Award Winning Crockpot Chili
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A thick, hearty, and award-winning crockpot chili loaded with ground beef, savory bacon, tender beans, and sautéed vegetables. Slow-simmered in a rich, custom spice blend for deep, comforting flavors with a perfect hint of warmth.
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🍳 Cooking Flow
Prep vegetables, fry bacon until crisp, and sauté the vegetables in the bacon grease. → Brown the ground beef in batches in the same skillet and mix all the dry spices in a small bowl. → Whisk beef consomme, tomato paste, Worcestershire, and the spice mix together in the crockpot. → Add the canned tomatoes, beans, ground beef, sautéed veggies, and chopped bacon, then stir. → Cover and slow-cook on low for 6 hours before serving with your favorite toppings.
Cooking Steps
Brief Cooking Order
Prep vegetables, fry bacon until crisp, and sauté the vegetables in the bacon grease. → Brown the ground beef in batches in the same skillet and mix all the dry spices in a small bowl. → Whisk beef consomme, tomato paste, Worcestershire, and the spice mix together in the crockpot. → Add the canned tomatoes, beans, ground beef, sautéed veggies, and chopped bacon, then stir. → Cover and slow-cook on low for 6 hours before serving with your favorite toppings.
Introduction
A thick, hearty, and award-winning crockpot chili loaded with ground beef, savory bacon, tender beans, and sautéed vegetables. Slow-simmered in a rich, custom spice blend for deep, comforting flavors with a perfect hint of warmth.
Step 1
Prep the vegetables: roughly chop the red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and celery. Remove seeds and membrane from the jalapeno and finely dice it. Peel and dice the yellow onion.
Step 2
In a large cast-iron skillet, fry the bacon slices until crisp. Remove them from the pan and let them drain on a plate lined with paper towels.
Step 3
Sauté the chopped red pepper, green pepper, celery, jalapeno, and yellow onion in the leftover bacon grease over medium heat for about 5 minutes until tender. Remove from skillet and drain off excess grease.
Step 4
Cook the ground beef in the remaining bacon grease in two separate batches (1 pound each) to ensure the meat browns instead of steaming. Break the beef into 1 to 2-inch chunks, then remove from heat once cooked through.
Step 5
Prepare the spice blend by thoroughly combining the chili powder, dried oregano, white sugar, cumin, smoked paprika, seasoned salt, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, basil, and black pepper in a small bowl.
Ingredients List
Important Notes
Sautéing the vegetables and cooking the beef in the leftover bacon grease adds a rich, smoky foundation of flavor to the chili.
Do not drain the canned tomatoes or beans; the packing juices are vital to creating the flavorful liquid base for slow cooking.
Browning the ground beef in batches keeps the pan from crowding, allowing it to sear beautifully rather than boiling in its own juices.
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