Texas Chili with Beans

chili in a bowl sitting on a black plate. The chili is topped with shredded cheese, cracked black pepper, sour cream, and jalapeno

5 from 2 votes

You may be thinking, "Texas Style Chili with Beans?! Texas Chili doesn't have beans." Traditionally, it doesn't. But the one thing Texas Style Chili does have is maximum flavor. It has a higher meat ratio and a true depth to it that a lot of other chili doesn't have. With a few shortcut ingredients in this recipe, you'll have an amazing Texas Style Chili (with beans!) that only needs to simmer for 20 minutes.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Main Course, Main Dish, Main Dishes

Cuisine: American, Tex-Mex

Servings: servings

Equipment

Ingredients

2 lbs ground beef
1 small onion chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
30 ounces canned tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder or more to taste
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 cube beef bouillon
1 cup water
4 ounces roasted green chiles
16 ounces pinto beans drained and rinsed
16 ounces chili beans in sauce
1 tablespoon cayenne optional

Instructions

Add the ground beef and onion to a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium heat.
Cook until ground beef is cooked through and the onion is translucent.
Add the garlic and mix. Let it sauté for about 2 minutes, just until fragrant.
Add in the tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, bouillon, water, cayenne, and green chiles. Mix to combine and bring to a low boil.
Add in the beans and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes.

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Notes

Use a food processor or chopper to cut up the onion. This will help you get really small pieces so that you can still have the flavor of the onion in the dish without anyone biting into a large piece of onion.
The longer you let the chili simmer, the better it will taste! You really only need about 20-30 minutes because of some shortcut ingredients, but the longer the better.

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