Slow Cooker Chili without Beans

Name: Slow Cooker Chili without Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h 5 min
Total time: 8 h 20 min
Yield: 6 quarts
Ingredients: 3 pounds ground beef; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 1 ½ large onions, diced, or more to taste; 2 large green bell peppers, diced, or more to taste; 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles (such as RO*TEL®); 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste; 4 tablespoons chili powder; 1 tablespoon beef bouillon (such as Better Than Bouillon® Roasted Beef Base); 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco®); 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 (28 ounce) cans diced petite-cut tomatoes; 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes

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Easy slow cooker chili. Not too spicy, not at all sweet, this is simple to assemble and cook. Feeds a crowd! Serve with shredded Cheddar and diced raw onions.

By Andrea Gatley

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Recipe Summary

cook:

8 hrs 5 mins

total:

8 hrs 20 mins

prep:

15 mins

Servings:

Yield:

6 quarts

Nutrition Info

Directions

Step 1
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in two batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Season with salt and pepper while browning. Drain and discard grease; transfer beef to a slow cooker.

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Step 2
Add bell peppers and onion to the slow cooker. Add diced tomatoes and green chiles, tomato paste, chili powder, beef bouillon, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, oregano, cumin, hot sauce, salt, black pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Stir with a heavy spoon until well mixed. Pour in diced tomatoes and stir well. Add as much crushed tomatoes as you can fit into the slow cooker, keeping in mind it will expand a bit while cooking. Stir well.
Step 3
Cover the slow cooker and cook on Low until flavors blend, 8 to 10 hours.

Cook's Notes:

You can substitute 1 pound of bacon for 1 pound of the ground beef. Dice and cook until crispy, drain, and add to the pot.

If you have room and you want beans feel free to add 1 or 2 cans of black beans, drained.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

330 calories; protein 22.9g; carbohydrates 18.5g; fat 18.6g; cholesterol 69.6mg; sodium 1003mg. Full Nutrition

JustAnotherCook

11/02/2019

Two notes for anyone seeking to make this. First, my 6 qt slow cooker was nowhere near large enough; I left out half the diced tomatoes and all of the crushed. If I do it again, I would mix all in a very large bowl and then use two cookers. Second, on tasting during cooking I found it very acid. Two tbsps of sugar helped out with that. Some folks might want more chili powder, as well.

Nancy Woodard Bragg

11/05/2019

I didn't make any changes, but still found the tomato paste make it sweet. My husband thought it was too tomato-y. It's not likely to show up on my rotation again. But I was looking for a low carb version of chili and this was it.

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JustAnotherCook

11/02/2019

Nancy Woodard Bragg

11/05/2019

Sue Geving

05/04/2021

My son and hubby liked it. I thought it was just ok. You must really like tomatoes

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