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***UPDATED SEPTMEBER 2023***
This fantastic recipe for Three Bean Chili has been living and breathing on my site for more than a decade. It comes from one of my dearest friends, and has been a family favorite for years. It’s got great flavor with out being overly spicy…
…and uses three kinds of canned beans. I love the variety here! Due to the canned beans, it comes together quickly…
…and has a great hearty goodness to it. A great recipe to keep in your stash as we make our way through fall and winter!
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1/2 green pepper
- 1 garlic clove
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1 15 oz can pinto beans
- 1 15 oz can light red kidney beans
- 1 15 oz can dark red kidney beans
- 1 14 oz can Mexican flavored stewed tomatoes
- 1 6 oz can tomato paste
- 3/4 t chili powder
- 1 T brown sugar
- 2 t beef bullion
- salt and pepper
Instructions
1. Put your ground beef in a hot skillet and sprinkle with some salt and pepper. Let it get nice and browned.
2. While your meat is cooking chop up your veggies.
3. Take your can of Stewed Tomatoes and give them a little chop. Don't try and pour them out onto a cutting board. That kind of mess will urge you to use swear words you never knew you wanted to say. Just stick a handy pair of kitchen scissors into the can and snip away.
4. Grab a large soup pot. Open up your can of beans, but don't drain them. You want those juices. Add the beans and all of the other ingredients to your soup pot. Stir it all around to incorporate all the goods.
5. Let the chili simmer for 30 minutes. Give it a little taste and add more salt and pepper if you would like. Enjoy!
Jamie, is that like a whole garlic clove?
Kim,
You just want one clove of garlic. Not the whole bulb. The little individual sections of the garlic bulb are called “cloves”. Hope that helps!
~Jamie
PS..I totally put an entire bulb of garlic in some mayo once when the recipe called for only a clove. It wasn't pretty. I think I still have garlic breath from it.
Yum! Chili is a favorite of mine. The more beans, the better. I can't wait to try your recipe.
Jamie I would love to squize you, you are tooo cute! Thank you again for making my day, and can't wait to try your chili!! or your best friends Cindi's recipe! Mary
Oh, I love chili recipes! Chili is a family favorite(just don't feed it to the troops on Saturday night before church!). I love throwing chili in the crock pot on Halloween…chili dogs? Oh, and by the way I love chili, fall, friends, family, chocolate, Diet Coke, but not Mondays.
made this chili the other night when we had the missionaries over. so delicious! everyone loved it. thanks for sharing!
We've made this recipe several times now, including for a football party. I can't tell you how everybody raved about it! Thanks for sharing!
Can I Crock Pot this recipe? If I can, is there anything I need to do differently?