Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · Easy Weeknight Chili
One of 32 chili recipes we measured
from ourbestbites.com
It ranks #2 of 32 for tenderness among the chili recipes we compared. 8 cooks on ourbestbites.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 49% | 33% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 19% | 16% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 88% | 65% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef (10% lean) |
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon olive oil (extra virgin) |
| 150 g | 1 onion, medium (finely chopped) |
| 120 g | 1 green pepper (finely chopped) |
| 10 g | 3-4 cloves garlic (minced) |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chili powder |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 411 g | 1 can light kidney, black, or pinto beans (rinsed and drained) |
| 411 g | 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes |
| 227 g | 1 8-ounce can tomato sauce |
| 425 g | 1 15-ounce can beef broth (or equivalent; such as concentrated beef bouillon dissolved in 15 oz. water) |
| Corn chips (like fritos) | |
| shredded cheese | |
| diced onion | |
| Avocado |
Method: 4 steps, published by ourbestbites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I always hated chili growing up, and never even tried making it until about 2 years ago when my husband signed me up to bring chili to a ward party. So I pulled out your cookbook and made this chili. Turned out the ward party was actually a chili cook-off ... ” — a cook, 5.0★
“I totally made this for dinner last night! It is easily a favorite at our house, my son even asked for some for his lunch at school today. Really wishing I had had enough of the ingredients to double it. At my ward's Trunk or Treat last year, I actually won” — a cook, 5.0★