Literally our favorite Chili recipe – obviously the perfect jumping off point if you want to add your own touch. It’s easily the Best Chili Recipe.
Ok, so it might not be YOUR perfect Chili recipe, but it is ours. It is just spicy enough to be ‘real’ Chili, but consumable by children – which is important in my house.
And you could easily add peppers or more chili powder to make it a bit spicier.
I usually add until its the desired taste. They key to this recipe however is cooking it as long as you can.
It gives it more flavor.
It’s just fabulous and very easy!
Look at that beef, onion and green pepper combo. Sorry about the steam. LOL
This really does make the Best Chili recipe. You can do what you want to it, too… make it hotter, spicier, milder, add more cheese, veggies, beans, beef, turkey, etc. We sometimes add a tub of sour cream at the end to make it creamier.
What Goes in the Best Chili?
1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
2 cups beans (we like Kidney)
1 can Rotel
1 pound ground beef or turkey
3 16 ounce cans tomato sauce
3-4 Tablespoons chili powder (or more to taste)
2 Tbs. garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
How to Make the Best Chili
In a skillet brown the ground beef or turkey with a little bit of the chopped onion and some salt and pepper. Drain and remove meat and set aside.
Saute the onions and peppers in the skillet without cleaning it.
In a large stock pot, place the ground turkey and the sauteed peppers and onion. Add tomato sauce and chili powder.
Cook on medium heat for approximately 1 1/2 hours or so. I usually start mine at about 3:00 and we sit down to eat at about 6pm.
This allows it to simmer on the stove about an extra hour (sealing in the flavors).
We had this for dinner tonight, and I think everyone had at least two or three bowls. Yummy!!
What Goes Well With Chili?
That’s such a frequently asked question, we thought we’d provide you some awesome options!
What Sides Go with Chili?
- Moist Sweet Cornbread
- One Skillet Steak Fajitas
- Spicy Ranch Bacon Avocado Quesadillas
- Cowboy Beefy Nachos
- Best Loaded Potato Skins
What Desserts go with Chili?
Best Chili Recipe Recipe
Best Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 green pepper chopped
- 2 cups kidney beans
- 1 can rotel
- 1 pounds ground turkey or beef
- 18 ounces tomato sauce
- 3 Tablespoons chili powder or more to taste
- 2 Tablespoons garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a skillet brown the ground turkey with a little bit of the chopped onion and some salt and pepper. Drain and remove meat and set aside.
- Saute the onions and peppers in the skillet without cleaning it.
- In a large stock pot, place the ground turkey and the sauteed peppers and onion. Add tomato sauce and chili powder. Cook on medium heat for approximately 1 1/2 hours or so – the longer the better.
- I usually start mine at about 3:00 and we sit down to eat at about 6pm. This allows it to simmer on the stove about an extra hour (sealing in the flavors).
My kids will surely eat much this dinner! This chili recipe is just the ideal recipe I was looking for. I’d let them taste the chili-flavored turkey.:)