Name: The Best Chili Recipe (Award Winning!)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6, 6 servings (this recipe makes 10 cups total, so one serving is approx 1 2/3 cup)
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 5 strips uncooked bacon (chopped¹); 1 large yellow onion (diced (about 1 cup)); 1 red bell pepper (diced); 3 cloves garlic (minced (about 1 Tablespoon)); 1 lb ground beef ((455g) (I use 90% but any will work)); 1 Tablespoon brown sugar; 1 Tablespoon chili powder²; 1 Tablespoon ancho chili powder²; 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 teaspoon onion powder; ¾ teaspoons ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper³; 1 ¼ cup beef broth ((295ml)); 15 oz can dark red kidney beans (lightly rinsed and drained (425g)); 15 oz can black beans (lightly rinsed and drained (425)); 14.5 oz can diced fire roasted tomatoes (undrained (411g)); 7- oz can fire roasted green chilis ((198g)); ¼ cup tomato paste ((66g)); 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; Preferred toppings (particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips)

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The Best Chili Recipe (Award Winning!)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 6 · 30m total

Servings

Calories

26% of a 2,000 cal day

521KCAL

Protein

31g62% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat26g

33%

Saturated9g

43%

Unsaturated17g

—

Total Carbs44g

16%

Fiber13g

45%

Total Sugars10g

—

incl. Added Sugars2g

Starch21g

—

Sodium1283mg

56%

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

An award-winning chili simmered with bacon, ground beef, beans, and spices for 30 minutes. Warming and deeply flavored. Perfect cold-weather comfort food.

Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

5uncooked bacon
1large yellow onion — diced, 1 cup
1red bell pepper — diced
3garlic — minced, 1 tbsp
455 gground beef — 1 lb
1 tbspbrown sugar
1 tbspchili powder
1 tbspancho chili powder
1½ tspsmoked paprika
1 tspcumin
1 tsponion powder
¾ tspground black pepper
½ tspsalt
⅛ tspcayenne pepper
1¼ cupsbeef broth — 295 ml
425 gdark red kidney beans — canned, lightly rinsed and drained, 15 oz
425 gblack beans — canned, rinsed, drained, 15 oz
411 gdiced fire-roasted tomatoes — canned, undrained, 14½ oz
198 gfire-roasted green chilis — canned, 7 oz
66 gtomato paste — ¼ cup
1 tbspWorcestershire sauce
Preferred toppings — particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips

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Method

30m total

Read the method on Sugar Spun RunSam Merritt’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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