Easy Slow Cooker Chili
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Come home to the best homemade chili! It’s an amazingly hearty, cozy beef chili that cooks low and slow for 8 hrs in the crockpot!
Is it too late in the year to still be whipping up crockpot recipes?
I mean, I did just mention it was going to be 63 degrees F this weekend, but it’s also raining today. Oh and I think I see a forecast of snow sometime next week…
But that’s another story.
Anyway, Butters is currently in his adorable ruffled yellow rain coat while I’m letting this chili cook low and slow, filling up the house with the best kind of aroma: beef chili.
All you need to do is crumble up your ground beef and then dump the rest of your ingredients in your slow cooker.
And if you have a saute function in your crockpot, you have yourself a true one pot wonder.
But as I’m waiting for this to finish cooking through, I’ve also gone through an entire bag of corn chips. You know, the corn chips that were meant to be used for a garnish here.
My bad.
Easy Slow Cooker Chili
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium sweet onion, diced
- 1 poblano chili, minced
- 2 ½ cups beef stock
- 1 16-ounce can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 16-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 15-ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 1 14.5-ounce can petite diced tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce, optional
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- 1 cup corn chips
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add ground beef and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; drain excess fat. Add garlic, onion and chili. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 4-6 minutes.
- Place ground beef mixture into a 6-qt slow cooker. Stir in beef stock, kidney beans, black beans, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, chili powder, paprika, oregano, cumin and hot sauce; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cover and cook on low heat for 7-8 hours or high heat for 5-6 hours.
- Serve immediately, garnished with sour cream, green onions and corn chips, if desired.
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Does the poblano chili make this recipe spicy? Wondering if it will be too much for my two toddlers.
So grateful for this delicious recipe! Have made it countless times since Helene devastated so many places around me / sometimes I wish I could grab a bowl for myself before I give it to others ..,thank you – easy and yummy ❤️
Hi, is there a way to make this in a regular pot?
Outstanding! Made this tonight and my family loved it. My picky husband even went back for thirds. I added a jalapeño and a 28oz can of crushed tomatoes in place of the diced tomatoes (my husband doesn’t like them) and the flavor was so good. Served it up with green onions, cheese and sour cream with a side of corn bread. Will put this in the rotation this Winter. Thank you for the recipes Chungah!!
Made this two nights ago for just the 2 of us. We ate it both nights. We are having it as a side dish tonight. Hubby wants to finish it up this weekend! It’s really good.
Instead of 2 lbs of hamburger, I used 1lb each hamburger and 1lb ground pork. So good!
Sounds amazing, Autumn!
any advice for freezing this?
Awesome aroma and amazing taste. I actually used impossible beef and my husband enjoyed it! He doesn’t like that fake meat but with the blend of spices and tomatoes, this was a hit! It will be on rotation in the fall/ winter!
This is hands down, my family’s favorite chili recipe. We tweaked it to fit us, and never looked back. Just wanted to say Hi, and Thanks 🙂
Like others, I’ve made this chili about 10 times. Absolutely love it and it always goes over well with company+family.
It’s also such a quick and easy recipe that allows room for tinkering/adjusting flavors to each owns specific tastes. Highly recommend and will continue to go back to this recipe.
Personally, I use more then the recommended ground beef, onions, and hot sauce. I’ve added mushrooms on occasion but that depends on who will be eating the chili.
Do you need to wash the beans prior to putting them in the crockpot?
This is my like my tenth time making this chili. It’s my go to favourite recipe for a hearty dinner on a cold Canadian night. I made some tweaks to make it a bit more spicy and just l love it. I added a dash of more chili powder and a table spoon of sriracha sauce. Thanks so much for making this receipe easy and awesome!!!!
I hadn’t made chili in a long time (much to my husband’s dismay), before I never liked any that I made. In desperate need of a slow cooker recipe, I gave this one a whirl. We all loved it!! Flavorful, with a great texture; this recipe is a winner!
I made this, and used2 cans black beans and 3 pounds 90/10 ground beef, and extra chili powder, and extra cumin. I added spices to my taste . DELICIOUS !!!
Now added to my top 10 favorite dishes !!
Followed the recipe and it was great. If your crew likes heat, it can use a little more, but as-is, it was very flavorful. As others commented – leaving the lid off the slow cooker for a bit to make for a less watery end result works great. I would also say – if you are looking for less meat, i would guess you can change the ratio of meat/beans pretty easily. Am planning to share this with a few friends.
Made it a few weeks ago and it was a hit with the whole family. And made so much! Here I am getting the recipe to make it again on a cold Texas night.
Soooooo good! Ive been using this recipe for a coupple years, i use two cans of fire roasted rotel diced tomatoes and add a small can of diced jalapenos also! Best chili ever!
Easy as can be….and delicious. First time I did chili in a slow cooker. and it was great.
So easy and so good!
This is my go to chili recipe!!! I’ve made it so many times now and keep surprising myself with how good it comes out.
Will be my goto chili recipe from now on. I used 1lb each ground beef and stew beef, oven roasted garlic, and pinto and black beans. Really excellent chili!!