Mark’s Recipes

The Best Chili Recipe (Award Winning!)

Name: The Best Chili Recipe (Award Winning!)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Dinner
Ingredients: 5 strips uncooked bacon (chopped¹); 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 powder²; 1 Tablespoon ancho chili powder²; 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1 teaspoon onion powder; ¾ teaspoons ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper³; 1 ¼ 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 ½ oz can diced fire roasted tomatoes (undrained, 411g); 7- oz can fire roasted green chilis (198g); ¼ cup tomato paste (66g); 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; Preferred toppings (particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips)

Beef

Dinner

6 servings

servings

10 minutes

active time

30 minutes

total time

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Ingredients

5 strips uncooked bacon (chopped¹)

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 powder²

1 Tablespoon ancho chili powder²

1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon onion powder

¾ teaspoons ground black pepper

½ teaspoon salt

⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper³

1 ¼ 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 ½ oz can diced fire roasted tomatoes (undrained, 411g)

7- oz can fire roasted green chilis (198g)

¼ cup tomato paste (66g)

1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Preferred toppings (particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips)

Directions

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 ½ Tablespoons of grease.

Add onion and pepper and cook until softened, about 3-5 minutes.

Add garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).

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 pepper) and stir well.

Add all remaining ingredients -- beef broth, beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, chilis, and Worcestershire sauce -- and your cooked bacon and stir well.

Bring to a boil and cook 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently.

Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 30 minutes to allow flavor to really develop.

Serve with preferred toppings (sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips are a must!)

Nutrition

Serving Size

1 serving (not including

Calories

611 kcal

Total Fat

19 g

Saturated Fat

4 g

Unsaturated Fat

1 g

Trans Fat

Cholesterol

55 mg

Sodium

1315 mg

Total Carbohydrate

72 g

Dietary Fiber

11 g

Total Sugars

14 g

Protein

40 g