Best-Ever 1-Hour Chili
Prefer to use dried beans? You can sub 3 cups cooked dried beans for the canned beans. Also, use any kind of ground meat in this recipe, or make it vegan-friendly by swapping out the beef for chopped sweet potatoes.
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 poblano pepper, seeded and chopped and/or 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded (if desired) and finely chopped
- 1 tsp. salt
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp. tomato paste
- 3 Tbsp. chili powder (Frontier brand is our fave)
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 2 tsp. ground coriander
- 1 qt. canned tomatoes or one 28-oz. can whole tomatoes, broken into pieces or chopped
- 2 15-oz. cans dark red kidney beans, cannellini beans, black beans, and/or other desired beans rinsed and drained (or 3 cups cooked dried beans)
- 2 to 4 cups water
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Toppers, such as cilantro, cheddar, avocado, red onion, sour cream, lime wedges, oyster crackers, etc.
Instructions
- In a large pot cook ground beef over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned. Add onion, bell pepper, and poblano and/or jalapeño peppers. Sprinkle with 1 tsp. salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes or until onion and peppers are softened.Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Add tomato paste, 2 Tbsp. chili powder, cumin, and coriander; cook and stir 1 minute.
- Stir in tomatoes, beans, and 2 cups water. Bring to boiling.Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring in additional water as needed if mixture gets too thick. Remove from heat and stir in remaining 1Tbsp. chili powder. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve with desired toppers.
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