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The Best Homemade Chili

The Best Homemade Chili Recipe

Shelly
Fantastic homemade chili recipe! This recipe makes a lot! If you are cooking for a small family, you may want to half the recipe.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 1 hr 45 mins
Total Time 2 hrs
Course One Pot Meals
Cuisine American
Servings 16

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound raw bacon - cut into small pieces
  • 1 large onion - diced
  • 1 red bell pepper - seeded and diced
  • 1 green bell pepper - seeded and diced
  • 6 cloves garlic - minced
  • 4.5 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1.5 tablespoons ground cumin
  • 1.5 tablespoons paprika
  • .5 to 1.5 tablespoons chipolte powder Use 1.5 tablespoons if you like it spicy
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • .5 teaspoon cayenne powder optional
  • 3 pounds ground beef
  • 1 can or bottle beer I use Coors Light
  • 1 - 14 ounce can black beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 - 14 ounce can red kidney beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 - 24 ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 - 24 ounce can diced tomatoes

Instructions
 

  • Cook diced bacon over medium heat in a large non-stick dutch oven or pot. When bacon is almost done, add in diced onion and bell peppers and cook until softened.
  • Add in minced garlic, chili powder, ground cumin, paprika, chipolte powder, dried oregano, salt, and cayenne powder. Cook a minute or two until aromatic.
  • Add in ground beef to bacon-onion mixture. Cook until ground beef is no longer pink.
  • Stir in can of beer, rinsed and drained beans, crushed tomatoes with juice, and diced tomatoes with juice.
  • Cover and simmer on low (for me it's #3) 1.5 hours. Add in a little water, if necessary. The first hour stir the pot every 10-15 minutes, and the last 30 minutes stir the pot every 5-10 minutes. You may need to stir more often depending on your pot and how hot your burner gets.
  • Taste of salt.