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4.7 from 28 votes

Healthier Beef Chili

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By: Joanna Cismaru •3/29/22 20 Comments

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Healthier Beef Chili – enjoy this healthier and hearty chili that is super easy to make.

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Healthier Beef Chili

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

I’m so very thankful to all my loyal readers. It’s because of you that I keep this blog going. I love to read all your comments and I thank you all for all your support.

Since it’s not Thanksgiving in Canada, no turkey roast here, but I do have a hearty chili recipe to share with you that is just to die for! For the longest time I used to be afraid of making chili, but it’s really one of the easiest recipes you can make. You basically throw everything in the pot and then simmer if for about 45 minutes. This would actually be an ideal recipe to make in a slow cooker.

I made this chili a bit healthier by using very little olive oil and lean ground beef. Of course you could always swap the ground beef with ground turkey or chicken for an even healthier chili.

Healthier Beef Chili in a bowl topped with a dollop of sour cream and shredded cheese

More Great Chili Recipes To Try

  • Instant Pot Chili
  • Slow Cooker Chicken Chili
  • One Pot Chili Mac and Cheese
  • Instant Pot Chili Mac

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a bowl of beef chili topped with shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream
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4.68 from 28 votes

Healthier Beef Chili

Prep 15 minutes minutes
Cook 1 hour hour
Total 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes
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Healthier Beef Chili – enjoy this healthier and hearty chili that is super easy to make.
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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 small onion (chopped)
  • 5 cloves garlic (minced)
  • 1 pound ground beef (lean)
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  • 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon cumin (ground)
  • 1 tablespoon oregano (dry)
  • 2 teaspoon steak sauce
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 32 ounce kidney beans ((2 cans), rinsed and drained)
  • 28 ounce crushed tomatoes ((1 can))
  • 1 cup water

Optional Toppings

  • 1 tablespoon parsley
  • 1/2 cup cheddar cheese (shredded)
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

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Instructions 

  • In a dutch oven heat the olive oil and add the onion and garlic. Cook the onion for a couple minutes until soft and translucent then add the ground beef and cook until beef is browned and no longer pink, on medium high heat.
  • Add chipotle peppers, chili powder, Worcestershire sauce, cumin, oregano, steak sauce, salt, pepper and stir. Add beans, crushed tomatoes and water. Stir well and bring to a boil
  • Simmer on low heat for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
  • Garnish with parsley. Serve with shredded cheddar and sour cream.

Notes

Please keep in mind that nutritional information is a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1servingCalories: 289kcal (14%)Carbohydrates: 29g (10%)Protein: 20g (40%)Fat: 10g (15%)Saturated Fat: 4g (25%)Cholesterol: 41mg (14%)Sodium: 480mg (21%)Potassium: 813mg (23%)Fiber: 8g (33%)Sugar: 4g (4%)Vitamin A: 485IU (10%)Vitamin C: 10.4mg (13%)Calcium: 129mg (13%)Iron: 5.3mg (29%)
© Author Joanna Cismaru

Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.

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Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Posted: 1 year ago

Added Smoked Paprika instead of peppers(to appease the family) and also added a tablespoon of white wine 🙂

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Haleigh Adkins
Haleigh Adkins
Posted: 2 years ago

Hi Jo! I’m so excited to make your chili recipe below. I’m meal prepping and would love to know approximately how many cups of soup are in each serving of this?

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Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Haleigh Adkins
Posted: 2 years ago

I don’t usually measure it out that way, so it’s hard to give you exact cups, but I would guesstimate around 1 cup to 1 1/2 cups per serving.

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Haleigh Adkins
Haleigh Adkins
Reply to  Joanna Cismaru
Posted: 2 years ago

Thank you!

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Taylor
Taylor
Posted: 2 years ago

My family really doesn’t like spicy, so can I either not use the chipotle peppers or use a very little bit of it? Idk of it will change the flavor or not! Help lol

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Jo Cooks Team
Jo Cooks Team
Reply to  Taylor
Posted: 2 years ago

You can leave them out! Use some smoked paprika instead.

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James
James
Posted: 2 years ago

You included nutrition information but no mention of serving size? Am I blind? What is it in grams?

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Jo Cooks Team
Jo Cooks Team
Reply to  James
Posted: 2 years ago

There are 10 servings in this recipe. The nutritional info is calculated using the caloric content of the ingredients in the recipe card divided by the servings- it is not measured in weight.

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Lynn Marie Harrison
Lynn Marie Harrison
Posted: 3 years ago

5 stars
I added I/2 red pepper, chopped, 1/8 tsp smoked paprika, and dash of red pepper flakes. I left out the steak sauce. Best chili ever.

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Stephanie Frampton
Stephanie Frampton
Posted: 4 years ago

5 stars
I used diced green chili’s and 1 T jalapeños instead of the peppers and elk meat but everyone loved it! Thank you!

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Patricia
Patricia
Posted: 4 years ago

5 stars
Such an excellent version of chili! Have made this multiple times. I’ve added red or yellow peppers at times. Thank you for this great recipe!

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Joanna Cismaru
Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Patricia
Posted: 4 years ago

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

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Sherry
Sherry
Posted: 5 years ago

5 stars
I made this healthy Chili and my family couldn’t get enough of it!!! Everyone raves about how amazing it was and asked when I could make it again :). Thank you so much!

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Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Sherry
Posted: 5 years ago

My pleasure!

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Amalia Young
Amalia Young
Posted: 8 years ago

5 stars
Every now and again, my husband and I will try to “be good” and eat healthier… One day we saw this recipe, made it (I’ve never cooked chili before) and absolutely loved it. It is one of our favorites now, and so easy to make!! Thank you!

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 8 years ago

You’re welcome Amalia, so glad you guys liked it. 🙂

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Stephanie @ Stephanie's az kitchen
Stephanie @ Stephanie's az kitchen
Posted: 9 years ago

you know until i started following blogs and blogging myself I didn’t know canada celebrated Thanksgiving earlier in the year… so crazy to me 🙂 Welll I am just coming out of my turkey food coma and this looks great 🙂 Might need a few bowls of this to get healthy before the christmas cookies start 😉

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Joanna Cismaru
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Reply to  Stephanie @ Stephanie's az kitchen
Posted: 9 years ago

Lol, I’m already planning my cookie recipes, can’t wait. You’ll love this chili, it’s so good and if you really like spicy food add more chipotle peppers. 🙂

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Judy
Judy
Posted: 9 years ago

I’m the first to comment. How exciting. I aways wonder does ground chicken brown as beef does? ie in crumb like appearance? By steak sauce I presume you mean brown sauce? I remember way way back to England we had OK sauce and Daddy’s.
I hope you had a good thanksgiving.
I didn’t light the hannukkah candles but I suspect we will tonight.
Bye.

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 9 years ago

I’ve used ground chicken before in chili and it browns just as well. Not sure what brown sauce is, we call it steak sauce like A1. Happy Hannukkah!

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