Basic Chili Con Carne With Beef and Beans

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 163.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	0%	23%
fat	1%	1%
aromatics	14%	16%
salt	1%	0%
vegetables and beans	69%	58%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

425 g	1 1/2 cups dried red beans (or 2 (15-ounce) cans red kidney beans or small red beans, drained)
14 g	1 tablespoon vegetable oil
680 g	1 to 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
150 g	1 large onion, sliced
120 g	1 green bell pepper, chopped
411 g	1 (14.5-ounce) can tomatoes
227 g	1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
128 g	1 (4.5-ounce) can mild green chile peppers
5 g	2 teaspoons jalapeño pepper, finely chopped, optional
8 g	1 tablespoon chili powder
6 g	1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
	Dash cayenne pepper, or to taste
	Dash ground cloves
1 g	1 small bay leaf

Method: 9 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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