Chili con Carne II

  4.4 – 222 reviews  • Beef Chili Recipes

This recipe freezes well and can be simply increased.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
  2. 2 large onions, chopped
  3. 1 chile pepper, chopped
  4. 5 cloves garlic, chopped
  5. 2 pounds lean ground beef
  6. 3 (14.5 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes with liquid, chopped
  7. 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  8. 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  9. 1 ½ tablespoons ground cumin
  10. ½ tablespoon chili powder
  11. 2 tablespoons paprika
  12. 2 tablespoons dried oregano
  13. 2 cinnamon sticks
  14. 6 whole cloves
  15. 2 (15.25 ounce) cans red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

Instructions

  1. In a medium sized stock pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Saute onion, chile pepper and garlic until soft. Add ground beef: cook and stir until meat is browned.
  2. Pour in tomatoes with liquid, salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, paprika, oregano, cinnamon sticks, and cloves. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
  3. Stir in kidney beans, and cook another 15 minutes. Remove cinnamon sticks before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 397 kcal
Carbohydrate 33 g
Cholesterol 62 mg
Dietary Fiber 7 g
Protein 24 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Sodium 917 mg
Sugars 11 g
Fat 19 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Sarah Ball
I should have trusted my gut saying “NO!” when it said to add cinnamon and cloves. But the recipe had good reviews so I went with it. Blah. They don’t belong in a savory chili. The taste is just “OFF.” It also needed more tomato, so I added a can of tomato sauce, which was an improvement.
Belinda Crawford
At first I thought, this recipe has too many & too much spices. I was wrong. Don’t tell my mom but this is better than hers.
James Pham
Yes, I added bell peppers, substituted meat with impossible meat, added one yellow squash, raisins, 2 cans of beans and a bit less chili powder
Tyler Mahoney
I halved the recipe and used a can of 14.5 oz diced tomatoes and a 15 oz can of tomato sauce. Perfect!
Morgan Harris
No changes.
James Davis
Not the same old standard chili! Love the spice combo – I subbed smoked paprika for the regular paprika, and used six-bean medley. A keeper!
Cindy Delgado
Texture was perfect but the addition of a single cinnamon stick, never mind two was near over powering. 2 sticks would have destroyed the recepe. Next time, I will use just a half inch cinnamon stick fragment.
David Davis
I used a sprinkle of crushed dried chili peppers as I didn’t have a whole chili and I thought it would be better to let people add their own later. i also subbed 1/4 tsp cinnamon and a sprinkle of ground cloves rather than the whole spices. Other than that I followed the recipe exactly and it was very good. Even better reheated the second day.
Monica Lowe
This is a great recipe for chili, and it’s become a big family favorite! The only change I made was using 2 tsp of both ground cinnamon and ground cloves in place of the cinnamon stick and whole cloves.
Dustin Fletcher
was acceptable. Just not as much spice as we like.
Mike Orozco
I took out the oregano, doubled the recipe, added one crushed dried ancho pepper for smokey mild heat, 1/2 tsp of cayenne powder, 1/4 tsp of liquid smoke, 1 cup of beef stock, 2 tbsp of brown sugar and 1.5 cups of bourbon. I also substituted ground cloves and cinnamon for whole cloves and cinnamon sticks. Yeah, it’s a new chili with an emphasis on smoke, sweet and heat. It’s not bad but requires more tinkering – perhaps less cumin.
Jennifer Ingram
I halved the recipe, only thing was there was a pinch too much cumin for me. Other than that, it as delicious. I will never buy packaged chilli seasoning again.
Jacqueline Martinez
Yes I will make it again.
Richard Bray
Overall this is a decent recipe BUT…the cinnamon/cloves addition is not! If you really want to try those spices then add a tiny amount to a separate bowl of chili. Otherwise, you may end up ruining the entire batch. Fortunately, I only added a dash of each to my entire pot. Had I added their suggested amounts, I would have to have thrown it away.
Matthew French
Lack of taste… would not do it again.
Susan Davis
I liked it but the rest of the family didn’t like the cinnamon taste.
Timothy Newman
I love the depth of flavour that the cloves and cinnamon add!
Charlotte Burns
Love this simple recipe, I have used it a lot
Brittany Osborn
It turned out really well, everyone loved it. I would not add the cinnamon sticks next time. I also added more tomatoes, celery, mushrooms, green onions and chives.
David Perkins
I thought it was too acidic. I added a little sugar. It’s just not the right taste for me.
Jeremiah Franklin
I added some roasted red peppers. The cinnamon and cloves added a warm flavour that was even better the next day! I will be making this again. Might try adding different beans.

 

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