Super Easy Chili Recipes

Preparing for super easy chili dishes

If you think you can’t cook, then you should think of super easy chili recipes which can be a good way to feed yourself and your family without the need to spend a lot of money. Besides, you will not have to worry that you need to spend couple of hours everyday on a hot stove to prepare the dishes. Most recipes can be thrown together in a few minutes and cooked for under an hour. Another way, you can just use a crockpot for some of them.

If you are a vegetarian, leave the ground beef out of the recipes or substitute textured vegetable protein for a meat like texture. You can find textured vegetable protein (TVP) at health food stores or online.

Basic “super easy chili” directions

If you’re using textured vegetable protein, you can cook it in a crockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat, stirring, until the texture is done.

Ingredients to add for super easy chili

With super easy chili, really, the sky’s the limit. You can add just about anything you’ve got in your pantry and refrigerator and make a decent chili recipe as long as it “fits” the general flavor. One possible variation is to take a pound of ground sirloin, and add the following spices:

Half a teaspoon of salt A quarter teaspoon of pepper Half a teaspoon of cumin 2 1/2 teaspoons of chili powder

To that, add a 15-ounce can of kidney beans that have been rinsed and drained, some ketchup (a tablespoon or two), and a cup and a half of water. Add two 10-ounce cans of tomatoes (undrained). If you want some spice in addition to what you’ve already put in with the above spices, you can choose a variety of canned tomatoes that has green chilies included.

For really quick and super easy chili, you can stir in all of the ingredients, bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. After that, let the chili sit in the pot for another 15 minutes to absorb more flavors and improve even further.

For a little refinement, you can stir the chili powder and cumin into the meat first, sauté, and then add the rest of the ingredients.

Variations

For a more “Italian” flavor, add half a cup of chopped red bell pepper, half a teaspoon dried oregano, and five cloves of chopped garlic to the recipe above. With this variation, add the garlic and red bell pepper to the cooked dishes, stir for three to four minutes, and then add the remaining ingredients.

For more kick, you can also add more green chilies besides those that are already included in the tomatoes above, up to two 4-ounce cans, drained and rinsed. If you want a milder chili, you can omit the chilies altogether, and you can use tomatoes that do not have green chilies included.

These are pretty basic instructions, but as you can see, chili is meant to be a self-invented recipe to some extent. Have some fun with ingredients you’ve already got in your pantry, refrigerator and freezer, and see what you come up with. Remember that it’s meant to be fun and easy, so be creative!