Simple and Easy Weeknight Chili Recipe
You can have a bowl of delicious chili from countertop to dining table in 30 minutes. It’s an easy weeknight recipe that will have your tastebuds dancing!
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- Yield: 4 Servings 1x
- Category: About The Food We Eat, Entree, Fun To Make, Recipes, Week Night Meals
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb. grass-fed beef
- 1 1/4 cup onion, small dice
- 1 tablespoon fresh garlic, diced
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 tablespoons cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1–15 oz can stewed tomatoes
- 1–8oz can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 cup coffee porter beer
Instructions
- Heat a pot over medium-high heat.
- Once it’s hot drizzle it with olive oil and add the grass-fed ground beef.
- As the beef begins to brown, add the diced onion.
- Once the beef is cooked through, add the garlic.
- Sauté until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes.
- Add the remaining spices. Stir to combine.
- Add the stewed tomatoes, the tomato sauce, and tomato paste.
- Using a wooden spoon, break up the large pieces of the stewed tomatoes.
- Add the beer and stir to combine.
- Lower the heat and simmer 15-20 minutes.
- Voila! Your chili is done.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning with additional kosher salt as needed.
- Serve with fresh diced onions and grated cheese.
Notes
Grass-fed beef is lean. If you use a higher fat content of ground beef, you may need to drain some of the fat before adding the spices.
Makes 4-1 cup servings.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 134
- Sugar: 8.2 g
- Sodium: 448 mg
- Fat: 4.7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.4 g
- Trans Fat: 0.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.1 g
- Fiber: 5.3 g
- Protein: 8 g
- Cholesterol: 13.2 mg
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