Chili Queso Pigs in a Blanket Skillet
This one pan skillet has it ALL! The traditional pigs in a blanket are taken up 10 notches by adding chili, cheese sauce, shredded cheese, and jalapeños in the middle of the pan to make it a legendary dipping appetizer that’s super crowd friendly! Plus everything is cooked in one skillet, talk about a WIN WIN for everyone, someone say less dishes to wash. Make this for your next football party and I have a feeling it will be the most requested appetizer every game!
The key to making sure the outer pigs in a blanket stay somewhat crispy is cooking them for a little bit before adding the chili and cheese sauce in the middle. This will give it a nice crisp to the dough of the pigs in a blanket, preventing a soggy mess!
Chili Queso Pigs in a Blanket Skillet
Ingredients
1 - 14 ounce package lil smokies
1 can crescent dough sheet
5 slices American cheese
1 - 15 ounce can chili
1 cup nacho cheese sauce
1 cup colby jack cheese, shredded
1 jalapeño, sliced
2 green onions, sliced green parts
Instructions
Place crescent dough sheet flat onto parchment paper or a baking sheet. Break American cheese into 25 pieces and place cheese on crescent dough in 5 rows and 5 columns. Place a smokie on top of each piece of cheese. Cut the rows and columns so that each smokie has its own box. Roll the crescent dough longways around the smokie and cheese so you see the top and bottom of the smokie
In a 12” cast iron skillet, place 16 smokies vertically and around the perimeter of skillet, leaving room between each one. Bake in a 375 degree preheated oven for 7 minutes
Remove skillet from oven and pour chili in to the middle of skillet. Smooth chili out and layer nacho cheese on top. Next sprinkle shredded colby jack cheese over the nacho cheese/chili layer. Place jalapeño slices on top of shredded cheese and lay remaining 9 pigs in a blanket horizontally on top of shredded cheese layer toward the outside perimeter
Bake for another 20-25 minutes or until pigs in a blanket are puffy and golden and cheese is melted and bubbling
Serve right away and enjoy
This citrus sangria is a crowd pleaser! It has a light and bright flavor from the citrus fruit that makes it so refreshing and tasty. It’s the perfect balance of tart from the grapefruit and a hint of sweet from the orange. Although citrus fruit is often found in summertime drinks, I always like to serve them during the winter holidays too! Especially since we could all use an extra dose of vitamin C during that time.