Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · The Classic Texas Chili Recipe That Won Me a
One of 163 chili recipes we measured
3 cooks on www.simplyrecipes.com rate it 4.3★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 163.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 76% | 23% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 13% | 16% |
| sweetener | 1% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 47% | 58% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 1361 g | 3 pounds boneless beef chuck roast, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch cubes |
| 23 g | 2 tablespoons kosher salt, divided |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 90 g | 6 dried chiles, such as ancho, guajillo, pasilla, or a mix, stems and seeds removed |
| 24 g | 8 cloves garlic, smashed |
| 960 g | 4 cups beef broth, divided, plus more as needed |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons neutral oil, plus more as needed |
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion, diced |
| 2 serrano peppers, stemmed, seeded, and diced | |
| 340 g | 12 ounces beef kielbasa, thinly sliced |
| 340 g | 1 (12-ounce) can beer, preferably a dark lager |
| 49 g | 3 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 13 g | 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar |
| 5 g | 1 tablespoon cocoa powder |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon chili powder |
| 4 g | 1 tablespoon Mexican oregano |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons smoked paprika |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground cumin |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground coriander |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon ground white pepper |
| 237 g | 1 cup strong brewed coffee |
| 794 g | 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes |
| Shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, lime wedges, and/or corn chips, for serving, optional |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This is an amazingly awesome recipe! Probably the best beef chili I have ever tasted! And I am a chili connoisseur (or so I say)! Reminiscent of a recipe from America's Test Kitchen, ONLY BETTER! Followed each step exactly as written, and the result was sublim” — a cook
“I don't leave reviews, but I need to for this. Made it almost exactly with a few mods -- couldn't find many dried peppers, found chili negros and seemed to work fine- Serrano is sadly too hot for the kids, so I swapped a large poblano- smoke turkey kielbasa - ” — a cook