Homemade beef chili made in the Crock-Pot with Pinto beans, ground beef, and more!
Hey y’all! I hope you enjoyed the holidays as much as I did. The only thing that I wasn’t too thrilled about as the weather. I’m not a huge fan cold weather, and honey it has been pretty darn cold over here in the Pacific Northwest. To help keep me and my family warm, I decided to make a big pot of homemade beef chili with beans. To make everything easy, I made the chili in my Crockpot. I simply tossed everything in my slow cooker, and let it cook for 4 hours. My house smelled so amazing! While the chili cooked, I took care of other things such as cleaning the house, watching tv with my son and hubby, and playing with our new puppies. Once the chili was done I sprinkled on some of our favorite toppings, and we went in! Again, this recipe was super easy because it was a toss, and go recipe ( just toss it in the Crock-Pot and go on about your business honey!). Let me tell you what I used.
Let me start off with the beans. I decided to use dry pinto beans because I had plenty of them. Before I tossed then beans into the slow cooker I made sure to sort through them ( getting rid of any pebbles, and rotten beans) and rinse them with cool water. I didn’t soak the beans, prior to cooking them. In my opinion, it isn’t necessary to soak beans- especially when you’re going to cook them in a slow cooker.
The meat that I used for my chili was regular ground. I usually buy whatever is on sale when it comes to ground beef, but if you have a preference use that. Also, if you don’t eat beef you can use ground turkey, or ground chicken as a substitution.
Let’s talk about the other ingredients. You know the ingredients that add lots of flavor. I used a combination of onions, garlic, celery, and green bell peppers. I also added in some canned diced tomatoes, and tomato sauce. I pretty much used what I had in my refrigerator at the time. If you like spicy chili feel free to add in some spicy peppers.
for more flavor I added Salt free seasoning ( you can use seasoning salt or plain salt ), chili powder, ground black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and oregano.
Below I’ll leave the recipe, but check out this video tutorial for a visual!
Homemade Beef Chili Made in the Crock-Pot
Ingredients
- 3 cups dry pinto beans
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- 15 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 32 oz chicken broth
- 1 large bell pepper chopped
- 1 medium sized onion chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic chopped
- 3 - 4 ribs of celery
- 1 tbsp salt free seasoning or 1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt OR plain salt
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 2 1/2 tsp chili powder
Instructions
- Toss everything into the slow cooker.
- Set the slow cooker on high for 4 hours.
- Stir periodically.
- Once done serve and enjoy
This looks fantastic. We are having chili weather so perfect timing! Pinned. Looking forward to your post in 2016. Thanks xoxo
I meant posts not post….lol
Just made your recipie, it was delicious! It was perfect with this cold weather. I love your YouTube channel.
Hi Vanessa! So glad that you liked my chili recipe! XOXO
Sounds delicious. Do you pre cook meat for chili??? I’m new to crock pot cooking. They have been around forever but I just never used them until recently. The chicken pot pure sounds delicious also. Will be trying both. Thank you!!! Have a wonderful day.
Nope. you don’t have to precook anything. Simply put it all in the Crock-Pot. Everything will cook in there 🙂
That was chicken pot pie!!! Auto correct! Ugh.
Rosie, can you cook your ground beef first before putting it in the crock pot so you won’t have all that grease? Also, how many hours do you cook this on low?
You sure can, or you can use lean ground beef.
Can you use canned beans instead of the dry?
If you use canned beans, they will get too mushy.
can you use stew meat instead of ground beef?
Hi Briggite! Absolutely. XOXO
I am loving your recipes. This one is on deck for today!
I am so excited to try this!!!! I’ve been looking for a raw hamburger recipe!!! I’m going to try it with cranberry beans. And I’d love to try it on low instead of high, so i can be gone for more hours … maybe double the cooking time? Thank you!!!!!
Is this freezer friendly? I want to double and put some in the freezer. Thank you
Yes, you can certainly freeze leftovers.
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I made this recipe and it was a hit. The spices were spot on and this is a hearty meal