Award Winning Chili
This chili has won dozens of cook-offs and is about to knock your socks off. Made with bacon and ground beef sold at Times Right, this will be your family’s go-to cool weather comfort food. People making it have won dozens of cookoffs! Not only does it taste amazing, it’s shockingly simple to make. Basic, no-fuss ingredients and just 30 minutes of simmering yield a complex and rich flavor that’s simply unparalleled.
Made with bacon and ground beef, this 30 minute chili will be your family’s go-to cool weather comfort food.
- 5 strips uncooked bacon chopped (Pick up Behrmann's award winning bacon at Times Right)
- 1 cup yellow onion diced (large)
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced (about 1 Tablespoon)
- 1 lb ground beef (Pick up Behrmann's lean ground beef at Times Right)
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon chili powder*
- 1 Tablespoon ancho chili powder*
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper**
- 1 1/4 cup beef broth
- 15 oz can dark red kidney beans (lightly rinsed and drained)
- 15 oz can black beans (lightly rinsed and drained)
- 14 oz can diced fire roasted tomatoes (undrained)
- 7 oz can fire roasted green chilis
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- Preferred toppings particularly sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips
- Fry BaconPlace chopped (uncooked) bacon in a large pot or Dutch oven and cook over medium heat until crisp and cooked through. Remove bacon to a paper towel lined plate and drain all but 1 ½ Tablespoons of grease.
- Add OnionAdd onion and pepper and cook until softened, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add GarlicAdd garlic and cook until fragrant (about 30 seconds).
- Add Ground Beef And SpicesAdd beef, breaking apart with a spatula as you cook. Once meat is partially (about 50%) browned, add sugar and all spices (chili powders, paprika, cumin, onion powder, black pepper, salt, cayenne pepper) and stir well.
- Add Remaining IngredientsAdd all remaining ingredients — beef broth, beans, tomatoes, tomato paste, chilis, and Worcestershire sauce — and your cooked bacon and stir well.
- Bring To A BoilBring to a boil and cook 1-2 minutes, stirring frequently.
- SimmerReduce heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally. Simmer for 30 minutes to allow flavor to really develop.
- Serve With ToppingsServe with preferred toppings (sour cream, shredded cheddar cheese, and corn chips are a must!)
*You can substitute one chili powder for the other and use just traditional chili powder or just ancho chili powder, but I personally like the blend of the two.]
**This gives the chili a mild spice, if you like more heat increase to ¼ teaspoon for a moderate spice. Add additional cayenne pepper at your own risk!
