Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · Spicy Chili
One of 163 chili recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
It ranks #1 of 163 for gravy quality among the chili recipes we compared. 205 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.com rate it 4.8★.
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 | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 9% | 16% |
| acid | 3% | 0% |
| sweetener | 23% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 36% | 58% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1361 g | 3 lbs ground beef (, or use half sausage and half ground beef) |
| 120 g | 1 green pepper (, diced) |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper (, diced) |
| 150 g | 1 medium onion (, diced) |
| 45 g | 3 small jalapeno peppers (, diced (seeds and veins removed for less spice)) |
| salt and pepper | |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons garlic powder |
| 43 g | 1/3 cup chili powder |
| 10 g | 1 1/2 Tablespoons cumin |
| 408 g | 1 1/2 cups ketchup |
| 46 g | 3 Tablespoons lime juice |
| 13 g | 1 Tablespoon brown sugar |
| 16 g | 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 10 g | 2 teaspoons vinegar |
| 7 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard |
| 3 cups spicy hot V8 (, or regular) | |
| 454 g | 16 oz can kidney beans |
| 411 g | 1 14.5 oz can fire roasted tomatoes |
| salt and pepper |
Method: 4 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I felt this was WAY too sweet!! I’m so disappointed! I don’t like sweet chili at all! I’m trying like heck to cut it! I’ve added 2 cans of tomato paste, chicken broth, extra Worcester sauce, extra cumin, cayenne pepper, red pepper flakes, Mexican spices! A was” — a cook, 1★
“Hey! I love your recipes! In the instructions you mention browning the ground beef and sausage together. Sausage isn't in the ingredient list. Is the error in the instructions? If not, how much sausage do you use? BTW sausage is also mentioned in NOTES as” — a cook, 4★