Homemade 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	18%	23%
fat	2%	1%
aromatics	25%	16%
sweetener	1%	0%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	33%	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.

27 g	2 Tbsp olive oil ($0.32)
150 g	1 yellow onion ($0.49)
6 g	2 cloves garlic ($0.32)
454 g	1 lb. ground beef ($4.79)
425 g	1 15oz. can kidney beans ($1.09)
425 g	1 15oz. can black beans ($0.89)
425 g	1 15oz. can diced tomatoes (with juices, $0.50)
170 g	1 6oz. can tomato paste ($0.55)
237 g	1 cup water ($0.00)
8 g	1 Tbsp chili powder ($0.30)
2 g	1 tsp ground cumin ($0.10)
1 g	1/4 tsp cayenne powder ($0.02)
1 g	1/4 tsp garlic powder ($0.02)
2 g	1/2 tsp onion powder ($0.03)
7 g	1/2 Tbsp brown sugar ($0.02)
6 g	1 tsp salt ($0.05)
1 g	1/2 tsp black pepper (freshly cracked, $0.03)

Method: 5 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Followed the recipe with a few small changes, like browning the beef more thoroughly first and adding the aromatics after instead of vice versa, and I also included some fresh peppers as I usually do for chili. Not the most tastiest chili I've had, but very mu” — a cook, 5★

“I made this tonight and it was fantastic. I added a bell pepper to the veggie saute mix and used half of the olive oil. I replaced the other half with bacon grease with the beef. I also used half beef broth and half water for the liquid. Otherwise followe” — a cook, 5★