Chili Recipe with Beans - My Gorgeous Recipes (2024)

The Best Homemade Chili Recipe with Beans or Chili Con Carne - this is comfort food at its best. Low-carb, high in protein, gluten free this chili con carne is healthy, delicious and nutritious, and it goes down well with the whole family.

Who doesn't like a nice bowl of hot chili? I certainly do, especially on a cold winter's day. Chili con carne is just that, spicy ground meat that is beautifully cooked. It's heart warming, filling, and full of goodness. Plus, it goes well with any side dish, be it rice, pasta, mashed potatoes, jacket potatoes, couscous, nachos, or just some greens on the side.

There is a bit of confusing between the terms " chili" and "chilli". Chili, spelt with one "l" is this dish, where the chilli with 2 "l's" is the spicy pepper that we add to a dish.

You can leave the dish without any beans, but I highly recommend adding some, they are so much more goodness, and flavour too. Pinto beans, red kidney beans, cannellini , just use anything you have, or even a combo of more beans.

Ingredients needed to make chili with beans

• ground beef - minced beef
• chopped tomatoes- or plum tomatoes
• large onion - either yellow or red
• garlic
• chilli pepper
• red bell pepper
• kidney beans- or any other beans
• bay leaves
• beef stock - or broth
• vegetable oil
• ground black pepper &salt
• tomato puree - paste
• fresh parsley to taste
• grated cheese to serve

Step-by-step photos and instructions

It is ridiculously easy to make, and a huge batch costs well under £10. And trust me, with that you get to feed your whole family.

So, all we need is some nice beef mince (ground beef), a small can of kidney beans, onion and garlic, chilli peppers, a bit of earthy spices, some nice cheese, if you want to make it extra nice. And ta-daah, the best dinner of your life is right here, in front of you.

• sautee the onion until golden
• add the beef mince and cook until no longer raw
• add the garlic and chilli peppers
• add the beef stock (broth) and bay leaves, and leave to cook until the liquid is absorbed
• throw in the chopped tomatoes, spices and seasoning, and leave to cook until the liquid from the tomatoes is reduced

How long does it take to cook chili?

If you make it on the stove top like I did, it should not require more than 40-50 minutes at the most. I do prefer to cook the beef for longer than otherwise needed, just so I can get a super soft meat. I don't really like chewy mince, but if you don't mind it, skip the beef stock, and just add the canned chopped tomatoes.

Leave to cook until the liquid from the tomatoes is absorbed, and that should do. And there you have, the glorious homemade chili, a Mexican style dish that is so popular all over the world. Easy to guess why.

Chili can also be made in the slow cooker, I have this amazing recipe for Slow Cooker Ground Beef and Sweet Potato Chili. The sweet potatoes can be replaced with any squash or root vegetables. What a glorious dish!

Expert tips

I don't usually like to use too many spices that overpower the very taste of the ingredients I use. But in this dish, the two spices bring a bit of heat and spiciness that are hard to get by just using cayenne pepper or any other spicy peppers.

Chili can also be made with leftover roast beef, my Leftover Roast Beef Chili is super easy to make, and so delicious!

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