Spicy Chili

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	0%	33%
fat	0%	1%
aromatics	9%	16%
acid	3%	0%
sweetener	23%	0%
salt	0%	0%
vegetables and beans	36%	65%

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

Ingredients

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, 1.0★

“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, 4.0★