Super Easy Chili Recipe

This easy chili recipe is completely customizable and a delicious recipe for chilly fall and winter nights. Full of protein, this chili recipe features ground beef, bulk sausage, kidney beans and Cannellini beans. I share with you my two secret ingredients!

If you are looking for more comfort food recipes you need to make crockpot Mexican corn soup, Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup, ham pot pie or one pot chili mac and cheese.

Simple Chili Recipe

This is a recipe I have developed over a few years, a bunch of trial and error and it works for my family. Use this as a guide to make your own chili. Add more of what you like and take away what you don’t. This is food..not science…well sort of.

Ingredients to make this chili recipe:

• Ground beef
• bulk sausage
• crushed tomatoes
• Kidney Beans
• Cannellini Beans
• onions
• Bell pepper 
• Frozen corn
• garlic
• Peanut butter
• Chocolate
• Cumin
• Chili powder
• Salt & Pepper

Easy Chili Directions

1. Brown both the ground beef and the sausage.
2. Remove the cooked meat and keep the meat drippings in the pan to sauté the vegetables. 
3. Add the grated garlic to the vegetables. 
4. Add everything else to the pot.
5. Add the cooked meats, the beans (drained and rinsed) 1/2 of a 1 lb. bag of corn, the spices but NOT THE SALT. 
6. Add a large serving spoon full of peanut butter to the chili.
7. Add 1/2 a bar of chocolate. Stir once melted.
8. Let the simmer on low for 45 minutes or longer. 

Can I make this easy chili recipe in a crock-pot?

Yes! This easy chili recipe can easily be adapted to a crock-pot slow cooker. Follow the following instructions for slow cooker chili success.

Chili Crock-Pot Instructions

1. In a large pan, brown both the ground beef and the sausage.  Make sure to cook all the pink out of the meat.
2. Dice the onions.
3. Dice the peppers.
4. Remove the cooked meat and place in the bottom of the crock-pot.
5. Keep the meat drippings in the pan to sauté the vegetables. No need to add oil if you have flavorful pan drippings to use!
6. Add them both to the hot pan and sauté till translucent and take on a bit of color.
7. Either finely mince 2 cloves of garlic or run them over a Microplane.
8. Add the grated garlic to the vegetables. I like to add the garlic after the vegetables are sautéed because if I add it at the beginning it always burns! No one likes burnt garlic.
9. Add all the ingredients to the crock-pot.
10. Set on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-5.

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Easy Chili

Sarah Mock

This easy chili recipe is completely customizable and a delicious recipe for chilly fall and winter nights. Full of protein, this chili recipe features ground beef, bulk sausage, kidney beans and Cannellini beans. I share with you my two secret ingredients!

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 1 hr

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Course Crock-Pot Recipes

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Calories 627 kcal

Equipment

• Crock-Pot 6-Quart Cook & Carry Slow Cooker

Ingredients

  

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• 1 pound Ground beef
• 1/2 lb bulk sausage.
• 3 cans 28 oz each crushed tomatoes
• 2 cans of Kidney Beans 15 oz each
• 1 can of Cannellini Beans 15 oz
• 2 onions
• 1 pepper red pictured but green is good too!
• 1 cup Corn frozen or 1 15 oz can
• 2 cloves garlic
• Peanut butter
• Chocolate
• 3 Tablespoons Cumin
• 4 Tablespoons Chili powder
• Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions

 

Easy Chili Directions

• Brown both the ground beef and the sausage.
• Remove the cooked meat and keep the meat drippings in the pan to sauté the vegetables.
• Add the grated garlic to the vegetables.
• Add everything else to the pot.
• Add the cooked meats, the beans (drained and rinsed) 1/2 of a 1 lb. bag of corn, the spices but NOT THE SALT.
• Add a large serving spoon full of peanut butter to the chili.
• Add 1/2 a bar of chocolate. Stir once melted.
• Let it simmer on low for 45 minutes or longer.

Chili Crock-Pot Instructions

• In a large pan, brown both the ground beef and the sausage.
• Make sure to cook all the pink out of the meat.
• Dice the onions.
• Dice the peppers.
• Remove the cooked meat and place in the bottom of the crock-pot.
• Keep the meat drippings in the pan to sauté the vegetables. No need to add oil if you have flavorful pan drippings to use!
• Add them both to the hot pan and sauté till translucent and take on a bit of color.
• Either finely mince 2 cloves of garlic or run them over a Microplane.
• Add the grated garlic to the vegetables. I like to add the garlic after the vegetables are sautéed because if I add it at the beginning it always burns! No one likes burnt garlic.
• Add all the ingredients to the crock-pot.
• Set on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-5.

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Notes

What toppings go on top of chili?

There are a variety of delicious toppings that can top a bowl of piping hot chili. Here is a list of some of my favorites:

1. Shredded cheddar cheese
2. Sour Cream
3. Chives
4. Salsa
5. Tortilla chips
6. Squeeze of lime
7. Corn Bread
8. Cilantro
9. Diced jalapenos

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 627kcalCarbohydrates: 52gProtein: 42gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 91mgSodium: 660mgFiber: 13gSugar: 7g

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Sarah Mock

CEO/Owner/Founder/Culinary Blogger

Sarah Mock is a classically trained Chef and graduate of Johnson & Wales University. A culinary blogger for 12 years Sarah helps the home cook prepare her recipes with professional results.

this post originally published Jan 25, 2013