5-Ingredient Chili (Easy One Pot Recipe) + Video
This 5 ingredient chili combines seasoned beef, tomatoes, beans, and chiles for a quick and easy meal. Make it tonight in just 15 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt to taste, you can add more to taste at the end
- 29 ounce fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes with Garlic 2 (14.5-ounce) cans
- 31 ounce chili beans 2 (15.5-ounce) cans, I use S&W
- 7 ounce can diced green chiles or 1/2 can (4-ounce) diced jalapenos
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large (4 quart) saucepan over medium-high heat, add ground beef and salt. Break the beef up with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook until cooked through, stirring occasionally. Add tomatoes, beans, jalapenos and crushed red pepper flakes (to taste - use less for mild, more for hot). Stir. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Taste for flavor, if it tastes flat consider adding a little more salt (a pinch at a time).
Video
Notes
I love to whip this up with ground beef I have precooked and also it is great with leftover burgers. Just break them up and add them in.
Prepare ground beef ahead for easy lazy day dinners. Buy ground beef and precook it. Then portion it out and pop it in the freezer for easy pantry meals like this one. Replace the cooked beef 12 ounces cooked beef replaces 1 pound uncooked beef in a recipe.
SUBSTITUTIONS: You can use a diced bell pepper sauteed in place of the chiles.
If you like your chili with more liquid you can blend a can of the tomatoes and add it.
If you prefer your chili thicker, you can crush a can of the beans and then add then to the chili.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 253cal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 1113mg | Sugar: 8g | Fiber: 6g | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 5mg