New<> this month
Get the Allrecipes magazine
  • ✕
+
  • ✕
—
Photo of Debdoozie's Blue Ribbon Chili by Deb
Watch

Debdoozie's Blue Ribbon Chili

Rated as 4.76 out of 5 Stars
3k made it  |  2k reviews   |  110 photos

Recipe by:

"This is the tastiest, easiest chili recipe you'll ever find. I recommend serving it with sliced jalapeno chile peppers and crackers or cornbread."
Added to shopping list. Go to shopping list.

Ingredients

1 h 10 m servings 480
Original recipe yields 8 servings (6 to 8 servings)

Directions

{{model.addEditText}} Print
  1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the ground beef and the onion and saute for 10 minutes, or until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain grease, if desired.
  2. Add the ground black pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce, salsa, chili seasoning mix and kidney beans. Mix well, reduce heat to low and simmer for at least an hour.
You might also like
White Chili with Ground Turkey

Your new favorite white chili!
Frank's Spicy Alabama Onion Beer Chili

Super spicy-good chili made with real beer!
Spicy Slow-Cooked Chili

Try this easy, hot, and spicy chili recipe.

Get the magazine

Subscribe to Allrecipes Magazine

Get a full year for $10!

Cook 5-star weekday dinners every time.

Footnotes

  • Tip
  • Aluminum foil can be used to keep food moist, cook it evenly, and make clean-up easier.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 480 calories; 31.1 24.9 26.7 96 1366 Full nutrition

Explore more

Get the magazine

Subscribe to Allrecipes Magazine

Get a full year for $10!

Cook 5-star weekday dinners every time.

Reviews

Read all reviews 2k
Rate and review

  1. 3137 Ratings

  2.  
    Rated as 5 out of 5 Stars
  3.  
    Rated as 4 out of 5 Stars
  4.  
    Rated as 3 out of 5 Stars
  5.  
    Rated as 2 out of 5 Stars
  6.  
    Rated as 1 out of 5 Stars
Most helpful positive review

Hi, everyone! Gosh, I haven't checked these reviews for years. I'm so glad to see there are so many people loving this recipe. HEY... be sure to enter this chili in contests at work... it WIN...

Read more
Most helpful critical review

This was way to tomato-ee & needed cumin to taste like chili -sorry but not a blue ribbon chili for us.

Read more
Most helpful
Most positive
Least positive
Newest

Hi, everyone! Gosh, I haven't checked these reviews for years. I'm so glad to see there are so many people loving this recipe. HEY... be sure to enter this chili in contests at work... it WIN...

Read more

I wish I could give more than 5 stars to this recipe! The chili I've been making for years is my mom's recipe, and it's really more like a thick spaghetti sauce than a chunky chili. I needed ...

Read more

HELPFUL TIPS: I halved the recipe because it's just for my husband and 2 toddlers (although one eats like a monster!), and we still had leftovers :) Put the normal amount of onion and black pep...

Read more

Wow Deb and thanks for the easiest dang chili recipe I ever made - and with all the ingredients already in the house! I used 1 lb. ground chuck and 1 lb. ground turkey and added 1 can of pinto ...

Read more

I made this chili at a recent Chili Cook-off at my church and it won! I was surprised, but then knew I had to write a review and share the news. I made this chili exactly as recipe described. I ...

Read more

This chili is wonderful! I was looking for a recipe for chili that would be as good as Wendy's chili, this chili doesn't taste exactly the same, but it is just as good. It is very easy to make, ...

Read more

Great recipe and easy. I have also added a little brown sugar and a bottle of beer. I also like spice, so added a dash of cayenne. Then let it simmer for an hour or so.

Read more

I have stopped experimenting with chili recipes after trying this one, it tastes a lot like wendy's chili, but better.

Read more

We love this recipe. We make this all the time and we even made a big pot of it for our Super Bowl party. We always use a couple cloves of garlic instead of garlic salt because we don't have a...

Read more
More Reviews