I'll admit that I did not read the recipe before making this chili. I looked at the ingredient list and modified a few things for example I don't like chunky tomatoes so I used plain tomato sauce instead. Also I did not have dried oregano so I substituted with Adobo seasoning. I also did not have cayenne pepper so I left it out. I figured the jalapeños were enough heat for the recipe. I left most of the seeds in the jalapeños as I chopped them. I also did not fry the ground beef and drain the fat from it before putting in the slow cooker I put everything into the slow cooker at once. IMO it's pointless to cook ingredients before putting them in the slow cooker. The whole point of the slow cooker is to not have to do that and also the fat from the meat made the recipe much more moist. Very tasty and moist!
Christina's Slow Cooker Chili Haiku: "Husband and daughter... well they loved this chili lots. I was not on board." After just 2 hrs. on high this chili was scorching around the edges b/c there really weren't any liquid-ey ingredients. I cut it back to low trying to stay faithful to the directions but a couple hrs. later had to add some chicken broth to prevent it from turning into a clumpy burnt mess. Maybe the "burnt" gave it some unusual flavor that my family loved but I just didn't enjoy very much. Not thrilled w/ the onion and bell peppers going in raw rather than them being browned w/ the ground beef but that did ultimately make this a very easy chili to prepare. Oh and lastly the only thing that I did differently was use black beans instead of kidney and a small can of chile peppers instead of jalapenos.
I'll admit that I did not read the recipe before making this chili. I looked at the ingredient list and modified a few things for example I don't like chunky tomatoes so I used plain tomato sauce instead. Also I did not have dried oregano so I substituted with Adobo seasoning. I also did not have cayenne pepper so I left it out. I figured the jalapeños were enough heat for the recipe. I left most of the seeds in the jalapeños as I chopped them. I also did not fry the ground beef and drain the fat from it before putting in the slow cooker I put everything into the slow cooker at once. IMO it's pointless to cook ingredients before putting them in the slow cooker. The whole point of the slow cooker is to not have to do that and also the fat from the meat made the recipe much more moist. Very tasty and moist!
Great Recipe! My teenage boys said it was their favorite. I added a bit more chili powder and an extra can of diced tomatos. A winner!
I used this as a base recipe for a personal chili. I used 1.5 Lb of ground beef and 1.5 Lb of steak tips which were chopped up. The result was fantastic. I will be tweaking my recipe over time and will reference this one as my base.
Good recipe. I needed to add water to keep it from burning and some brown sugar to balance it all out. When all was said and done it was delicious.
I put 4lbs of ground and 2 x 28 oz diced tomatoes and final topping (after all mixed and ready) an additional 28 oz whole stewed tomatoes to ensure no burning on edges. Also cut back on the chili powder to 1 tbsp 1 teaspoon
I MADE IT AND IT CAME OUT AWESOME!!!! I have made this about 10 times and always so good:)))
just without the jalapeno's and cayenne bc I have small kids.
