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I never really thought of Jimmy Dean as anything other than a breakfast company. I knew they made sausages and breakfast sandwiches but I thought that was it. Jimmy Dean also makes Sausage Crumbles, available in Turkey, Original Pork, and Hot and Spicy flavors. These Sausage Crumbles are full flavor, fully cooked and make a great addition to a wide variety of recipes.
I decided I was going try to make a chili with these Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles. At first I couldn’t find these in Walmart, Tops or Wegmans – but I was looking in the frozen food section near the breakfast stuff. Turns out I needed to look in the refrigerated cases by the bacon and italian sausages. I had wanted to try the Hot and Spicy flavor, but since none of my local stores had it in stock at the time, I got two bags of the Original Pork. The chili came out surprisingly good, and since I didn’t have to wait for the meat to thaw and then brown it up, the chili was ready fast!
For this chili I used:
- 1 small can of chopped green chilis
- 2 cans of diced tomatoes (you can use whatever kind you prefer, I used one can chili style, and one roasted garlic and onion flavor)
- 1 Can of tomato sauce
- 1 Can of crushed tomatoes
- 1 Can of chili beans
- 2 Cans of kidney beans
- 1/2 of a large red onion
- 2 Bags of Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles
- 1 packet of Tex Mex Chili seasoning
- 1 TBS minced Garlic (not pictured)
First I added all the canned ingredients and the seasoning mix to a large pot and set the burner to a medium heat.
While that was heating up, I added in the garlic and diced up the onion and added that to the pot.
Next I opened both bags of Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles and added them to the mix.
Since the crumbles were already cooked, I just had to heat them. I could have heated them separately in a pan, or in the microwave, but since the chili was already heating up while I was dicing up the onions I was able to add the crumbles right to the mix. I just stirred occasionally while it was heating to make sure that all the ingredients were being mixed together.
I had dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes!
We usually use ground beef in our chili, so I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it with the Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles, but it turned out delicious! I definitely want to try the Hot and Spicy crumbles because I think it would give the chili that extra kick!
Have you tried the Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles Yet? If so, let me know what you thought! If you haven’t tried them yet, what dish do you think you could make with them?
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Mmmm… Great idea. I love a good chilli!
I haven’t tried them, but I can see how they’d be great in chile.
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Oh my goodness, this looks delicious! I haven’t seen them in the stores. Gonna have to look harder and then try your recipe!
This brand isn’t available in England, but I enjoyed your recipe.
This sounds lovely, but I’d have to find an alternate brand!
perfect timing that i’m reading this – making breakfast now – YUMM!!
I have used Jimmy Dean Crumbles with eggs and on the side with pancakes. They are quite delicious. I’m interested in this chili recipe as an alternative to the beef one I have always used.
I have never used this product, but the end results looks great. I also like your photo with all the ingredients lined up on display.
I have not tried Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles, but I would love to make this dish and try these crumbles. I have had Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches and loved them. I am going to get some and put them in my omelet!
I never thought of putting sausage in chili, I have made with ground beef, pork chicken or cut up left over roast and it was good, but I now will try with the sausage, I love that this sausage is already cooked and I use it in scrambled eggs, with cheese and it gets hot with the eggs, I love the convenience factor of using the Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles.
Im not huge on chili, but my husband would LOVE this!
Great idea for the crumbles, but it would depend if it was cost effective for me to use.
I have tried these before in scrambled eggs. I had not thought to put them in chili. That’s an interesting idea.
Sounds Like A Great Recipe Will Have To Try!1
Thanks for this review. I had NO idea something like this was available. I’m sure it’s there in the aisle that I peruse every time I’m at the store but since I haven’t been LOOKING for it, I haven’t seen it. This is great. It’s going to make breakfast casserole a whole lot easier!
I have not tried them yet, but they sure seem easy to use. Your chili recipe sounds delicious, will have to give it a try.
looks delicious.
That sounds delicious. I love Jimmy Dean sausage and always use it to make sausage gravy– had no idea they were selling it already browned and crumbled; this will make it much quicker to get breakfast on the table. Thanks for sharing this.
This does look really, REALLY good! I need so make some chili before it gets too warm here in AZ!
I love Jimmy Dean sausage. I normally get one of those rolls of their sausage for chili. I didn’t know about these crumbles though. I will keep watch for them!
