Congratulations, youāve found the actual BEST Chili Recipe! Itās won hundreds of cook-offs and, made with bacon, ground beef, and simmered on the stove for just 30 minutes, is about to knock your socks off.
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Ingredients
5 strips uncooked bacon choppedĀ¹
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 powderĀ²
1 Tablespoon ancho chili powderĀ²
1 Ā½ teaspoons smoked paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon onion powder
Ā¾ teaspoons ground black pepper
Ā½ teaspoon salt
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teaspoon cayenne pepperĀ³
1 Ā¼ 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)
Ā¼ cup tomato paste (66g)
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Preferred toppings particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips
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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:25 Place chopped (uncooked) bacon in a large pot or Dutch oven and cook over medium heat until crisp and cooked through. Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate and drain all but 1 Ā½ Tablespoons of grease.
01:38 Add onion and pepper and cook until softened, about 3-5 minutes.
02:22 Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
02:57 Add beef, breaking apart with a spatula as you cook. Once meat is partially (about 50%) browned, add sugar and all spices (chili powders, paprika, cumin, onion powder, black pepper, salt, cayenne pepperĀ³) and stir well.
05:35 Add all remaining ingredients ā beef broth, beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, chilis, and Worcestershire sauce ā and your cooked bacon and stir well.
08:16 Bring to a simmer, uncovered, and stir occasionally. Simmer for 30 minutes to allow flavor to really develop.
08:35 Serve with preferred toppings (sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips are a must!)
Notes
Ā¹For best flavor, DO NOT OMIT THE BACON. However, as someone who spent 23 years not eating bacon I wanted to include tips for those of you who might have the same restrictions. if you wish to make this recipe without bacon you *can* do so by skipping the first step, heating 1 Ā½ Tablespoons of oil over medium heat, and then beginning from step 2. On the other hand, if you want additional bacon for garnishing, cook it now and reserve.
Ā²You can substitute one chili powder for the other and use just traditional chili powder or just ancho chili powder, but I personally like the blend of the two.
Ā³This gives the chili a mild spice, if you like more heat increase to Ā¼ teaspoon for a moderate spice. Add additional cayenne pepper at your own risk!
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36 Comments
Has beans. Not chili. This is just some sort of beef stew, chili does NOT hace beans. It is law, your feelings to mot circumvent the law.
Award winning stew
Great! Thank you!
Question: Can you taste the bacon flavor in the chili? I'm not sure why but I hate the flavor of bacon. š¢ I used to eat all the bacon stuffs and now suddenly I can't stand it. It's quite tragic. lol
This would not come close to winning any of the contests I have been in. It's good sure but its about the most basic chili recipe that everyone uses.
Only wins in the north
I add the juice of a lime at the end.
Meat should have been browned SEPARATELY
THAT would have got Chef Kiss š
It wouldn't win at the chili cook off at my workplace. Last year, I swear the winner was Hormel canned chili. Those people have no taste.
This may have won awards because it tastes pretty good, but don't call it chili. No thickener? Yikes, this is soup.
Don't use Hunts. It a GMO product.
It's chili weather in Chicago! Bacon as a base is almost cheating. I would use 2 pounds of beef. Also, smoked pulled pork makes great chili. The fire roasted tomatoes and chili peppers is also a great tweak. It's worked great for me. I prefer my chili to have a thicker broth, more like a puree rather than watery/soupy. But I am not a competition cook.
When I found your chili recipe a few years back, I never looked back! It is the all time favorite in our house! Love this chili recipe!šÆ š¤¤ ā¤
Iāve been craving a good chili lately so Iām glad this video came up on my feed. Iām excited to try it!
This looks so good I'm trying it exactly how you made it. I may have discovered the greatest smoked paprika ever, it's like they got that day-after a campfire clothes smell into the jar it's AMAZING š Check out La Dalia smoked paprika with the blue lid
Been making this for years, exact way, but didn't add bacon and green chilies, can't wait to try.
I like to smoke my peppers on the BBQ over cherrywood ….. See you at the next cook off
Authentic Southwestern Texas Chili does NOT have Beans in it !!
The First recipe for Chili Con Carne was put on paper in 1731 by a Nun, Sister Mary of Agreda of Spain. She was known by the Indians of the Southwest as '' La Dama de Azul '' , lady in blue. The recipe called for Venison or Antelope Meat, Onions, Tomatoes, and a assorted kinds of Chile Peppers ! BUT NO BEANS !! In All of the Chili Cook Off Competitions if one puts any kind of Beans in their Chili , it's an automatic disqualification from the event !
NO BEANS !! Beans are a side dish that is served with Cornbread or Corn Muffins or Tortillas !
I've made this no less than a dozen times… it is my go-to chili recipe when I'm cooking for others. Everyone loves it.
How is that not a meat sauce…š¤£ w/ a little spice?
Maybe add some diced up canned mushrooms.
Very nice, I'll have to make this. But with my own broth and I'll add some chunky meet as well. Can't wait to make it.
This would win worst chile contest you used a white onion not yellow itās useless and Walmart canned vegetables they donāt have the flavor of name brand like hunts and cento yes Iāve compared them
In Michigan beans go in Chili!š
The only true competition events for chili follow ICS rules (International Chili Society) in which I won or placed in many events over the last 50 years, this recipe likely tastes good however it would never make it past the first round of judging. Look up the rules, no visible vegetables, no beans (and yes I like beans but thatās chili and beans, not chili which is meat in a sauce), canāt even have black pepper flakes showing, so the competitions you win are likely local, we call what you are making spaghetti sauce! And yes I know spaghetti sauce does not have beans in it, might be good tho!
Speak more slowly please.
2 cans of red beans instead of kidney and black beans. The skin of kidney beans is tough and with red beans you have bean flavor and body without the distracting bitter tough kidney beans skin.
This chili is really the best! I have made it so many times and itās my favorite ā¤ļø itās bomb!
Looks good but no chilis for me
ALL ABOUT THAT BASS! 'BOUT THAT BASS! NO TREBLE!….
Hundreds? Hundreds equals 2 hundred plus…Really.. I doubt it. I call BS.. Beans make it no bueno….no. That's not chili
QUESTION: How many shirts do you own? It seems like youāre always wearing a new one, but thatās probably because you have so many that none of them get worn much.
Mmmm Delicious! That looks great a middle of the road chili, not crazy spicy nor fussy like the Texas red using dried chilis… Very nice!
Looks really good. I actually don't make chili often, but now I think I'm due to make another one and I want to try this.
I was surprised that such a labor intensive recipe isn't using a homemade chili sauce. Or even any chili sauce. Pretty much every high-end chili I've seen does it.
This almost exactly how I've been making chili for years. The bacon is a must.
HATE TO TELL YOU YOUNGSTER, THIS RECIPE OR DAMN NEAR THE EXACT THING HAS BEEN MADE BY ME AND MILLIONS OF OTHERS LONG BEFORE YOU WERE BORN.
Bacon has no place in Chili.