Easy Slow Cooker Chili Recipe
Easy Slow Cooker Chili Recipe is spicy, thick & rich filled with ground beef and beans and packs a spicy punch.
This chili is so good and so easy to make. Just brown your ground beef in the morning, pop everything into a slow cooker and set-it and forget-it.
You’ll have a delicious dinner ready when you get home from work.
Topped with cheese, sour cream, and avocado slices, this makes the perfect hearty meal or make a batch to top hot dogs at your next barbecue.
Serve with cornbread.
Easy Slow Cooker Chili
Chili is one of those dishes that are always a great addition to any party or potluck. Chili is great on its own or as a topping for hot dogs.
This chili has the perfect smokey, spicy flavor you want in chili, and the best part is this is a super easy slow cooker recipe.
Ingredients
To Make the Chili
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 2 medium green bell peppers chopped
- 2 small yellow onions chopped
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 15 oz red kidney beans drained (1) 15 oz can
- 15 oz black beans drained (1) 15 oz can
- 1/2 - 2/3 cup spice mix uses spice mix to taste, note for spice mix recipe
- 30 oz tomato sauce 2 15 oz cans
- 20 oz. diced tomatoes with green chilies (2) 10 oz cans
- 1 T unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 T brown sugar
For Serving
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup diced red onion
- 2 avocados sliced
- 1 cup sour cream optional
Instructions
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In a large sauté pan add olive oil heat over med-high heat.
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Once hot add bell pepper and onions just softened.
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Add ground beef. Season with salt and pepper. Brown, stirring occasionally until beef is no longer pink.
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Drain excess fat well.
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Transfer beef mixture into the slow cooker.
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Add beans, chili spice mix, brown sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes with green chilies to beef mixture.
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Stir to combine.
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Cook covered for 7-8 hours on high or 4-5 hours on low. Put everything together before you leave for work and it will be perfect when you get home 9-10 hours later, cooked on low.
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Transfer to serving bowls and top with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, avocado slices, and diced red onion.
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Serve with tortilla chips or cornbread.
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