Diane's Cheap and Easy Chili

Submitted by dianegrapegrower

"An easy, flexible weeknight recipe. Increase/decrease chili powder and chilies to suit your taste. Great with grated cheese or diced avocado."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon bottled garlic
• 3 (15 ounce) cans pinto beans (or red, black, or a mix, your choice, undrained)
• 1 (7 ounce) can canned diced green chiles
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 -2 teaspoon sugar
• 1 dash Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• louisiana hot sauce, to taste

directions

1. Crumble ground beef into hot 3-4 qt dutch oven or suitable pot over medium high heat. When browned, add onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until onion is translucent.
2. Add beans (undrained), chiles, tomatoes and spices. Return to boil and reduce heat to simmer.
3. Simmer 20 minutes to blend flavors. Taste and adjust seasonings as needed.

Reviews

[P S.7456]

This chili is yumlicious! I doubled the batch and added potatoes and a little bit of chili lime seasoning from Trader Joe's. Mmmm mmm, good!

 

[Amanda D.]

Great recipe Diane! I substituted the ground beef for ground turkey and added diced potatoes, and topped it off with sharp cheddar cheese, avocado slices, and a lightly fried corn tortilla for scooping. It was a delight!

 

[Coraniaid]

I made this to use up some veggies in my fridge that were starting to wilt so there's an extra Serrano pepper in mine and only 2 cans of beans (hey, it's what I had, ok?). Anyways, for something that only took ~50 minutes this was excellent. I didn't know whether to drain off the fat from browning the beef so I left it and I also added the liquid from my jar of tomatoes (halved, crushed in pan while cooking) as well as from the beans & the amount of sauce was excellent.

 

[kitty.rock]

This is a GREAT recipe! and it was cheap and easy too :) I made as written, but used Rotel tomatoes for a little extra heat and I drained and rinsed the beans to reduce sodium. Wonderfully chunky and tasty ~ I did add about 1 cup water/V8 mixed to give it a little juice. A new weeknight keeper recipe. Thanks diane ~ made for ZAAR COOKBOOK TAG, MARCH 2010!

 

[Diana in KS]

Very good! I made this for 6 people and slightly modified it. I would suggest you leave in the juice of the beans otherwise your chili will come out dry. Still good mind you just dry. I combined this recipe with #62571 for a complete meal.