That looks so good. I love chili.
Just mix and heat, thats perfect for a working household, thanks for sharing!
This sounds really good. I wouldn’t have thought about using sausage crumbles in my chili, but definitely a good idea. Thanks.
This looks so good, never thought about making chili with Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles.
Oh dear me! It’s only 10:30 a.m. and I’m reading this and drooling! I NEVER would have thought to use sausage, let alone the JD crumbles in a chili recipe! Thank you so much for the recipe, review and information. I can’t wait to try it! YUM! 🙂
I have a house full of sausage lovers. Great recipe for a cold winter night!
Using ready to go sausage crumbles in chili was a great idea. I might have to try that. Sausage crumbles would be good to use in a egg scramble too. I could also see it in spaghetti as alternative to beef.
Thanks for the recipe, I;ll have to try it sometime
Great new and different spin on the Chili. This would shake up our menu. I’m in a constant search to keep our menu new and less blah.
Oh that chili looks super easy… I love chili but usually brown all the meat so this would def save time!
This dish that you made looks delicious and I love Jimmy Dean sandwiches that I get at the store. I have never tried the Sausage Crumbles. I am going to make omelets with the sausage crumbles when I get them at the store.
Sounds like a great option for a delicious chili! Thank you for sharing.
I’m not one who usually likes sausage in their chili, but for a quick meal my husband would love this !
I love Sausage Chili. I love Jimmy Dean Sausage. I haven’t tried the fully cooked crumbles yet but I bet it would make making Chili quicker and I know it would taste awesome with Jimmy Dean
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You have NO idea how good this looks to me right.. yummo! Thank you for the recipe!!
We have been looking for a good chili recipe to try and this looks really good! Going to have to add this to the recipe book!!
I Would love to try chili made with Jimmy Dean Sausage.It Looks So Good..
I Have Not Seen The Jimmy Dean Crumbles Here.
This sounds awesome! I am going to check it out the next time I’m at walmart and make this! Thank you for the great information!
Oh Wow! That looks so good! All I need now is a bread bowl to put it in. Especially now that we have a Winter Weather warning….. another 6 to 9 inches of snow! Bring on the Chili!
Yumm , looks amazing I think I know what im cooking for dinner 🙂 got to try the Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles
i haven not tried their chili yet but I think I need to
It looks delicious! I also use ground beef in my chili but think that I am going to try the Jimmy Deans Spicy Sausage Crumbles next time and see how my family likes it 🙂
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This sounds so much more easier than browning and then draining meat. Thank you for the recipe. Love me some Jimmy Dean sausage YUM
Wow this looks so good. I have not tried these but thank I will go find them at my grocery store this weekend. Thanks for sharing.
These look so good. Thanks for linking up at the #ThrowbackThursdayLP!
Looks really yummy! I love all the extra tomatoes in this recipe.
I like his products.
Great recipe, thanks for sharing! Ill have to give it a try!
I need to try this ..soon before all the cool weather is gone !
I have never knew or saw these products before…now I am going to have to keep a look out because I do love to make chili and veggie soups with meat in them. I think that these would be great to try in them!
This looks so good. We have used the crumbles before in gravy. Want to try making this!
wow that looks delicious I’ll try it
I love chili and that recipe looks good!
Thanks for the recipe. I have been looking for a new chili recipe
This looks delicious! I also entered the Eureka giveaway. Thanks
Your chili looks and sounds delicious. I can think of so many things to make with this. I really want to try a breakfast casserole with eggs, cheese and the whole bit. I hope our Walmart carries them.
Oh wow, that chili looks so good. I am definitely going to try it. I love that they came out with these crumbles. I would like to try them in my sausage gravy. Mmmmm getting hungry here !:)
I’m a vegetarian and wouldn’t use these crumbles, but MorningStar makes veggie crumbles that I could use.
I’ve used Jimmy Dean products for a long time. We enjoy the sausage and egg sandwiches very much. Whenever I have coupons for these I buy as many as I can fit in my freezer. I have used the Hot and Spicy Crumbles in tacos instead of beef or chicken. They were a big hit in our family and I will be doing this again soon.
For some reason I can’t find the Hot and Spicy at our local store! I have been still wanting to try them!
