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Crock Pot Chili Chili and Beans
photo by Peggy V.
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
- 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 (7 ounce) cans chopped green chili peppers
- 1⁄3 cup chili powder
- 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 jar chipotle chile, chopped
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried oregano, crumbled
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 -2 tablespoon sugar
- 4 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans
- 1 -3 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut small cubes
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
directions
- Put first 13 ingredients in crock pot with 1 tablespoon of the sugar, mix well, add pinto beans.
- Turn crock pot on low.
- Heat some olive oil in a large skillet sauté garlic, onions and green pepper for 4-5 minutes.
- Add to crock pot.
- Dredge the beef in the flour and brown in skillet.
- (add more oil, if necessary).
- Add to crock pot stir well.
- Cook 8-10 hours.
- Taste check; for acidity if necessary add more sugar, salt.
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Reviews
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The chili was very tasty but extremely spicy. I just added half the amount of chipoltle peppers and that was plenty hot for me. -
We absolutely loved this recipe. This will be the only one that I use from now on. I do recommend cutting back on the chipotle peppers...they are SUPER HOT!!!! -
I made this chili for work for about 20 guys. I followed everything but the meat...I used ground beef and pork instead. I made it for 24 servings which filled my 6-quart slow cooker to the rim. Every drop of it was gone within 15 minutes. Everyone said it was by far the best chili they ever had. Hot and spicy but not overly so. Was a GIGANTIC hit with everyone!!! -
I love this chili! I've probably made it a dozen times. It's great to come home to! The first few times I made this I didn't have any canned jalapenos on hand and used fresh. These make a good chili but the canned peppers (which are pickled in vinegar) make a better chili! Add a dash or two of vinegar if using fresh peppers and you will see what I mean.
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WOW Great Taste! This is my Chili recipe from now on. Substituted lean ground beef browned it then stirred in the flour cooking it for a few minutes stirring constantly then added it to the crockpot. I did this because some said sauce was thin. Thanks for sharing. LDJ
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Tweaks
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I soaked a bag's worth (15-oz) of red kidney beans overnight instead of using canned beans and I cut down on the chili powder. This is a very good chili, spicy even without the recommended chili powder.
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WOOO! Great recipe! Nice and spicy. I left out the chilies and peppers and used kidney beans instead of pinto beans. I did not brown the meat or saute the onions first. Very tasty!
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Thank you, onlyme, for posting this recipe. I followed the recipe until I got to the cocoa powder. I didn't have any unsweetened cocoa powder so I used sweetened cocoa powder and didn't add any sugar to the chili. I didn't have the fennel seed either so I left it out. It was still good without it. I only used 3 chipotle chiles not the whole can. My dad doesn't like his food "hot". I substituted ground beef for the beef stew meat. I used 1 can (15 oz.) of Italian stewed tomatoes plus a cup of sun-dried tomatoes that I chopped. My can of tomato sauce was 15 oz. so it came out about right. I added 3 tablespoons of corn flour, mixed with a little water to make a paste, to the chili about fifteen minutes before serving to thicken it. I will make this again. We ate this with Sourdough Cornbread #6673.
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