The Ultimate Slow Cooker Chili is the best chili recipe ever. Loaded with ground meat, steak, pork, beans, corn, and more, in a flavorful tomato sauce. This recipe must be tried at least once!
I make this chili recipe more than a few times per year, but not that many more. Every time there is a big sporting event, we are asked to make this chili. Every time certain friends come from out of town to stay with us, we make this chili. Truthfully, any excuse will do but you just can't make this chili that often.
We are constantly on the hunt for sales on meat and we buy lots of it. This recipe can be somewhat expensive unless you stock up like we do, even though this recipe is worth making regardless of the cost. I just hate spending money unnecessarily or wasting it.
This Slow Cooker Chili is perfect for feeding a crowd and tastes even better the next day as you would expect. So many things do and this is definitely one of them.
Ingredients for The Ultimate Slow Cooker Chili
- ground chicken, ground turkey, ground beef, ground pork, or, ground sausage
- pork chops
- beef steak
- red kidney beans
- chickpeas or garbanzo beans
- black beans
- corn
- onion
- sweet pepper
- diced tomatoes
- tomato sauce
- ketchup or chili sauce
- tomato paste
- beef broth
- sugar
- chili powder
- cumin
- garlic
- oregano
- basil
- pepper
- salt
- green chilies
How to make The Ultimate Slow Cooker Chili
There are two ways to make this chili. I usually make Option 2.
Option 1
In a large skillet, cook your ground meat until no longer pink and drain.
Dump into your slow cooker.
In the same skillet sauté the pork chops and then beef until no longer pink and cooked through.
Also dump into your slow cooker.
Add all the rest of the ingredients to the slow cooker.
Stir and cook on low for at least four hours.
Option 2
The night before I want to eat the chili I coat the inside of the slow cooker with cooking spray.
In a large bowl I add all of the ingredients together, except the raw meat and beans, and stir to combine. Set aside.
Crumble the raw ground meat across the bottom of the slow cooker.
Next spread out the raw sliced pork and then beef on top of the ground meat crumble.
Pour tomato mixture over raw meat and do not stir the contents of the slow cooker.
Let it all cook on low overnight.
Wake up, stir the chili, add the beans, and let it cook on low all day.
Garnish with chopped onions, jalapenos, cheese, and/or sour cream.
Serve and enjoy!
The Ultimate Slow Cooker Chili
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken, ground turkey, ground beef, ground pork, or, ground sausage
- 1 pound pork chops,loin or center cut, bone in or boneless, 1 inch thick, cut into 1 inch cubes - (2 chops)
- 1 pound beef steak or roast, cut into 1 inch cubes - (2 steaks)
- 2 cans (15 oz) red kidney beans, drained
- 1 can (15 oz) chick peas, drained
- 1 can (15 oz) black beans, drained
- 1 cup corn, canned or frozen -
- ¾ cup onion, chopped
- ¾ cup pepper, green, red, yellow or orange, chopped
- 2 cans (28 oz) canned tomatoes, diced
- 1 jar (26 oz) tomato sauce -
- 1 cup ketchup or chili sauce -
- 1 can (5 ½-6 oz) tomato paste -
- 2 cups beef broth -
- 1 tblsp sugar, brown or white
- 2 - 3 tblsp chili powder - more or less to taste
- 1 tblsp cumin ground -
- 2 tblsp garlic cloves minced -
- 1 tblsp oregano dried (ground or leaves) -
- 1 tblsp basil dried (ground or leaves) -
- 1 tblsp pepper or cayenne - more or less to taste
- 1 tblsp salt -
- 1 can chopped green chilies - 4-oz
- cooking spray
- optional garnishes
- jalapeños seeds and membranes removed, minced - if desired, to taste
- sour cream - if desired to taste
- green onions thinly sliced - if desired, to taste
- cheese grated or shredded - if desired, to taste
Instructions
- There are two ways to make this chili.
- In a large skillet, cook your ground meat until no longer pink and drain. Dump into slow cooker. In the same skillet sauté the pork chops and beef until no longer pink. Also dump into slow cooker. Add all of the ingredients, stir and cook on low for at least four hours.
- The night before I want to eat the chili I coat the inside of the slow cooker with cooking spray. In a large bowl I add all of the ingredients together, except the raw meat and beans, and stir to combine. Set aside. Crumble the raw ground meat across the bottom of the slow cooker. Next spread out the raw sliced pork and beef on top of the ground meat crumble. Pour tomato mixture over raw meat and do not stir the contents of the slow cooker. Let it all cook on low overnight. Wake up, stir the chili, add the beans and let it cook on low all day. Garnish with chopped onions, jalapenos, cheese, and/or sour cream. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
Anonymous says
the recipe calls for 2 five ounce cans of red kidney beans, im thinking this should be 15 oz cans?
Karin and Ken says
Yes! I can’t thank you enough for taking the time to let me know of the error! This chili is a favorite of ours. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Thank you again. Karin