We’re in the midst of an AWESOME (negative) winter storm here in Boston so I figured a little comfort food was in order. My aunt so generously bought me a slow cooker for Christmas so I figured it was the perfect opportunity to try that out as well. It also came with a bonus mini slow cooker which will be perfect for hot dips! I found a very basic chili recipe packed with flavor on allrecipes.com.
Here’s what you’ll need:
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3/4 cup diced onion
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 3/4 cup diced green bell pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (10.75 oz.) cans tomato puree
- 1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans with liquid
- 1 (15 oz.) can kidney beans, drained
- 1 (15 oz.) can cannellini beans with liquid
- 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
Here’s what you do:
1) In a skillet, over medium heat, cook beef until evenly brown, then drain.
2) Next, I chopped the celery, green pepper, onions, and minced the garlic.
3) Once your veggies are chopped and your beef is browned, place all into the slow cooker along with the tomato puree, kidney beans and cannellini beans. Season with chili powder, parsley, salt, basil, oregano, black pepper, and hot pepper sauce.
Patiently wait 8 hours (!) for all of this goodness to slowly cook. I made this on a Sunday so I could “observe” throughout the day, but I feel confident enough now to let it sit at home while I’m at work… which I believe is the whole point. Let me tell you, my apartment smelled fantastic, so I’m looking forward to the next time I use the slow cooker and coming home from work with dinner already done!
Once it was all cooked I served it in my new favorite chunky monogrammed mug from Anthropologie (it’s only $6, so you’d be pretty silly to not treat yourself to one) and topped it with some oyster crackers and LOTS of cheese, because why wouldn’t I?
HOPEFULLY Spring will arrive soon! I’m headed off to Florida at the end of the week to escape the colddddd, but for now I have lots of chili to freeze!
Bundle up!
[Chels]
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Hooray for chili!! Perfect for these bitter-cold temperature days.
Have fun in Florida!!
OMG – that looks so delicious. Can I come over for lunch?
I love using my slow cooker. I’ve been amazed at how many recipes I’ve been able to adapt for it. It’s especially great for cooking things like beans that normally take quite a while. Chili sounds quite comforting with the weather we’ve been having lately.
I am making my FOUR bean spicy chili with Bison sausage today in MY slow cooker!
Looks yummy! … from one fan of AllRecipes’ slow cooker recipes to another.
i love the pics you took for this one, esp. the one showing all the beans…it all looks so delicious!
I couldn’t believe this when I saw it…I made chili for our snow days (Sun and Mon) in Georgia this weekend and served it in that very same (with an L on it of course) Anthropologie mug! My only regret is that it wasn’t as delicious and homemade as yours looks. Us southerners venturing out for ground beef and veggies in the snow is not the best idea due to our lack of winter weather driving skills!
That chili looks tasty! I like the cup bowl!
hi.
just found your blog looks great, i lived in boston for a while, and dig trying new recipies, i going to check out your archives.
xoxo
When I was a little girl and I first went to Wendy’s (this is 25 years ago now) all I wanted was Chilli. I grew up in New Zealand and I think it was the only Wendy’s branch in the whole country. It was really popular – actually we only ate out 4 or 5 times a year so it was a big treat. I also thought it was so “american”. I had only ever seen chilli on a sitcom.
Well today I cooked your chilli – I had to make some subsitituions chopped tomatoes not pureed, and one can of refried beans instead of the cannellini beans.
It was so delicious – it took me back to that moment. Thanks so much…
Every time I go into Anthropologie I consider getting a monogrammed mug but it’s small than my normal coffee mugs and I think you can only hook one finger in the handle which is sorta uncomfortable. But still… whenever I pass by them I still stop and check them out. Maybe one of these days I’ll get my S cup.