We have also used this to sprinkle on our pizza.
This chili looks delicious! I haven’t heard of this product yet and I think it definitely adds to the chili.
wow this sounds really good thanks
That chili really looks good and not too hard to make.
that looks yummy!! I need to try this
I so remember the Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage ads on TV from when I was a kid! I did not realize they were still around. My hubby is a huge sausage fan for ANY meal (even snackies!), so ‘ll have to try this!
This chili recipe looks awesome. Thank you for sharing it. 🙂
Sounds yummy! The meat is my favorite part of chili!
WOW! This looks amazing.. I have only made Chili one time in my life and it turned out ok.. Im looking for something a little different.. I am bookmarking this one! =) Thanks for sharing!
We love Jimmy Dean. I havent tried the crumbles and they look great. I usually buy the rolls of sausage.
I have never heard of these before. They look good! I’ll try the chili recipe. Thanks
This would be perfect for when I make my lasagna. I use ground up sausage and ground beef.
I’ve never tried Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles. We’ve been eating meatless chili lately but these would be great for breakfast burritos!
I adore Jimmy Dean. Can’t wait to find these in my stores!
i never thought of using Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles for chili , it sure looks good ! I did make a breakfast casserole and spaghetti with a meat sauce before using Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles . Very convenient and tasty 🙂
What a great delicious idea. I have to try these,. Your recipe looks so good, I have to make this…I have so many ideas to use these for- lasagna, tacos, spaghetti…yum!
OOOhhhh Lasagna sounds really good right now!
great recipe thanks so much for it my family really love chli denise smith denise226@verizon.net
I have not tried this but you make it look really good
What a great idea to make dinner so fast, especially when you just don’t know what to make.
Awesome and easy! Pinning for later 🙂
This looks delicious. Thanks for linking up at #ThrowbackThursdayLP
I love Jimmy Dean sausages but I’ve never tried it in chili. Thanks for sharing.
I love the Jimmy Dean Bacon Bits, so I’m sure I’d love the crumbles! This looks so good!
Thanks for the recipe. I love chili and trying new recipes for delicious chili. I’ll have to try this.
this sounds like a great receipe would love to try it
I love chili love to try this
I have never tried Jimmy Dean Sausage Crumbles, but the spicy one sounds good. My hubby loves spicy foods. I’m going to try it out the next time I make chili.
That sounds so good, I just pinned it under my #breakfast board, have got to try it, thx so much for the great idea..I am a newbie here, but when I
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I haven’t tried them yet but my husband wants to try them in his sausage stuffing recipe.
Tis recipes gives me some good ideas, although I think I will substitute organic, free-range turkey in place of the sausage, and add a bit of turmeric, cumin & cilantro.
This chilli sounds like it will be a home run at my house.
I am definitely going to try it, it looks so good, now im getting hungry
Thats a great use of the crumbles. I would like to try them on a pizza.
I use the crumbles in my breakfast wraps and omelets. So easy and yummy.
I know for a fact that my brother would love this recipe!
We eat chili a lot in our house and this recipe looks so good. I can’t wait to try it.
We use Jimmy Dean sausage for a few of our recipes. We doctor-up our frozen pizzas with J.D. & other ingredients. We love chili & have it alot in our house. I will have to try their sausage in it next time. I like their breakfast sandwiches.
Wow, this chili looks delicious! Always looking for good recipes. I also love Jimmy Dean sausage so no doubt this will be great not only in chili but many other recipes I use. Thanks for the recipe & review!!
Jimmy Dean is one of my favorite sausages. I never thought of using it in chili!
i never thought of using sausage in a chili – i have always used ground beef or ground turkey.
but i would definitely try this recipe!
I don’t usually like anything by Jimmy Dean, but you inspired me to try something new. Thanks for the recipe.
Yum, that looks so delicious.
I have never made chili using sausage, but this sounds good. I love these Jimmy Dean Sausage crumbles and use them in a lot of different things especially omelets, egg casserole and on pizza, they are so yummy
I like using Jimmy dean in my spaghetti sauce as well. Your chili looks awesome, btw.
This would make things very easy and quick and cut down on cooking time. I love the crumbles for sausage and biscuits!
I didn’t know they had these but it would make it easier to make lasagna and chili with