Best Slow Cooker Ground Beef Chili Recipes

SLOW COOKER GROUND BEEF CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Transfer beef to the bottom of a slow cooker. Add kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, bell pepper, onion flakes, chili powder, and cumin. Stir well.
• Cover and cook on Low until flavors have melded, at least 4 hours, up to 8 hours.

SLOW COOKER VEGETARIAN CHEESY CHILI MAC WITH OPTIONAL GROUND BEEF

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, beans, onion, garlic, and spices in your Crock Pot. If you're going for the full-on meat version, go ahead and brown your pound of hamburger in a separate frying pan, drain, and add that now, too. You'll add meat later if you're going half veggie/half carnie.
• Cook on low for about 7 - 9 hours. But it's pretty forgiving if you need to cook it for longer.
• Boil the macaroni according to package directions, but cut the time short by a minute or so to make sure it's just nice and al dente, or else the noodles might swell up to epic and less appetizing proportions in the finished product.
• Stir the macaroni, along with half the cheese, into the Crock Pot with the chili.
• For the half veggie/half carnie adaptetarian version, here's where you split it. If you're going all vegetarian or all meat, ignore this step and move on to Step 6. Move half of the cheesy chili maccy goodness into a medium casserole dish. Brown your half pound of hamburger in a separate frying pan, drain it, and stir the hamburger into the mixture in the casserole dish. Sprinkle over the top with half the remaining cheese, and bake the meaty version at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle all the remaining cheese over the Crock Pot mixture, cover with the Crock Pot lid, and cook for another 20 - 30 minutes, until the cheese is melted.
• Now get cozy, and enjoy!

SLOW COOKER GROUND BEEF CHILI

Steps:

• COOK ground beef until done and drain well. Add to slow cooker. Add leftover meats of your choice. We recommend at least some smoked meats such as ham for flavor. You can use chicken, ribs, etc. We do not recommend seafood.
• ADD onion, garlic, peppers, tomatillos, canned tomatoes, tomato paste, TACO BELL� Hot Restaurant Sauce, drained beans, and beer. Mix thoroughly.
• ADD half the cilantro (put aside remaining cilantro for garnish) and juice of lime.
• ADD dry ingredients (chili powder, cumin, oregano, pepper, cinnamon, Chipotle Chile, and sugar). Let cook on high for 1 hour then reduce to medium for 5 to 6 hours.
• GARNISH with 1 cup KRAFT Mexican Style 2% Milk Finely Shredded Four Cheese, cilantro, chopped green onion, and a dollop of sour cream.