Name: Easy Chili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 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

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

Time to make chili! 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.

Easy Chili Ingredients:

1 pound Ground beef
1/2 lb bulk sausage. (Jimmy Dean pictured)
3 cans 28 oz each crushed tomatoes (2 of Furmano’s and 1 quart of home canned)
2 cans of Kidney Beans 15 oz each (Hanover brand pictured)
1 can of Cannellini Beans 15 oz (Giant brand pictured, behind the sausage)
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 (Crazy Richard’s pictured)
Chocolate (Hershey’s pictured)
3 Tablespoons Cumin
4 Tablespoons Chili powder
Salt & Pepper (to taste)

Easy Chili Directions

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 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 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. I always salt after a dish is cooked. Especially when canned vegetables are used. Stir to combine.
Add a large serving spoon full of peanut butter to the chili.
Add 1/2 a bar of chocolate. Stir once melted.
Let the simmer on low for 45 minutes or longer. I love to let it simmer all afternoon. The flavors just marry and meld together and get better with time. This freezes beautifully.

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

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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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:

Shredded cheddar cheese
Sour Cream
Chives
Salsa
Tortilla chips
Squeeze of lime
Corn Bread
Cilanto
Diced jalapenos

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Yield: 6 people

Easy Chili

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 45 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

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

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 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 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. I always salt after a dish is cooked. Especially when canned vegetables are used. Stir to combine.
Add a large serving spoon full of peanut butter to the chili.
Add 1/2 a bar of chocolate. Stir once melted.
Let the simmer on low for 45 minutes or longer. I love to let it simmer all afternoon. The flavors just marry and meld together and get better with time. This freezes beautifully.

Comments

Robin Glembotzky says
January 25, 2013 at 4:59 pm
I’ve heard of chocolate but never Peanut Butter in Chili!! whatever possessed you to add that? And how does it help the taste?
Sarah Mock says
January 26, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Adding peanut butter is something I picked up when I was in culinary college. I was helping a chili competition team with a recipe, it was added, the chili won. I can’t argue with that! I think it adds a slight sweetness to cut a bit of the heat with out being overly sugary.
Singerinkitchen says
February 9, 2016 at 9:20 pm
Wow, yep first time seeing peanut butter in chili. Sounds delish!
Sarah Mock says
February 12, 2016 at 4:45 pm
I get that a lot. We love it.
Sarah says
July 18, 2018 at 10:41 am
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