Looking for the Easiest Chili Recipe? This has to be it.
I’ve shared other chili recipes with you through the years…
- This Chili recipe that is super cheap because it is meatless.
- Lentil Chili which is tasty, fast, and also cheap.
But after 30 years of marriage, feeding kids, feeding company, and making chili hundreds of times, I realized recently that I now have a favorite go-to chili recipe and it has yet to be shared here. Let’s solve that now!
Why is this my favorite chili recipe?
- Because there’s hamburger meat in it. This girl does like her beef.
- Because it comes together very quickly and with almost no effort.
- Because we can make it ahead of time and rewarm it when we want to serve it.
- Because it’s a perfect recipe to dump into a crock pot and have ready at dinner time.
- Because it freezes well. Might as well make a bunch and freeze some for another meal another time.
By the way. Have I talked about how much I love Rotel?
Probably not. But shucks if cans of Rotel haven’t become a buy-by-the-case-at-Costco-or-Sam’s ingredient that I must have in my pantry at all times.
There’s something about the flavor combination that makes food taste better. Like Rotel in this Spicy Ham and Potato Soup? I COULD EAT IT EVERY DAY.
And Rotel in this Easiest Chili Recipe? Yes, two cans please.
Look how easy it is to make this Chili:
- Brown hamburger meat.
- Stir in canned tomatoes and beans.
- Add spices.
- Simmer, slow cook, fast cook, freeze it, do whatever you need.
And after all that, serve it with Shredded Cheese, Sour Cream, and Fritos. See? The Easiest Chili Recipe.
Easiest Chili Recipe
- 2 pounds ground hamburger meat
- 3 15-ounce cans beans (any combo you like and have on hand: pinto, red, kidney)
- 3 15-ounce cans tomato sauce
- 2 cans Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 Tablespoons chili powder (more if you like it spicier)
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- Brown hamburger meat and drain excess grease if needed.
- Add all other ingredients with the cooked meat into a pot or crock pot and heat until bubbly (Crock pot: low for 4-6 hours or high for 2-3 hours)
Want to make this chili stretch into several meals? Serve it with Baked Potatoes or Hot Dogs for Chili Cheese Dogs.
You are going to love how easy this is to make!
I’d love to hear more about the food issues in the brood. When I was working at a teen group home there was a lot of hoarding bc of past trauma mostly related to food insecurity. Same with yours! The institution (we had 6 cottages with 10
Boys in each) provided dinners that could be reheated. They were generally icky or
Just not very special so we all did what we could to make things more special. The institution required the fridge and freezer to be locked which certainly made the anxiety worse. So I always made stuff at home or with the boys to have out on the counters and available with fruit. Can you elaborate on why the kiddos are demanding g food but then refusing it.
Besides quelling the after school hunger, it’s likely so reassuring that that they are met with food.
Teaching kids to cook is also so smart. Besides being helpful with the long eye that they can actually take some things off your place, I taught all the cottage kids to cook. Handling and being around the food was so empowering g and reassuring