With slices of juicy, red tomatoes and lemon, serve this pan-fried feta cheese.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 8 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 8 hrs 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound bulk hot Italian sausage
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 5 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans (Optional)
- 2 teaspoons minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
Instructions
- Cook sausage and ground beef in a large pot over medium-high heat until lightly browned and crumbly. When the meat has released its grease, and has begun to brown, drain off accumulated grease, and season with chili powder, cumin, and coriander. Cook and stir for 1 minute until fragrant, then stir in the garlic and onion. Cook until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 4 minutes.
- Stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, kidney beans, chipotle peppers, salt, and pepper. Bring to a simmer, then pour the chili into a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours. Stir in tomato paste an hour before the chili is done.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 448 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 100 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 1476 mg |
| Sugars | 8 g |
| Fat | 25 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is good chili! I too only used 2 lbs of meat. I used 1 can each pinto and black beans as kidney beans are not my favorite. Did not need the tomato paste. Yum,!!!
I followed the recipe exactly and it was fabulous!
With a little change, It was great!
This is delicious!!! Looking forward to dinner tonight. And tomorrow. And the night after. Like everyone else, I made a few tweaks: used ground turkey as I don’t like beef chop meat (one tiny bit of gristle makes me gag) and Italian chicken sausages as I don’t like Italian pork sausages (blobs of fat gross me out), doubled the garlic and chipotles in adobo sauce, returned the juices from the browned meat to the slow cooker minus the little bit of fat that was rendered, added a second can of beans (one can no salt added black beans and lowsodium kidney beans). Cooked it for the whole 10 hours on low and it was so yummy, no additional salt was needed. You’ll love this recipe!
I have been making this chili for many years with the following modifications. I only use two pounds of meat, one pound hot sausage and one pound 90/10 ground beef. I double the tomato sauce and coriander. Use a half 7 ounce can of chipotle with adobo sauce. No tomato paste or additional salt. And I split the chili powder to half normal chili powder and half either Chimayo or ancho chili powder. A true family favorite!
Decided to try making this in the Instant Pot since short on time. Did the browning on saute function. Then did under manual pressure for 20 min with quick release. Stirred in some frozen corn. Other than using ground turkey, turkey Italian sausage and package of regular Italian sausage I followed the recipe. Saved a few fat calories. It was delicious! The husband loved it.
I wandered around the internet briefly looking for a chili recipe that used chipotle chilies in adobo as one of the ingredients. I found them in my pantry and thought it might be a nice touch. This recipe found me. And I’m so glad it did. It’s delicious. Thank you for sharing.
Made as directed, very good and just enough heat. I might have added more chipotle peppers then called for.
I’m glad I found this recipe. It will be my chili of choice from now on.
It was great! I would add a bit more chipotle chilis next time. I used beans in medium chili sauce also. Husband loved it also!
Love it. It’s going into rotation.
I used fire roasted tomatoes and it was delicious. Definitely going to be making this often!
I’ve made this recipe 8-10 times and it’s been fantastic every time but one and that was MY fault (note: do not accidentally use chili-flavored seasoning salt!!!). Over the years I’ve made a few additions, but the recipe turns out fine without my changes (I always use the kidney beans). Today I’m trying leftover turkey in place of the sausage/beef. Changes I’ve made: -Add small can green chiles -Add extra chipotles and some chipotle powder -Added a can of corn for color/crunch -Added a can of white beans for color -Once I added bacon (excellent)
Great recipe! modified Using 2 1/2 pounds of ground beef, 4 cloves of garlic, the whole can of chipotle chilis (7oz) and omitted the tomato paste. Talk about low key spice! came out perfect and added this to my cold weather rotation
This is so good, served it for New Year’s Eve dinner with friends along with honey cornbread. I stuck to the recipe with only one exception — included the whole can of chipotle peppers to give it extra zing based on another recommendation, worked well and was not overly spicy. My only caution is on the nutrition side — just measured this using the WW app and one serving is 14 points.
This recipe is the closest thing in the internet I could find to my receipt. It’s a little thick but the cure for that…. add beer. I use New Belgium 1554. You can thank me later .
I made the recipe for 2; however, the amount provided enough for 3-4! I used ground pork instead of sausage meat. (I would use the sausage next time.) My chili powder is spicy so i reduced it to one third. However, upon tasting the final product, I added more chili powder, I added the called for amount of cumin and coriander again (essentially doubling what was called for). I tripled the amount of canned chipotle peppers with adobo sauce.
The flavors of this chili are outstanding! Between the Italian sausage and the chipotle peppers a smokiness emerges… So good!
Chipotle sauce instead of peppers
the Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce are the secret to this chilli. my husband loves this and says it is my best recipe. I have to take his word for it, too spicy for me. per his request, I add chuck stew meat to this. I also use the whole can of Chipotle peppers and diced green chillies as well. I had seasoned black beans as well as the kidney beans. the smell is wonderful while it is in the slow cooker.
Make this chili! turned out perfectly spicy and delicious. A couple changes: went in a little bit generously on the chipotles, and processed them in a food processor before adding. Also, used 1 pound of ground beef instead of 2, subbing in about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of bulgur which made up for the missing meat nicely and made the chili just a little healthier (, or so I want to believe). Left out the kidney beans, and didn’t miss them.