4,707 chili recipes

A no-fuss Mexican chili built on ground beef and sliced chorizo simmered with green chilis, onions, garlic, and stewed tomatoes. No beans, no complicated spice blends. The chorizo brings all the heat and flavor.

Chili lovers will enjoy this healthier version that tastes wonderful with a light crusty bread or those classy bread bowls!

Old-fashioned chili sauce relish with tomatoes, celery, peppers, ginger, vinegar, and pickling spices. Vintage canning recipe to serve with cold meats and sandwiches.

Green chili sauce made from scratch with diced green chiles, garlic, onion, and a simple flour roux. Ready in 15 minutes for enchiladas, burritos, and smothered anything.

Vegan chili with kidney beans, bulgur wheat, fresh tomatoes, and a heavy hand of mild and hot ground chilies. A hearty meatless chili where bulgur replaces ground meat for satisfying texture.

Nevada Annie's cowboy chili browns 8 pounds of ground chuck with onions, peppers, jalapeños, beer, and 12 tablespoons of ground chile. A no-beans, three-hour Western chili built for a crowd.

Vegetarian tofu chili: a hearty meatless chili with browned tofu chunks, kidney beans, and a from-scratch spice blend of pure ground chiles, cumin, and oregano.

Meatless potato and pinto bean chili spiked with jalapeño, cumin, allspice, and chili powder in a chunky tomato-vegetable broth. Filling, vegan, and on the table in an hour from one Dutch oven.

San Antonio chili made Texas-style with coarse ground beef chuck, no beans, no tomatoes. Slow-simmered with chili powder, cumin, oregano, and cayenne, thickened with cornmeal.

Sopa de chiles poblanos is a creamy green chile soup made with pureed poblano peppers, chicken stock, and light cream thickened with a butter-flour roux. Rich, smoky, and velvety.

Vegetarian bulgur chili with kidney beans, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Bulgur wheat absorbs the spiced broth and adds a meaty chew without any meat. Ready in 50 minutes.

Microwave chili pie with ground beef, corn, tomatoes, cheddar cheese, olives, and crushed tortilla chips on top. A fast Tex-Mex casserole ready in about 15 minutes.

Meatless farmer's chili with kidney beans, zucchini, corn, carrots, and bulgur wheat in a cumin-chili tomato broth. Hearty, crunchy, and better the next day.

Sam Huddleston's chili is a no-bean Texas-style chili with cubed beef, toasted cumin seed, paprika, and chili powder, thickened with cracker meal at the end. Proper bowl of red.

Pork chili con carne with ground pork, tomatoes, kidney beans, and chili flakes. A leaner twist on classic beef chili with a quick 40-minute simmer.

Chili Krieghauser with ground beef, French onion soup, kidney beans, and a splash of cola plus cocoa for unexpected depth. The midwestern-style cookoff chili with a secret ingredient list.