One of my favorite foods is chili. It’s chili weather. In fact this may be only thing I like about cold weather is chili. I have two favorite chilis that I like making. The first is from a Betty Crocker slow cooker cookbook. The recipe is perfect and easy to make. However, if you are not at home and forgot your recipe book, like I did, I stumbled on Jimmy Fallon’s slow cooker chili recipe. I am huge Jimmy Fallon fan. He does great comedy and I would trust any recipe he would make. I enjoyed making his recipe, but I wanted to switch some things about it and this is my second best chili recipe.
Easy Slow Cooker Chili Recipe
2 T. olive oil
2 lbs. ground beef
1 lb. ground turkey
course salt and fresh ground pepper
1 medium white onion
3 garlic cloves
1/4 c. chili powder
1 T. dried oregano
1 1/2 t. ground cumin
2 (28 oz.) cans diced tomatoes (I use the diced tomatoes that have either oregano, lime and/or cilantro)
1/3 c. chopped fresh cilantro, plus more for serving
2 (15 oz.) cans dark red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
Instructions
1.Heat olive oil in a large skillet pan over medium heat. Brown ground beef (seasoned with salt and pepper), drain fat and add to Crock Pot set on low heat.
2.Brown ground turkey (seasoned with salt and pepper)in skillet, drain fat and add to Crock Pot with ground beef set on low heat.
3.Return skillet to heat, add onions and garlic, saute for about 5 minutes and add to Crock Pot.
4. Add chili powder, oregano, cumin, and cilantro to crock pot and mix with ground meat.
5. Add the diced tomatoes and mix with ground meat. Cook on low for 6 – 8 hours. During the remaining 30 minutes, add the kidney beans, stirring well to combine.
6. Serve with sour cream, shredded cheddar and more fresh cilantro.
Also great to serve with guacamole, check our Chipotle Guacamole Recipe.
Adapted from Jimmy Fallon via Martha Stewart
I love a bowl of hot, spicy chili. When we have it, I add beef tenderloin chunks in mine. That and plenty of fresh vegetables.
This sounds tasty and easy.
We love adding in jalapenos to our chili. Yum!
Ohmygoodness this looks so good. I love that you mixed turkey in with the beef. We try to use turkey as a substitute as much as we can, and this is a great compromise. Yum!
I am actually making slow cooker Chili today! Best cold weather food ever!
My husband loves chili! I’m going to have to try this recipe – it looks really easy. And I just love the addition of cilantro…never thought to include that!
I love a thick, hot chili in the winter–it’s so comforting! This recipe looks delicious, but still really easy. I’m not a great cook, so I have to have easy! 🙂
I love all the spices included in this recipe. It’s almost as if I can already imagine how the slow cooker chili would taste like. This looks really delicious and great for a food contribution for a potluck dinner this holiday season!
I love chili! It can be just what you need on a cold winter day. I like the idea of putting it in the crock pot and having dinner ready when you get home from work. This recipe looks like a winner.
I’ve never tried ground turkey in chili but my dil makes hers that way and they love it. I’m going to have to try it and let you know how it turns out. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. I could just reach through and grab that bowl of chili because it looks delicious.
That chili looks so delicious, I love how you’ve presented it in the bowl. I don’t have a slow cooker but I really should invest in one as I keep stumbling across delicious recipes for one like yours. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I’d love to give it a go as a new twist on our usual chili night.
This chili recipe is perfect for the cold weather here now. I love the use of cheddar and sour cream. That is always a perfect combination for me when it comes to chili and even other recipes.
I haven’t made chili in forever, however when it’s colder weather like this, it’s the perfect time to do so. I love all the flavor you have going on in this chili, sounds so amazing, I really need to stop waiting til this early to comment on food posts.
Slow cooker chili is my absolute favourite – especially spicy like yours! I love that I can imagine it all day in my cooker and the smell is fantastic! We had it on Monday and now I want it again!
This recipe looks absolutely to die for! I love chili, and I’m always looking for really good recipes for it. This recipe looks so easy because it’s in a crock pot, so it will be perfect for me and my crazy schedule! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with me! xoxo
Even though my sweetie likes turkey meat, I’ve never used it to make homemade chili…lasagna yes, chili…not yet. I love how chili warms the body in the wintertime, and I’m so happy that it is an easy thing to make in the slow cooker. I don’t top it with cheese much, but love it with dollops of sour cream.
yummmy!! I have never made my own chilli but this is pretty much how I would make it, in a slow cooker like a Crock pot or maybe even on a skillet/saucepan. Your chilli looks divine and would be great to have on a cold day. It sure will warm you right up! Thank you so much for the wonderful and relatively simple recipe! I will try it one day.