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Slow Cooker Chili is the ultimate comfort food! This chili is SO easy and insanely good that everyone will come back for seconds!
A Reader’s Review
I love all chili recipes, have one similar to this but have never tested it in a crockpot, so good to know this one works well in one, thank you!
What Makes This So Good? Let Me Spill the Beans
- It’s wildly easy: Like… dump it in the crockpot, go live your life, and come back to chili that tastes like you tried hard! (But we know we didn’t!)
- The flavor is next-level: I don’t know what kind of magic happens in that pot, but it’s seriously so good! And with the toppings, get outta here!
- Leftovers slap: Day two chili? Even better. Make extra so you can heat it up all week for quick and hearty lunches!
Let’s Make Some Crock Pot Chili!
This crockpot chili recipe only takes about 5 minutes to put together! Then you let the slow cooker do all of the work. You’ll have time to make some cornbread and honey butter to go with it!
- Brown the meat: In a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat, cook and crumble the beef for about 7 minutes or until brown.
- Add ingredients: Add the beef, onion, bell pepper, garlic, beef broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, pinto beans, kidney beans, chili powder, oregano, cumin, coriander, salt, and cayenne to the slow cooker.
- Cook: Stir everything until combined, then cook on low for 5-6 hours. Serve warm with desired toppings.
Freezer Meal Slow Cooker Chili
Instructions:
- Cook the ground beef in a skillet over medium-high heat until the beef is browned and cooked through. Set the cooked beef aside and let it cool.
- Add the cooked and cooled beef to a gallon-sized, freezer-safe, sealable storage bag with the onion, bell pepper, garlic, beef broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, pinto beans, kidney beans, chili powder, oregano, cumin, coriander, salt, and cayenne.
- Mix everything well and then press out as much air as possible. Seal the bag and freeze it flat for better storage.
Reheat:
- Remove the bag from the freezer one hour before cooking to allow it to thaw slightly on the counter.
- Pour the contents of the bag into a slow cooker and cook on LOW for 5-6 hours, until everything is heated through and well combined.
- Serve fresh with your favorite chili toppings!
Toppings Ideas For CrockPot Chili
Whether you try a couple of toppings or go all in, you really can’t go wrong, because when it comes to toppings, more is always better.
- Fresh lime juice
- Sour cream
- Avocado
- Shredded lettuce
- Shredded cheese
- Green onions
- Frito chips
- Tortilla strips
- Cilantro
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Insanely Good Crockpot Chili
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15-ounce) can diced tomatoes undrained
- 1 (15-ounce can) pinto beans
- 1 (15-ounce can) kidney beans
- 3 Tablespoons chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
Instructions
- In a medium-sized skillet over medium-high heat cook and crumble the beef for about 7 minutes or until brown.
- Add the beef, onion, bell pepper, garlic, beef broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, pinto beans, kidney beans, chili powder, oregano, cumin, coriander, salt, and cayenne to the crockpot.
- Stir everything until combined. Cook on low for 5-6 hours. Serve warm with desired toppings.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
More Delicious Chili Recipes to Try
I love a good chili and all of the sides that I can put with it! Try out this Cornbread, these Breadsticks, or this amazing Grilled Cheese. They are so good and will complement this chili so well! Here are a few more chili recipe you must try!
It turned out very watery despite following the instructions exactly. I was really looking forward to eating chili.
This was easy and fine. Not exceptional but solid. I made it as written except for adding one small jalapeño and using medium hot chili powder. Not quite thick as I would like but acceptable.
The most delicious chili recipe! I am very generous with the seasonings and add extra tablespoon of chili powder and use 1 tablespoon of cumin. I love kidney beans, so I omit the pinto beans altogether and add another can of kidney beans. So savory and perfect for fall.
Very bland. Searched for a lot of different ways to add flavor after the fact and not wasting so much food but wound up throwing it all down the garbage disposal.
I made two versions of this, the one listedand beings my wife is a vegetarian so I used vegetable broth and plant based ( fake beef) crumbles. It wasn’t as chunky but she loved it ( she doesn’t like a lot of what I try to make her )
And I added jalapeños to both pots.
This chili sounds delicious! I usually make mine with ground beef and ground Italian sausage. I also use Rotella tomatoes to give it a little kick. I add baby frozen corn in mine. My mom always did it as hike abd have continued the tradition Thank you for a good base for a great chili!!!!
Can I make this stove top?
Yes! Cook your beef first, and then combine all of the ingredients. Cook on medium until it’s heated through!
How long if I set crockpot to high would you recommend?
I would try 2-3 hours on high.
Made this chili for Frito pie… delicious! Thanks for this recipe!
Ooh that sounds so good!
Do you have to use kidney beans. (sorry, been in hospital for about 3 months)
Oh no! I hope you recover soon! You can leave those out or replace them with whatever you prefer.
Do you drain the beans and rinse?
Yes! Drain and rinse the pinto and kidney beans.
I add ginger touch of brown sugar to balance spice content. Always turns out great. No coriander. But it is not missed. I taste as I go to determine if additional spices r needed.
Made this but a little different. I used el pato spicy tomato sauce , added jalapeños peppers and corn. No coriander. I had to make pinto beans from scratch and not canned. Every thing else was canned. (Corn,diced tomato, kidney beans etc) And it was delicious
Made this for tonight’s dinner, it turned out awesome. We are expecting a snow storm and NJ is under a blizzard advisory will have it again tomorrow.
I’m cooking this tonight for lunch /dinner tomorrow! I used a few different ingredients in place of tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes, I used v8 juice instead of tomato sauce and real tomatoes in place of stewed.
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I love all chili recipes, have one similar to this but have never tested it in a crockpot, so good to know this one works well in one, thank you!