Texas Chili Con Carne for 10 + Hot Water Cornbread 🔥🥣
If comfort food had a personality, this would be it.
This Texas-style Chili Con Carne is smoky, rich, hearty, and packed with layers of flavor from bacon, smoked sausage, beef, pork, peppers, beans, and bold Calou Kitchen-style seasoning. The liquid smoke takes it over the top and gives it that slow-cooked Southern taste without needing a smoker.
✨ Texas Chili Con Carne Recipe
Serves 10
Ingredients: • 1 lb ground beef
• 1 lb ground pork sausage
• 1 package smoked sausage, sliced
• 4 strips bacon, chopped
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 bell pepper, diced
• 4 small sweet peppers, diced
• 1 jalapeño, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 1 8 oz can diced tomatoes
• 1 can pinto beans, drained
• 1 can black beans, drained
• 1 can cannellini beans, drained
• 1 can dark red kidney beans, drained
• 1 tablespoon liquid smoke
• 2 cups water or beef broth
Seasonings: • 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons blackened seasoning
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• Optional: ½ teaspoon cayenne for extra heat
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🔥 Directions: In a large pot or Dutch oven, cook chopped bacon over medium heat until crispy. Remove bacon and set aside, leaving a little bacon grease in the pot.
Add smoked sausage and brown lightly. Add ground beef and pork sausage and cook until fully browned.
Stir in onion, bell pepper, sweet peppers, jalapeño, and garlic. Cook until softened and fragrant, about 5–7 minutes.
Add tomato paste and stir well, allowing it to cook down for 2 minutes to deepen the flavor.
Pour in diced tomatoes, all four cans of beans, liquid smoke, and water or broth. Stir thoroughly.
Add all seasonings and reserved bacon. Bring to a low boil, then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally until thick and rich.
Taste and adjust salt, spice, or liquid as needed.
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Looks delicious!