Award Winning Chili Con Carne

  4.4 – 110 reviews  • Beef Chili Recipes

A delicious and gluten-free peach cobbler. Delicious and simple to prepare.

Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Servings: 8

Ingredients

  1. 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  2. 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  3. 1 yellow onion, chopped
  4. 2 ½ pounds lean ground beef
  5. ⅔ cup red wine
  6. 2 beef bouillon cubes
  7. 2 (16 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes, chopped, juice reserved
  8. 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
  9. 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  10. 2 tablespoons dried parsley
  11. 2 ½ teaspoons dried basil
  12. 2 ½ teaspoons chili powder
  13. 1 ½ teaspoons paprika
  14. 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  15. ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  16. 1 teaspoon salt
  17. ½ teaspoon black pepper
  18. 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
  19. 12 drops hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
  20. 3 tablespoons flour
  21. 3 tablespoons corn meal
  22. ½ cup water

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add green pepper and onion; cook and stir until softened. Stir in ground beef and cook until browned. Stir in wine and crumble over bouillon cubes; cook for a few minutes.
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  3. Stir in chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, and garlic. Season with parsley, basil, chili powder, paprika, cayenne pepper, and oregano. Stir in salt and pepper.
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  5. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover, and simmer for 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. Stir in kidney beans and hot pepper sauce. Add reserved tomato juice if more liquid is needed; continue to simmer for an additional 30 minutes.
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  8. Whisk flour, cornmeal, and water together in a small bowl until smooth; stir into chili and simmer for a further 10 minutes, or until chili has thickened up.
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Nutrition Facts

Calories 495 kcal
Carbohydrate 29 g
Cholesterol 86 mg
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Protein 32 g
Saturated Fat 9 g
Sodium 1212 mg
Sugars 9 g
Fat 27 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Cameron Thomas Jr.
I liked it a lot! Added a couple chipotles in adobo… yum!
Kathryn Kelly
I added 1 1/2 TSP Cayenne Pepper and 12 ‘squirts’ of Tabasco to add some heat. I did everything else to the recipe and it came out perfect. I will use this recipe again.
Regina Smith
This chili gets 20 stars.Every time we make it, I forget there are other foods in the world!!!
Kenneth Adams
This is so good! I substituted 2/3 CUP Kettle & Fire Classic Beef bone broth for the bouillon and wine. I subbed pinto beans for kidney beans, and did 2 cans. (I left off the Tabasco and cayenne because of the smaller children). Still the best I’ve ever had. It disappeared and got raves from the crowd.
Lori Lane
I downloaded Chef Jimmy’s recipe in 2009 and I absolutely love it to bits. So does everyone who’s eaten it. Thank you. Mods: I omit the Tobasco sauce, as it’s got good warmth from the other ingredients; I let folks add their own shake of red pepper flakes to taste.
Jeremy Rivers
A great recipe,
Gerald Blair
I have made this chili numerous times and it’s the best I’ve ever eaten. Don’t change a thing.
Tina Tucker
Really nice but I reduced the amount of heat. I found that that was a lot of spice for my palate.
Kyle Howell PhD
My favorite go-to Chili Con Carne family approved recipe. Reduced ingredient amounts by 50% to suit 1.25 lbs. ground beef. Cornstarch in place of flour, added 1 tbsp. of brown sugar, topped with finely shredded Balderdash old cheddar cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
Jesus Gonzalez
As other reviewers mentioned, this tastes more like sloppy joes than chili. Thankfully, with added cumin and cayenne, and more chili powder, it turns into a decent chili. Maybe be call it “beef and tomatoes soup base”, since it is a versatile platform to make into your own thing-maybe even a spaghetti sauce.
Seth Fox
Four stars because the wife loved it, went back for seconds. That makes me happy. This is good, but I’d have put more chili powder in the recipe.
Paul Peterson
This is a good recipe. I only used half of the tomato paste. I also added a lot more chili powder! My total cooking time was 45 minutes.
Joshua Gonzalez
Very nice, it is up to the individual about taste, so all my herbs were fresh from the garden, much better flavor to the dry stuff. The meat I did cote and fry with flour Used more red wine on place of other liquids.
Kevin Glover
Tasted more that spaghetti sauce than chili. Will freeze it and use it for spaghetti later
William Mendoza
Absolutely lovely. But I did add 1/2 tsp cumin. Yes, I will use this again.
Jennifer Gibson
Delicious! The flavor is absolutely wonderful. Will definitely be making it again
Denise Rush
Absolutely awesome !!!
Charles Padilla
Only add about half of the amount of tomato paste! It got soo acidic that I had to save it by adding sugar. It’s also not spicy at all. I added more cayenne pepper and another cube of beef-stock.
Adam Walsh
I’ve made this recipe many times for my work pot luck. A winner every time.
Lauren Henry
Fantastic!! The whole family loved it
Samantha Thomas
We doubled the recipe and added two jalapeños. Was delicious with the right amount of kick.

 

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