Game day comfort food at its finest! 🏈🌶️
A pot of my Simple, Perfect Beef Chili is where it all starts—rich, flavorful, and classic. First, I show you the basic recipe. Then we’ll add beans if you’re into that sort of thing (all chili preferences are welcome here 😉). But then fun really begins!
This one pot of chili turns into multiple dinners AND ultimate football food: chili dogs, chili burgers, chili nachos, loaded potato skins, and more game-day favorites that disappear faster than the chips and dip. 🧀🌭🔥
Perfect for the big game on TV, feeding a crowd, or stocking your fridge with leftovers. This chili seems to get better every day! Easy, hearty, and endlessly customizable—this chili is the real MVP. 🏆
Tell me: are you Team Beans or Team No Beans?
Recipe is in the comments!
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❤❤❤❤ Definitely going to try a couple of those different recipes with the beef chili recipe thanks for sharing
Love all your recipes and your tips, you mentioned how to “dry” out mashed potatoes before mashing by leaving them on the burner and I was like mind blown 🤯 great tip for getting fluffy potatoes and I mentioned it in my last cooking video on YouTube I loved that little trick so much 😊😊
Here's my recipe for Simple, Perfect Chili (both with and without beans!)
4 lbs. ground beef
6 garlic cloves, minced
2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce, or 1 14-ounce can whole tomatoes with juice
1/4 cup chili powder, plus more to taste
1 tablespoon ground cumin
3 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. kosher salt, plus more to taste
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper, plus more to taste
1/2 cup masa harina (corn flour) or regular cornmeal
2 to 4 15-ounce cans beans (kidney and pinto), drained and rinsed (optional)
Shredded cheddar and diced red onion, for serving
In a large heavy pot, brown the ground beef with the garlic until it’s totally cooked. Drain off most of the excess fat, leaving a little behind for moisture and flavor.
Add the chili powder, cumin, oregano, salt and cayenne. Stir together well. Add the canned tomato sauce or tomatoes, then fill the can twice with water twice and add. Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
In a small bowl, combine the masa harina with 1/2 cup water and stir with a fork until smooth, then stir into the chili. Add up to 1 1/2 more cups of water depending on how saucy you like it! Let simmer for another 10 minutes to thicken. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Serve with fixings!
If you like beans, stir them into the chili after cooking and let them simmer and heat up for 5 minutes.
😋😋 it made me hungry
Looks delicious! Nothing like nice warm chili on a cold winter day!! 😊
Try adding that Chili to the Inside of a Sopapilla Then add some Sauce on top with Cheese Lettuce and Onions and Tomatoes , Thats an easy version of in NM what we call a Stuffed Sopapilla
The perfect "junk'' food is a chili hot dog! (with some hot sauce).
Thank you for the recipe and ideas.
Looks absolutely delicious 🙌🏾
Is the Oregano Italian or Mexican Oregano?
Delicioso gracias 🙏
Could you please make a recipe for banana bread ❤
I'm diggin' the concise, voice-over vids Ree! Only thing I'd add to that chili is Chipotle in adobo sauce!
Years sgo, Bon Appetit had a recipe called Texican Shredded Pork that makes very good chili using ground beef and black beans. Your recipe may be almost as good.😊
So yummy 😋
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Good to see you Ree
Love chili!!!! Nothing better when it’s cold out! 🫶🏻♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for sharing! I have had it with meat and without.
No onions ??
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Mmmm… yummy!😋
I laughed when you made this with no beans. My husband swears that chili isn't chili without beans. I beg to differ, Chili comes both ways!
No beans. I use crackers, corn chips or tortilla chips in my chili bowl. Not cheese or sour cream. When it comes to the onions, I mix it in with the ground beef while cooking.
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I love these old school recipes. They are the best!
I want to live in your kitchen.
Looks delicious. Love a chili cheeseburger. Thanks Ree.
That chili would go great on spaghetti.
Team No Beans
Looks delicious!
I've been cooking the Pioneer Woman's chili for over ten years!!❤ I never added masa, but trust me, it's still delicious!! I'm on team beans🫘
Yes! I’m going to try your recipe! I absolutely love chili dogs, chili cheeseburgers (my favorite) and chili topped baked taters! I like beans in the chili…just not kidney beans! 😵💫
I don’t want raw red onions on top basically this looks like spaghetti sauce without beans
The chili cheeseburger reminded me of a little whole in the wall place here in my city in east Texas back in the 70's. It sold a huge triple deck cheeseburger smothered in chili. It was called the Chili Whomper Stomper and it was delicious.
Looks sooo yummy!🤤 ❤
I sure wish I could have a big bowl of chili . Unfortunately, I don't have a bottom denture and my top one won't stay in so I'm only able to eat soft food. Maybe someday I'll be able to afford new dentures so I can eat REGULAR food again.
man they all look delicious..