Crock Pot Chili Recipe
This Crock Pot Chili recipe is an easy meal to feed a crowd. A hearty chili is flavored with a delicious homemade chili seasoning and cooked low and slow all day. Learn how to make chili in the crock pot for your football watching party, Halloween, etc.
Servings: 14 Servings
Cost: $6
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 cup onion diced
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic (or 2 tsp garlic powder added to spice mixture)
- 2 bell peppers (diced)
- 14 ounces fire roasted tomatoes
- 15 ounces tomato sauce
- 4 ounces diced green chiles
- 14 ounces kidney beans (drained and rinsed)
- ½ cup corn
Chili Seasoning Mixture
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 2 Tablespoons paprika
- 2 Tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon sea salt (or more to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper (freshly ground)
Instructions
Make the Chili Seasoning
- Mix cumin, coriander, paprika, chili powder, sugar, sea salt and pepper together in a small bowl. Set aside.
Cook the Beef
- Cook ground beef, onion and garlic in a large skillet until meat is no longer pink.
- Drain excess fat and then add to crockpot.
Slow Cook the Chili
- Next, add the bell peppers, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chilies, beans, corn and spice mixture to the crockpot and stir until evenly distributed.
- Cook on low for 3 hours or high for 1.5 hours – or until the vegetables are cooked.
- You can keep it warm while you serve it at a party by turning the crockpot to the "warm" setting and leaving it covered.
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Notes
Ingredient Substitution Notes
- Ground beef. Use 85/15% or 93/7% lean ground beef. Or, try this turkey chili recipe or crockpot chicken chili.
- Onion. Use your favorite variety: red, white, or yellow.
- Minced garlic. if you don’t have minced garlic on hand, you can substitute garlic powder and add it with the rest of the spices.
- Bell peppers. any color variety of bell pepper works well in this recipe! If you like to add some heat, add some spicier peppers like jalapeño.
- Fire roasted tomatoes. I love the flavor of fire roasted tomatoes, but regular diced tomatoes taste great as well. can absolutely substitute regular canned, diced tomatoes as well!
- Green Chiles. Use mild or spicy depending on your preferences.
- Kidney Beans. You can add an extra 1 or 2 cans of beans of choice in this recipe. I use one can because we have some people who don't love beans in our family. Choose kidney beans, black bean, or Cannellini beans, or great northern beans.
- Corn. Fresh and frozen corn both work well in this slow cooker chili.
- Spice mixture. I have written this recipe with the spice ratios and combination that tastes the best. You can more chili powder, or some cayenne powder to add heat! You can use a store-bought seasoning of your choosing (preferably organic), or make your own homemade chili seasoning and use 6 Tablespoons.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 453mg | Potassium: 507mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1642IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 3mg