This is the chili I make the best. Everyone like this after years of modifying recipes that were either too hot or too mild. even my partner, who despises chili.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 45 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 Anaheim chile pepper, chopped
- 2 red jalapeno pepper, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 ½ pounds lean ground beef
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
- 2 beef bouillon cubes
- 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle light beer (such as Coors®)
- 1 (28 ounce) can crushed San Marzano tomatoes
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 (12 ounce) can tomato paste
- ½ cup white wine
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon chipotle pepper sauce
- 2 ½ teaspoons dried basil
- 1 ½ teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 (16 ounce) cans dark red kidney beans (such as Bush’s®)
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
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- Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, bell pepper, Anaheim pepper, jalapeno peppers, and garlic in the hot oil until softened.
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- Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes.
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- Add Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Crumble bouillon cubes over beef and add beer. Continue to cook , scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet, until liquid is hot, about 3 minutes.
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- Stir beef mixture into pepper mixture.
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- Stir crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, and wine to the beef mixture. Season with chili powder, 2 tablespoons cumin, brown sugar, pepper sauce, basil, paprika, salt, oregano, and black pepper.
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- Bring to a boil and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and simmer until meat and vegetables are very tender and flavors have developed in the chili, about 90 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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- Mix kidney beans into beef and vegetables. Continue to simmer until beans are hot, about 30 minutes more.
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- Blend sour cream, cilantro, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon cumin in a food processor until smooth. Serve sour cream mixture with chili.
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- Serve hot and enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 406 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 74 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 7 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 1015 mg |
| Sugars | 7 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I love this recipe! I made this for an event so I doubled it. Added a bit more wine, one more beer, used chaloula instead of chipotle, stick of butter, and added 2 shots of apple cider vinegar and it’s the B’s nee’s!! Thank you!
I didn’t like it. I did skip the beer and oregano because I didn’t have any. I don’t like the fire roasted tomatoes flavor or the chipotle pepper sauce. There are too many flavors going on in the recipe, and very smoky leaning. I wish I remembered the tip someone mentioned to reduce the tomato paste. The one thing that saved this is I really like the sour cream-cilantro-cumin blend. I used a lot and it’s the only way I can eat the dish.
Loved it
Great.
I made it just as written except for a substitution of one can of red beans. I rinsed the beans and drain the hamburger after browning. Everyone in the family loved it and several people had third.
Was very tasty. Very many ingredients
aloha there fellow chili lovers, WOW I made this with all ingrediants except the red jalepenos, We live in Hawaii so couldnt even get at Safeway. But I replaced them with two long Red chili peppers , here $14.99 a lb lucky me there not in safeways computer system and the manager put in another pepper and I scored big time, I asked google first before I purchased them. This was a sweet tasting Chili and thickend all by itself. also made all of it in my IP Instant Pot. Now im trying Vegetarian with all ingrediants except the meat of course. I will be back to let you know what my Vegetarian friends think. Mahalo for the recipe.
I’ve made this many times. Love it!!! I usually add a yellow red and orange bell pepper plus a pablano pepper. Also i use 3 lbs of ground beef.
I used beef broth instead of beer. Added hamburger back in ten minutes before serving to maintain flavor of beef. Chef John
I won a chilli contest with this recipe. Did just a couple of little modifications but the base recipe is fantastic on its own.
My family loved it!!!!!
Two things, the addition of over powering Kidney beans, But than again I consider Beans a side dish to add later and then only pinto beans. Next Tomato are sweet and high in acid which can cause heartburn. My award winning Recipe has Beef, onions and dried Chilies like Ancho .
I made this recipe for Super Bowl Sunday at the In-Laws place. Everyone enjoyed it, including me. I must confess that in my rush to get all the ingredients, I forgot to buy any of the chiles. Whoops. So, I added more of the chipotle pepper sauce to try to give it the kick that the chilis would have made. It was very mild, but then my wife and her sister loved it that way. Next time I will include the chilis but all in all, it was a hit for our Super Bowl Sunday chili hot dogs. Thanks for such a great recipe! Also, a bit of advice. Get all the ingredients out and ready with the proper measuring devices and things will move along more smoothly. I was rushed and it took me about 2 hours to get it into the crockpot and start simmering while I ran out and played golf in the morning. By 2pm in the afternoon (7 hours later) it was tasting great, just not quite spicy enough without the chilis. I will definitely make it again.
I used ground deer meat! It was absolutely delish!!
This is a good recipe, just not a good chili recipe. The end result tastes more akin to an excellent “sloppy joe” recipe than a chili recipe. Based on reviews, I used 1/2 the amount of tomato paste and could only find a Poblano pepper (not an Anaheim) after trying 2 different stores, so that was my only substitution. If you want to make a great “sloppy joe,” this recipe with a bit less liquid would be tremendous. However, if you are seeking a chili recipe, this is not the one to try.
Delicious. Savory but not hot
I made this and it was a hit . I decided to opt out the can of tomato paste thought it was just too much and I think I was right .
The name fits! I used ground moose meat and omitted only the chipotle and chile peppers, because I had neither. Did not do the cremona. Served with sticky rice and some grated cheddar. A hit to be sure! I will make again, and soon!
I loved the complex flavor. I intend to make this again! The only difference was that I used a pablano pepper instead of anaheim.
This has been my go-to chili recipe for 2-3 years now. I make it pretty much exactly as written, except I use green jalapenos rather than red and usually throw an additional yellow bell pepper in the mix. It is great! I typically serve it with sharp cheddar, sliced jalapenos, chopped red onion, sour cream, and cilantro rather than the crema. My husband doesn’t particularly like chili, but he gladly eats this when I make it.
Great recipe!! I added hotter peppers and more herbs but our family likes highly seasoned food. FYI, don’t leave out the wine it really took the flavor to the next level. I used a cheap white wine from Costco.