A wonderful tasty chili recipe made crock pot easy. A great hardy everyday meal but good enough for that Superbowl party.
I have a lot of chili recipes, and I love them all. But my wife (Wifo) ask for a plain red chili. Just an “everyday” red beef chili. Not chicken, black bean, or anything else “special’. Just a “plain chili” as she calls it. I had this older chili recipe Crock Pot Red Beef Chili that was published only the second month of this blog and had a fair amount of heat. A little change here… a little tuck there and I had a recipe that I really could eat every day. I suggested an all chili diet but got slapped down. But she did love it.
My Rating
A very solid 5 and yes I could survive on this alone.
Notes on Crock Pot Chili
This is a great recipe for what it is. It is an everyday ground beef red chili. You can make it hotter, modify the beans or the meat and still come out great. This is a thick chili. Add more water or a can of beef broth if you like your chili more like soup.
Other Great Crock Pot Chilis to Try
Ultra Simple Crock Pot White Chicken Chili
Crock Pot Three Bean Turkey Chili
Low Fat High Taste Crock Pot White Chicken Chili
Start by browning two pounds of ground beef. After 3-4 minutes add one large onion chopped. Add minced or crushed garlic near the end of browning. About 8 minutes total.
Chop one green pepper. Rinse and drain two cans light kidney beans.
Add 2 14 oz cans diced tomatoes, 1 6 oz can tomato paste, 1 cup water, 6 T chili powder, two teaspoon cumin, one teaspoon oregano, one teaspoon salt,1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional and adjust to taste).
Cook on low for 8 hours.
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 onion large chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced or crushed
- 28 oz light kidney beans
- 1 green pepper
- 28 oz diced tomatoes
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1 cup water
- 6 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper optional and adjust to taste
- Start by browning two pounds of ground beef. After 3-4 minutes add one large onion chopped. Add minced or crushed garlic near the end of browning. About 8 minutes total.
- Rinse and drain two cans light kidney beans.
- Chop one green pepper.
- Add 2 14 oz cans diced tomatoes, 1 6 oz can tomato paste, 1 cup water, 6 T chili powder, two teaspoon cumin, one teaspoon oregano, one teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional and adjust to taste).
- Cook on low for 8 hours.
This is a thick chili. Add more water or a can of beef broth if you like your chili more like a soup.
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Last Updated
September 17, 2016
Hi All, I'm DrDan and welcome to 101 Cooking for Two. We present some of the best recipes with easy to follow step by step photo instructions to make your everyday cooking needs easier. 
Leslie
Loved this easy chilli, used leftover dried beans that I cooked the day before, worked out well. Thanks for all your recipes, wished you would post more often.
DrDan
Thanks for the note. I have lots of chili recipes on this site but this is just a great easy classic chili to me.
More posts? I hope someday to have the time. My day job keeps me busy and this is just a hobby for now. But better than golf…
DrDan
S Arron
I found this recipe on 101 cooking for two (2), when reading this feeds 8? But there is only 2 of us? There is not notes on how to only make for Two people. That would have been a good idea for us who do not like to wast food. Thanks
DrDan
This comes up here several times per year and I do cover it in https://www.101cookingfortwo.com/faqs/ but basically cooking for two is cooking for a smaller (two) household. That frequently means leftovers. Meat recipes are usually scaleable.
I usually cut recipes down to the lowest common ingredient… one can of this,one egg etc… A recipe that calls for half a can of dice tomatoes is much more wasteful then a recipe with eatable leftovers. In this recipe, one green pepper and one can of tomato paste are the lowest divisions of ingredients that’s not wasteful. Plus if I can get several meals out of equal work… it is a good thing.
Sometimes it seems like a waste of time to cut a recipe down too far. Same work for less food and the leftovers would be great. I’m working on a cinnamon roll cake now. I can make it for 4 (a one egg version) or 8 (the two egg version) I think I will publish the 8 and just note it can be cut in half. I want a lot of this recipe as leftovers and in my judgement most of the readers will also.
I alway list the number of servings. Hope that helps.
DrDan
Rick Ceasor
A really good simple chili recipe, that has excellent flavor. I have too many to browse through every time I wish to make chili. This will be my “go to one”. Thank you.
Rick.
DrDan
Thanks Rick,
My wife still asks for her red chili. Nothing fancy just a good everyday chili.
Dan