This Award Winning Crockpot Chili Recipe is filled with beef, beans and veggies with a kick thanks to a secret spice blend and jalapenos. Simmer on low for six hours, then serve up this thick, hearty crockpot chili recipe with a chili fixing bar featuring sour cream, cilantro, cheese, onions, more jalapenos, cornbread, Fritos – so many choices! Your guests are going to love this chili and once you have a taste, you’ll know why it’s the best crockpot chili recipe!

Award Winning Chili Recipe Ingredients
5 slices thick sliced, hardwood hickory smoked bacon
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 small yellow onion, diced
½ – 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
1 10.5 oz can beef consomme (you can also use beef stock)
1 6 oz can tomato paste
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 15 oz. cans diced tomatoes, undrained
1 15 oz. can pinto beans in mild or medium sauce (also called Chili Beans)
1 15 oz. can kidney beans in mild chili sauce
2 pounds ground beef

Crockpot Chili Ingredients – Spices
4 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 teaspoons cumin
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
3 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon Lawry’s seasoned salt
½ teaspoon ground pepper
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Award Winning Chili Recipe Directions
Prepare the vegetables for the recipe first. Roughly chop the red and green peppers and celery. Seed the jalapeno pepper(s), removing the seeds and membrane, then finely dice. Use more jalapeno for a spicier chili. Peel and dice one small yellow onion.

Cook the bacon in a large cast iron skillet, until the bacon is lightly crisp but not overdone. Remove the bacon and drain on a paper towel lined plate.

Saute the vegetables in the bacon grease for about 5 minutes, until tender. Remove the vegetables from the skillet, draining as much bacon grease from the vegetables as you can. Cook the ground beef in the skillet with the bacon grease. Cook the beef one pound at a time so the meat has enough room to brown and not steam. Break the ground beef into pieces about 1 – 2 inches. When cooked through, remove from the skillet and repeat with remaining meat.

Measure all of the spices into a small bowl, and mix together.

Now it’s time to assemble all of the ingredients into the slow cooker. Mix the beef consomme or beef stock in the crockpot with the tomato paste. Add the Worcestershire sauce and spice mixture, and stir to blend. Taste the mixture and adjust spices as you like. Add the cans of tomatoes and beans, all undrained. Add the beef and sauteed vegetables. Chop or cut the bacon into about ½ inch pieces and add to the crockpot chili mixture. Cover and cook on low for about six hours. I love that this is a crockpot chili recipe! It’s so easy to put together in the morning and have delicious chili ready for dinner!

Crockpot Chili Serving Suggestions
Serve this thick and hearty crockpot chili with a chili fixing bar featuring all your favorite toppings – sour cream, cilantro, cheese, onions, more jalapenos, Fritos – so many choices! Your guests are going to LOVE this chili and once you’ve had a taste, you’ll know why it’s the one of the best crockpot chili competition recipes you’ll find!

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Thank you so much for watching and I’ll see you in the next video!

xoxo Annie ♥

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00:00 Crockpot Chili
00:26 Best Chili Recipe Ingredients
00:37 Chop The Vegetables
01:26 Fry The Bacon
01:47 Saute Vegetables In Bacon Fat
02:00 Cook Ground Beef
02:31 Prepare Spice Mixture
03:51 Add Broth, Tomatoes To Crockpot
04:04 Add Spice Mixture
04:22 Add Beans, Bacon And Beef
04:42 Add Vegetables
04:52 Cover And Cook
05:15 Serving The Best Chili

47 Comments

  1. So I am making this right now in my crockpot, I used everything in the recipe, except I didn't have oregano and used Italian seasoning , however Italian seasoning has oregano in it..MAN IT SMELLS AWESOME 💯💙💯💙💯💙💯💙💯

  2. Chili is usually a weekend event for me. I'll soak & then cook the beans overnight and then add the meat, peppers, tomatoes, & spices the next day. If you're in a hurry & don't mind the extra salt in canned beans, go for the easy option, but I usually do a mixture of 3 parts red kidney beans to one part pintos and one part northern beans.

  3. I’ve tried so many chili recipes and this one is by far the BEST! Making it for the Super Bowl this weekend. Thank you!

  4. My first attempt at making a Chile in the crockpot.I chose yours.Step by step Took me 3 hour from step one to all ingredients in into the crock.I set my clock for
    6 hours.Cant wait to to eat

  5. Last year I entered a chili competition at our church to raise money for the youth and I won first place on this particular recipe I just clicked it a little bit by adding Rotel instead of the canned tomatoes and a little can of tomato sauce but I was so glad it was a first-year I'd ever entered.

  6. Yesterday I won #1 Chili People’s Choice Award 🏆 it was my first time making chili too 😎💯

  7. I was watching a bakerXderek youtube video, and he shouted out this video saying it's the best chili ever.
    It got me wanting chili. Now, I thought I made a pretty good chili, but I watched this video and decided to try it. I made it last night and it's incredible. I was hugely skeptical of another "award winning recipe" but this was no lie!

  8. I like how ya cook the beef into chuncks.. ive always done that n people say not to. Ty 4 letting me know i aint the only 1

  9. So I just made this chili this weekend. It was so good. Followed the recipe to the tea. It tasted better and better each day. This will be my go to chilli from now on. Thank you for sharing.

  10. 4 tablespoons of chili powder? Is that supposed to be teaspoons? Did I just ruin my chili? 😮😢

  11. I don’t see a lot of comments where somebody has actually tried this recipe. I made it last weekend and took a bowl for my friend. We both enjoyed! Really great one!

  12. Oh my God, that chili recipe is the bomb the next time I do it I will use half of the cayenne pepper overall, I like the recipe but thumbs up and thank you for sharing it!

  13. My son (5 years old) asked me to tell you that he doesn't like his chilli spicy. Lol

    I LOVE spicy everything! This looks delicious. Thank you!

  14. Wow that looks really good, thanks for the recipe, I can almost smell it through the phone.

  15. Very similar to my recipe except I don't do the peppers and celery. I will next time because we grew peppers this year and had tons of them.

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