Slow Cooker Chili

5 from 3 votes

Your search for the best slow cooker chili recipe stops here! Use ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken to make it your own.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Keyword best chili recipe, chili slow cooker, crockpot chili, crockpot chili recipe, easy chili recipe, slow cooker chili, slow cooker chili recipe

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 6

Total Time 6 15

Servings cups

Calories 302kcal

Author Blair Lonergan

Ingredients

2 lbs. ground beef (or sub with ground turkey)
1 medium onion, diced (about 1 ¼ cups)
2 large cloves garlic, minced or pressed (about 2 teaspoons)
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon Lawry’s seasoned salt
1 teaspoon brown sugar (or increase to 2 teaspoons for a slightly sweeter taste)
1 teaspoon onion powder
2 teaspoons cumin
2 (15 ounce) cans red kidney beans or small pink beans, drained and rinsed
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, not drained
1 (15 ounce) can corn kernels, drained
12 ounces tomato paste
4 cups low-sodium beef broth
Kosher salt and ground black pepper, to taste
Optional, for serving: cornbread; corn chips; cheese; sour cream; sliced green onions/chives; cilantro; avocado; diced red onion

Instructions

Heat about 2 teaspoons olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook beef, onion, and garlic in the skillet until beef is no longer pink. Drain.
Transfer beef mixture to a large slow cooker. Add remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours.
Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Garnish with optional toppings.

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Notes

To make last-minute dinner prep even faster, you can brown the ground beef, onion, and garlic in advance. Keep the cooked meat mixture in a container in the refrigerator for 1-2 days before you need to cook the chili. This is a step that you can do on the weekend so that you only have to dump the ingredients into the pot on a busy weekday.

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