I have been using hot breakfast sausage since I started making chili. It has a really nice spice blend and flavor on top of having a nice kick. It also has a nice consistency and mixes well with ground beef. I like to use this meat mixture for a variety of recipes but mainly it’s a go-to meatball when I want there to be a little heat in the recipe. It’s also the meatball base that I use for some of my recipes that are stuffed since the it holds up better during the cooking process because of the combination of these meats.It’s the classic combination of pork and beef that is the base of a lot of meatball recipes out there in the world. You can always substitute out the Hot Breakfast Sausage for any variety of Breakfast Sausage or your favorite hot Italian sausage or premade sausage. We have a couple of local grocery stores that have their own house blend that I love too. The consistency of those ground sausages is a little different than the bigger brands, so just take that into consideration when swapping out the meat in this recipe.