Darn Good Chili

  4.6 – 90 reviews  • Beef Chili Recipes

Excellent party wings, whether you want them for football game day appetizers or to satisfy a simple hankering, urge, or fix.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  1. 1 pound lean ground beef
  2. 1 cup chopped onion
  3. ½ medium red bell pepper, chopped
  4. 1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
  5. 1 cup spaghetti sauce
  6. 1 cup salsa
  7. ¼ cup taco sauce
  8. 3 tablespoons chili powder
  9. 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  10. 1 large bay leaf
  11. 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained

Instructions

  1. Cook ground beef, onion, and bell pepper in a large stockpot over medium-high heat until beef is browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain off excess fat.
  2. Stir in diced tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, salsa, taco sauce, chili powder, garlic, and bay leaf. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 1/2 hours.
  3. Stir in kidney beans and cook until heated through, 3 to 5 minutes. Discard bay leaf and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 384 kcal
Carbohydrate 34 g
Cholesterol 59 mg
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Protein 20 g
Saturated Fat 7 g
Sodium 964 mg
Sugars 14 g
Fat 18 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Linda Hall
I added a tablespoon of cumin instead of the chili powder since I’m allergic to red pepper but it turned out great!
Michael Mathis
A little bit sweet but it may have been the kind of salsa I had.
Jennifer Rodriguez
Last time I made it I forgot two ingredients and still took 1st place in a chili cool off of 12 entrees. I have made this about 8 times. This is my chili for now on . Thank you for a great chili recipe.
Katherine Jimenez
Great chili! The spaghetti sauce makes a great family chili. We’ve had this several times, and it’s always good. This time I didn’t have taco seasoning, so I used Ranch style beans instead of plain kidney beans.
Peter Lane
Having won several chili cook offs, I know good chili. This is good chili. However, most chili needs to be tweaked for individual tastes. I added 1 tsp. Adobo (dry seasoning), 1 tsp. garlic powder, 1 Tbsp brown sugar, and salt to taste. It was perfect.
Nicholas Ford
I made the recipe as written. I just doubled the ingredients for a bigger batch. This was not a very good recipe for me personally. I like a more juicy kind of dinner chili like Wendy’s chili used to be before they apparently changed the recipe. This recipe is more of a taco sauce type thickness. Really different. But kids liked it okay. But I probably won’t make it again.
Alexander Taylor
Didn’t change a thing
Steven Miller
Easy to make and didn’t have to cook for hours on end. Final product was fantastic !
Justin Wells
Made 16 servings: 1# sweet Italian sausage & 2 1/4 lean ground beef, bunch of green onions & 1 sweet onion, 4 cloves garlic through press, 2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes & chilies (1 mild, 1 original) Newman’s own mild salsa, 29 oz can of tomato sauce, 2 cans Kidney beans & 1 can of black beans)A definite keeper recipe. Spices according to recipe. Served with corn bread, brown rice and topped with cheddar cheese. Will try next time with 1# of hot spicy sausage per husband’s request. 02/09/2014
Carla Coleman
yummy!!!
John Carter
I tried this recipe and it was a big success. The second time I threw in some xtra heat using jalapeños and hot rotel tomatoes. Dont think the bay leaf was necessary so I havent used any.
Tracey Ramirez
awesome…I added two cans of brown beans, can of mushrooms and used extra spicy salsa as I didn’t have taco seasoning…and used the chili “accents” diced tomatoes. Easy, quick and enjoyed by the whole family.
Justin Martin
I made this in the crock pot and added chipolata diced tomatoes and green chili tomatoes instead of plain. My family loved this and did not notice I didn’t make it from scratch like I generally do!
Chloe Cordova
My new favorite chili recipe! I have made this a half dozen times now and love it. My only change is throwing it all in the crock pot after browning the ground beef and cooking it for 4-8 hours depending on my schedule. I even brought it to work for a chili-off and won by a landslide. Thank you for sharing!!
Joshua May
Awesomeness in a pot.
Megan Espinoza
I sauteed the onion, red pepper and garlic in a bit of canola oil separately and added 1/3 lb hot pork sausage to the hamburger. Also added an extra half can of pinto beans, a cup of frozen corn.
Brad Odonnell
great recipe! i substituted rotel (diced tom & green chilies) for the diced tomato for more heat – the Pace chunky salsa was perfect!
Christopher Moore
I made so may changes to this to make it “darn good chili” I’m not even going to bother listing them.
Kenneth Mullins DDS
This is really good! Making a triple batch of it for Super Bowl Sunday!
Deborah Wong
Tastes like spaghetti sauce to me.
Christine Robertson
I made this just like the recipe said. It wasn’t even close to tasting like chili. Plastic & cheap.

 

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