Best Beef Chili

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	27%	23%
fat	2%	1%
aromatics	18%	16%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	68%	58%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

27 g	2 tablespoons olive oil
300 g	2 medium onions, finely chopped
12 g	4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
907 g	2 pounds lean ground beef
6 g	1 teaspoon salt
8 g	1 tablespoon ancho chili powder, or to taste
1 g	1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder, or to taste
7 g	1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 g	2 teaspoons oregano
240 g	2 sweet bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, or mixed), diced
794 g	1 (28-ounce) can whole, peeled tomatoes (or same amount of crushed or puréed)
473 g	2 cups water
850 g	2 (15-ounce) cans kidney beans or black beans, drained and rinsed
154 g	1 cup fresh or frozen corn kernels
	Sour cream
	Grated sharp cheddar
	Thinly sliced radishes
	Sliced scallions
	Chopped onions
	Avocado slices
	Shredded lettuce
	Chopped fresh jalapeños
	Fresh cilantro

Method: 7 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I doubled the recipe and the only issue I had was it wasn't spicy enough. I added more chili powder and cumin and still not spicy enough. Sent my husband to the store for a few packets of chili seasoning and that seemed to do the trick. It's still a great reci” — a cook

“I didn't have any bell peppers on hand so to add a little of that pizazz that usually bell peppers give to dishes I added a little bit of tomato paste and a good spoonful of paprika to the pot...It was lip smacking, plate licking, second and third helpings wor” — a cook