Fritos Cowboy Cornbread Casserole

Ok so another variation is some people like to lightly crush this popular chip and fold into the batter before pouring it on. That will add more texture of course but will soften more than right out of the bag. 3/4 of a cup is plenty if you want to give that a whirl in there.

Cowboy Cornbread Casserole with Rotel

And yet another alteration if you want spicy all the way in there. Instead of a can of diced tomatoes, use Homemade Rotel instead! If you have never used this it is basically petite diced tomatoes with finely chopped green chiles and/or jalapenos too. Needless to say this will make it spicy, unless you choose the mild can.

How to Make Jiffy Cornbread Casserole

• In a skillet over medium high heat cook your meat until it is no longer pink.
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Spray the inside of your pie plate with nonstick spray. In a large bowl combine the cooked beef, tomatoes, beans, and seasonings.
  • Stir to combine meat mixture and transfer to the prepared pie plate.
• In another bowl, combine the Jiffy cornbread boxed mix with necessary ingredients to make cornbread mixture; egg, and milk until well blended.
  • if you use another brand, add ingredients needed at the back of that box to create the batter
• Pour the cornbread batter over the chili pie and spread in an even layer.

Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until the corn bread is cooked through and is golden brown on the top. Serve with desired toppings like chives, sour cream, salsa, etc. It’s kinda’ the same idea as Crockpot shepherds pie with the breading on the top, meat on the bottom.

Cornbread Casserole with Ground Beef

There is a printable recipe card at the bottom of this post you can print and follow. Of course we love “seeing you” so you can instead come back every time you want to make this. You can certainly tweak this with different layers on the bottom like taco meat or ground turkey.

Chili Jiffy Cornbread Casserole

Want to amp it up before serving even more?? Sprinkle shredded cheese on the top during the last few minutes in the baking dish while it’s baking! You can serve this as is or if you do want a side of some kind, our honey butter skillet corn is great.