Hearty Beef And Two Bean Chili Recipes

HEARTY BEEF & BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker. , Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until heated through.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF AND TWO-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• For the Cumin-Cilantro Sour Cream:
• In a small bowl, combine the sour cream, cilantro, and cumin. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• For the chili:
• Set a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef, salt, and pepper to taste. Cook, using a wooden spoon to break the meat into pieces as it browns, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain all the liquid from the pan. Add the tomato paste, onion, bell peppers, and garlic, and cook, stirring, until the vegetables have softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker. Add 1 cup water, the black beans, chickpeas, tomatoes, tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, and bay leaves.
• Cover and cook on high for 5 hours or on low for 8 to 10 hours.
• Discard the bay leaves. To serve, ladle the chili into 8 serving bowls. Top each with 1 tablespoon of the sour cream mixture, 1 tablespoon of the cheddar, the red onion, and tortilla chips, if desired.

DOUBLE-DUTY HEARTY CHILI WITHOUT BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add green pepper, onion and garlic; cook and stir until tender, 3-4 minutes. Transfer to a 6-qt. slow cooker., In same skillet, add beef, half at a time; cook over medium-high heat until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking into crumbles. Using a slotted spoon, transfer to slow cooker., Stir tomatoes, tomato sauce, chiles, parsley and seasonings into beef mixture. Cook, covered, on low 6-8 hours to allow flavors to blend. , Reserve 5 cups chili for Double-Duty Layered Enchilada Casserole. Serve remaining chili with rice and toppings as desired. Freeze option: Freeze cooled chili in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water or broth if necessary.

SLOW COOKER HEARTY BEEF & BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• COOK beef in skillet until browned. Pour off fat.
• MIX beef, onion, garlic, soup, tomatoes, water, beans, chili powder and cumin in 3 1/2-qt. slow cooker.
• COVER and cook on LOW 8 to 10 hr.* Serves 6.
• *Or on HIGH 4 to 5 hours.

2-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Cook beef, green pepper, onion, chili powder and black pepper in skillet until browned. Pour off fat.
• Add tomato juice and beans and heat through. Top with sour cream, green onions, cheese and tomato.

CHUNKY TWO-BEAN & BEEF CHILI

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; coat pan with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle beef with salt.
• Add half of beef to pan; saute 8 minutes or until browned. Remove from pan and repeat procedure with remaining beef.
• Add remaining 2 teaspoons oil, onion, and bell pepper to pan; saute 3 minutes.
• Add garlic and jalapeno; saute 1 minute.
• Add wine, scraping pan to loosen browned bits; return beef to pan.
• Stir in sugar and remaining ingredients; bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until beef is tender, stirring occasionally.

HEARTY BEEF AND TWO-BEAN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil over medium heat in a large pot. Add ground beef, onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook until ground beef is browned and vegetables are starting to become tender. If desired, drain off fat.
• Stir black beans, red kidney beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato juice, chili powder, cumin, basil, oregano, salt, and black pepper into pot. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Serve with sour cream and cheese.
• [Cleaning tip: Once the stove top is cool, wipe up any oil splatters or spills with Clorox® Disinfecting Wipes*.]