Classic Chili Con Carne

Classic Chili Con Carne – a hearty chili made with beef, onions, salsa, tomato sauce, and green chiles.  

This recipe for Chili Con Carne has become our favorite fall dish. Whether we serve with cornbread, chips or over a hot dog we all love this easy & delicious recipe.

My husband’s winning chili recipe, is always a hit.

For over a decade now my husband and I have been arguing who makes the best chili. I always made the point that his recipe isn’t really chili because it doesn’t have any beans.

Then a few years back our church had a chili cook-off and really we didn’t care about who won overall what we did care about was who had the most votes between the two of us.

To my dismay, Jake won. He went around recruiting people, at least that is how I saw it. He asked people to blindly taste both of our chili’s. In the end, he won 22-1. I guess you could say he just didn’t win, he butchered me.

I love sour cream and cheese with my chili, what about you?

I have never lived that day down. Since Jake hates beans, I would always make my chili and remove the beans from his helping….haha. {I never told him his chili was cooked with beans – shh!}

To decide whether his chili was indeed a chili I Googled to find out what chili was called with no beans.  And it came up with Chili Con Carne. It originated as a hearty stew with beef, tomatoes, and chiles. And we now just call it chili and typically people add beans.

How do you make Chili Con Carne?

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the ground beef and the onion and sauté for 10 minutes, or until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain grease, if desired.
• Add the ground black pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce, salsa, chili seasoning mix and green chiles. Mix well, bring to a slow boil overr medium-high heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 1-2 hours.

Is chili the same as chili con carne?

Yes, they are the same. Chili Con Carne means with meat and traditionally has no beans.

This recipe has become our Halloween tradition.

So I had to put my hubby’s recipe online, of course, my variation of it and I would love to have a rematch. I am sure that this Classic Chili Con Carne would win. Enjoy! XOXO San

Check out how easy this Classic Chili Con Carne is to make!

Love chili? Check out these other delicious recipes:

• Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
• Blue Ribbon Chili (with beans)
• Buffalo Chicken White Chili
• Crockpot Taco ChiliChili
• Cheese Fries for a Crowd

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Classic Chili Con Carne

 Classic Chili Con Carne a hearty chili made with beef, onions, salsa, tomato sauce and green chiles.  

Servings: 10

Calories: 195.19kcal

Author: Sandra

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 large yellow onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 2 - 28 ounce cans tomato sauce
• 2 cup salsa
• 2 - 14 ounce cans diced tomatoes
• 4 ounce can diced green chiles
• 10 tablespoons chili seasoning

Instructions

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the ground beef and the onion and sauté for 10 minutes, or until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain grease, if desired.
• Add the ground black pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce, salsa, chili seasoning mix and green chiles. Mix well, bring to a slow boil overr medium-high heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 1-2 hours.

Notes

Recipe adpated from Blue Ribbon Chili

Nutrition

Calories: 195.19kcal | Carbohydrates: 15.57g | Protein: 22.83g | Fat: 5.76g | Saturated Fat: 2.24g | Cholesterol: 56.25mg | Sodium: 1152.22mg | Potassium: 1004.53mg | Fiber: 5.72g | Sugar: 8.31g | Vitamin A: 4118.71IU | Vitamin C: 13.33mg | Calcium: 67.44mg | Iron: 5.2mg

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This post was recently updated, original post in December 2016.

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