Chili con Carne, Slow Cooker
also called chili · bowl of red · Texas red · chili no beans · slow cooker chili · crockpot chili · crock pot chili con carne
- The Slow Cooker
- serves 6
- recipe says 8 hr 40 min
- Stews & Braises
Also written for Instant Pot (1 to wash), the plain way (1 to wash).
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| No beans in this one. Dried red kidney beans need a hard ten-minute boil first that a low setting never gives | ||||
| 3 lb(1.4 kg; cut in 1/2-in dice)beef chuck | brown 12 min, in two batches | soften, then bloom the chile off the heat | simmer on low, 8 hr | thicken on high, lid off |
| 2 tspkosher salt | ||||
| 2 Tbsvegetable oil | ||||
| 1 large(chopped)yellow onion | ||||
| 6 cloves(minced)garlic | ||||
| 1/4 cup(30 g; pure ground chile, not a chili-powder blend)ancho chile powder | ||||
| 1 Tbsground cumin | ||||
| 1 tspdried oregano | ||||
| 1 cup(240 mL)beef stock | ||||
| 14 oz(400 g)crushed tomatoes | ||||
| 1 Tbscider vinegar | ||||
| 2 Tbs(20 g; slaked in a little cold water)masa harina | ||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.15 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
2brown 12 min, in two batches
3soften, then bloom the chile off the heat
goes in with what step 2 made
4simmer on low, 8 hr
goes in with what step 3 made
5thicken on high, lid off
goes in with what step 4 made
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 8 hr 32 min1 of 4 steps gives no time
- Needs you
- about 32 min
- If you get it wrong
- Forgiving — the chile is bloomed in the skillet before the machine goes on, because there is no fixing a scorched one later
- What you'll wash
- Two things — the slow cooker crock, the skillet
- Does it keep
- 4 days — better on the second; eight hours covered leaves it loose, and it firms up in the fridge
brown 12 min, in two batches
12 minneeds youfrom the start
soften, then bloom the chile off the heat
not timed12 min in
simmer on low, 8 hr
8 hrwalk away12 min in
thicken on high, lid off
20 minneeds you(we think)8 hr 12 min in
- needs you
- you can walk away
- never timed
- we think
You'll need skillet · slow cooker
See how it is written
>> title: Chili con Carne, Slow Cooker
>> category: Stews & Braises
>> tags: beef, chiles, texas, one-pot, stew, slow cooker, crock pot
>> counters: The Slow Cooker
>> dish: chili-con-carne
>> kit: Slow Cooker
>> aka: chili, bowl of red, Texas red, chili no beans, slow cooker chili, crockpot chili, crock pot chili con carne
>> servings: 6
>> time: 8 hr 40 min
>> slack: forgiving — the chile is bloomed in the skillet before the machine goes on, because there is no fixing a scorched one later
>> washing-up: the slow cooker crock, the skillet
>> capacity: 3 — the skillet, brown
>> keeps: 4 days — better on the second; eight hours covered leaves it loose, and it firms up in the fridge
No beans in this one. Dried red kidney beans need a hard ten-minute boil first that a low setting never gives.
>> step: brown 12 min, in two batches
Brown @beef chuck{3%lb}(1.4 kg; cut in 1/2-in dice), @kosher salt{2%tsp} in @vegetable oil{2%Tbs} in a #skillet{} for ~brown{12%min}, in two batches with room around every piece.
>> step: soften, then bloom the chile off the heat
Soften @yellow onion{1%large}(chopped), @garlic{6%cloves}(minced) in the same skillet, then pull it off the heat and stir in @ancho chile powder{1/4%cup}(30 g; pure ground chile, not a chili-powder blend), @ground cumin{1%Tbs}, @dried oregano{1%tsp} with @&(~1)browned beef{} — thirty seconds in the residual heat is the whole bloom.
>> step: simmer on low, 8 hr
Slow cook @&(~1)pot{} with @beef stock{1%cup}(240 mL), @crushed tomatoes{14%oz}(400 g), @cider vinegar{1%Tbs} in a #slow cooker{} on low for ~slow cook{8%hr}, lid on.
>> step: thicken on high, lid off
Thicken @&(~1)chili{} on high with the lid off, stirring in @masa harina{2%Tbs}(20 g; slaked in a little cold water) for ~thicken{20%min}, until a spoon dragged through leaves a track.