A good simple recipe for chili is needed. Not too hot.?

Question

I like spicy food but not too hot. Also I found alot of chili recipes but they have so many ingredients in them it costs a fortune just to buy the ingredients. I need something simple but delicious

Answer 1

Ground beef, chopped onion, canned tomatoes, canned beans (kidney beans, great northern white beans, black beans, or any combination you like.)
Salt, pepper, chili powder.
Those are all the ingredients you need for a basic chili
Brown the beef and onions, drain the fat. Add the tomatoes and spices. Simmer for a couple hours. Add the beans, Simmer another half hour. Adjust seasonings. Serve. You can use whatever proportions of meat, onions, tomatoes and beans suits you. You can add chopped chili peppers, green peppers, or dried red pepper flakes to change the taste. Or use a little liquid red pepper sauce (tabasco, etc.) if you want it hotter.

Answer 2

I make my chili from cans!

I usually brown some ground beef and while that is browning I will 2 cans light or dark kidney beans, one large can or two small cans of chili beans in sauce, 1 can of red beans, and two cans of tomatoes for chili (hunt's I think is the brand I use) and mix all of that together. I add the beef to the mixture and add some minced onions in there. I bring everything to a boil and make sure the minced onions are tender. I add just a tad bit of chili powder to spice it up some more.

Answer 3

3 lbs ground beef
1 large onion
1 can kidney beans (drained)
1 pkg chili seasoning
1 can just for chili diced tomatos
2 large cans brooks chili beans (hot or medium, whatever to taste)
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste....add more chili powder if you like

Cook beef throughly, keeping it chunky, drain. Add all the ingredients into a large pot simmer 1 1/2 - 2 hours. add water if needed for desired thickness

i make this for my family all the time and yes its a ton of chili, but you can cut it down if needed. its great chili, everyone i know loves it! Good luck

Answer 4

Buy Bloemer's chili seasonings at your local grocery (if they have that brand). It usually takes alot of it to make the chili spicy.

Here's how I make plain old chili:

1 lb ground beef (browned and drained)
1 can tomato or V8 juice
2 cans chopped/diced tomatoes
1 chopped onion (I like larger pieces)
1 chopped green pepper (if you want)
1 15-oz can of chili beans or kidney beans
1 pack of Bloemer's chili powder (you might have to add more so buy 2 packs)
Salt and pepper to taste

Simmer until the onions and peppers are done.

If you make your chili too hot, add dollops of sour cream. You won't taste the sour cream (the color of the chili will lighten - but that's no biggie), and the milk fat in the sour cream will counteract the capsaicin in the chili powder.

Good luck! :)

P.S. Chili always tastes better the day AFTER it is made - the flavors mix together. :)

Answer 5

I will give you my award winning recipe...

1 1/2lbs dry pintos cooked slowly in crock pot for 24 hrs.

Use 2 whole onions, 1 bulb of garlic, 1 bunch of cilantro while cooking the beans...(chopped)

when beans are done add:

2 cans of diced tomatoes w/jalepenos (juice included)

Use 2 pkg of McCormick chili mix...

Add 1 1/2 lbs cooked ground beef with chili mix...

It's that easy! I have won 3 chili cook-offs with this recipe and it is cheap to make and makes about a gallon and a half.

NOTE** you'll want to vacate about a third of the bean juice (water)

Answer 6

The simplest recipe I know is as follows:

One big can of red kidney beans
2 regular sized cans of brown beans (in your choice of sauce, I like tomato)
1 big can of diced/crushed/whole tomatoes
1 lb ground beef, browned and broken up
1 packet chili seasoning

You can add for more flavour:

Sliced mushrooms from the can
Salsa
some sort of beef, sliced thin and browned instead of ground beef
jalapeno peppers. You can remove the white veins and seeds inside to make them much milder.


Just pour everything into a crock pot and slow cook for the day. It's cheap, it's easy, it's chili.

Answer 7

All you need is a can of crushed tomatos, a few chilis (your grocery should have a mixture of fresh chilis near the peppers, normally only a $1 or so/pound), ground beef, salt and pepper, black and kidney beans and that is all!

Answer 8

I love this recipe. You can make it as hot as you like. It's easy and very very good.


Creole-Style ChiliSoups, Stews, Stoups & Chilis

ingredients1 box corn muffin mix
1 cup frozen corn, defrosted
2 tablespoons chili powder, divided
2 cups aged cheddar cheese, grated and divided
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO)
3/4 pound andouille sausage, peeled
1 1/2 pounds of beef, veal, pork meatloaf mix
1 bay leaf
3 celery stalks, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
5 thyme sprigs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 bottle beer, lager style
1 cup chicken stock
1/3-1/2 cup hot sauce
1 28-ounce can diced, fire-roasted tomatoes
1 15-ounce can red beans (optional)
4 scallions, sliced
preparationPreheat oven according to instructions on the corn muffin mix box.

Butter an 8x8 baking dish and make corn bread according to package directions. Add the defrosted corn, 1 tablespoon chili powder, 1 cup of cheddar cheese and the honey, and bake according to the package.



To prepare the andouille, slice it lengthwise. Then, lay each half flat on the counter and slice it lengthwise again and chop it into 1/2-inch pieces. While the corn bread is baking, preheat a large dutch oven over medium-high heat with 2 turns of the pan of EVOO, about 2 tablespoons. Add the chopped andouille and cook stirring every now and then for 2-3 minutes.

Add the ground meat mixture to the pot, using the back of a wooden spoon to break up the meat as it browns.




Cook for about 5 minutes and then add the remaining tablespoon of chili powder, bay leaf, celery, onion, garlic, green bell pepper, thyme, salt and pepper, stirring frequently for about 5 minutes.




Add the beer, scraping up brown bits from the bottom of the pan, then the chicken stock and hot sauce, and cook for another minute. Add the tomatoes and beans and bring up to a bubble. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.

To serve, cut the corn bread into squares. Ladle a serving of chili into a bowl and place the corn bread squares on top. Sprinkle generously with remaining cheddar cheese and scallions.


Yields 4 servings




Check out this url: http://www.rachaelrayshow.com/node/6228

Answer 9

Great Chili:

1¼ hours 30 min prep
6-8 servings

1 lb hamburger
1 package williams chili seasoning mix
2 cans chili beans
46 ounces tomato juice
salt and pepper

1. Brown hamburger.
2. Drain and mix together hamburger,seasoning,beans and juice.
3. Simmer for about 45 minutes.

Answer 10

kraftkitchens.com has a great chili recipe and it was like 8 dollars to make enough for 3 families of 4.