Best Chili Recipes
These are the best chili recipes around. They range from meaty sausage and steak chili to healthy vegetarian chili recipes. All are delicious!
We put peppers, beans, vegetables, chicken, and a little bit of everything else in chili. We can have it gluten-free, paleo, vegetarian, vegan, or classic. Then, once we’ve decided on a recipe, we put it on our sandwiches, hot dogs, nachos, and more.
I went in search of the best chili recipes out there to spice things up in the kitchen this winter. All of these recipes look delicious and there are surely a few recipes everyone can make to end the chili rut. Whether you make these chilis exactly as the recipe is written or you add your own touch, you won’t want to miss these recipes.
There really is a chili recipe for every lifestyle, every diet, and every gathering.
Best Chili Recipes
Steak Chili Recipe
This steak chili is the best beef chili recipe ever. That's a big statement, but it's true. It has a rich flavor and the tender chunks of slow-cooked chuck steak are dreamy. We go easy on the beans, but you can either omit them or add extra as you like. You'll want to keep this steak chili recipe in your back pocket so you can pull it out every weekend.
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Buffalo Chicken Chili Recipe
This Buffalo Chicken Chili is a spicy and rich white bean chili made with ground chicken, fire-roasted tomatoes, and buffalo sauce. Made under 30 minutes, it is a great weeknight chili recipes that also stores and freezes well.
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Easy Vegetarian Chili Recipe (vegan chili!)
This easy vegetarian chili recipe is our family's go-to, one-pot dinner. It's full of vegetables, made with pantry staple ingredients, and is so easy to make. It's a delicious vegan chili that everyone raves about!
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Sweet Potato Chili Recipe
This sweet potato chili is a vegan chili recipe that's loaded with tender sweet potatoes and hardy chickpeas. We love this healthy chili recipe as it's easy to make and is always a hit at the dinner table.
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Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili Recipe
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili is as easy as it gets and so delicious. Dump everything into your crockpot then walk away while your dinner cooks itself. Leftovers taste amazing and it freezes very well. This is the ultimate easy, healthy dinner recipe!
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Chili Dogs Recipe
There are few things more indulgent than biting into a chili dog. With a soft bun, all-beef hot dog, warm ground beef chili, and melted cheddar cheese, this easy recipe is the best way to eat a hot dog.
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Mushroom Sausage Chili Recipe
This sausage chili is loaded with chunks of Italian sausage, ground beef, and sauteed mushrooms. It's a hearty and meaty chili recipe that is sure to please. We usually make this a beanless chili, but you can put some in if your family loves them. It's great both ways.
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Easy Turkey Chili Recipe
Easy Turkey Chili is a hearty and delicious weeknight dinner recipe. It's made with healthy ground turkey, kidney beans, and tasty chili spices. It's a guaranteed winner!
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Chili Stuffed Peppers
Chili Stuffed Peppers are a simple and healthy weeknight meal. Bell peppers are stuffed with your favorite chili recipe and baked until soft and delicious. Depending on the chili you choose, these stuffed peppers can be vegan, paleo, or Whole30 approved. Either way, they are always a huge hit at the dinner table!
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Easy Paleo Chili Recipe
This delicious bean free Easy Paleo Chili Recipe has become our family's go-to one pot dinner. It's full of healthy veggies and so simple to make. It's also 100% Whole30 compliant. You're going to LOVE it!
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BBQ Crockpot Chicken Chili Recipe
Crockpot Chicken Chili is a recipe our family loves. It is flavored with bourbon (beer or chicken stock work, too!) and BBQ sauce and slow-cooked until the chicken breasts are fall-apart tender. This easy recipe requires no pre-cooking. Just put everything into your slow cooker and come home later to a chili that is smoky, a touch sweet, and totally delicious. You will LOVE it!
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Black Bean and Corn Chili Recipe
This black bean and corn chili is hearty, flavorful, and easy to make vegetarian. You'll want to soak up every ounce of the rich tomato broth that's made by using salsa in place of some of the tomatoes. It really is the ultimate one-pot meal, and it's ready in just 30 minutes!
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Guinness Irish Chili Recipe
This delicious Irish Chili is spiked with Guinness which gives it lots of extra flavor. It's super easy to make and a big-time crowd pleaser. I love to serve it for St. Patrick's Day but it's a great chili recipe all year round!
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Vegetarian Chocolate Quinoa Chili Recipe
This vegetarian quinoa chili is full of flavor and feel-good ingredients. Made with beans, quinoa, cocoa powder, chocolate, and molasses, it has a unique rich taste and wonderful depth. It's an easy-to-make, hearty, and healthy meal that even meat lovers will enjoy!
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Pumpkin Chili Recipe
This pumpkin chili is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. It's warm, loaded with good-for-you ingredients, and full of flavor. Plus, it's an easy-to-make recipe that all goes into one pot, and it's ready in an hour!
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Pulled Pork Chili Recipe
Pulled Pork Chili is super easy to make in your crockpot and absolutely delicious. Put everything but the beans and corn into your slow cooker and let it simmer away for hours until the pork is fall off the bone tender. Then shred the meat, add the beans and corn, and dinner is ready. It's a slightly sweet BBQ chili recipe that everyone loves!
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A few chili recipes from our friends
- Queso Crockpot Chicken Chili with Roasted Corn and Jalapeno by Pinch of Yum
- Spicy Smoky Sweet Crockpot Chili by Iowa Girl Eats
- Gluten Free Black Lentil Chili by Turnip The Oven
- Easy Vegan Chili by Vegan Family Recipes
- Healthy Quinoa Chili by Damn Delicious
- Lentil Chili by Little Broken
- Short Rib Chili with Chocolate Stout by No Spoon Necessary
- White Chicken Chili by Bobbi’s Kozy Kitchen
- Cincinnati Turkey Chili Spaghetti Squash Boats by Whole and Heavenly Oven
- White Chicken Chili by The Recipe Rebel
- Butternut Squash Chili by A Spicy Perspective
- One Pot Lentil Chili by Minimalist Baker
This is a wonderful list. I compete in chili coo off’s all over the USA. If you would like the 2015 Chili Appreciation Society International Champion’s recipe, come on over and visit me at http://www.funchilicook.com. (Unfortunately, I don’t have a fancy photo with it but I got the insider scoop on the ingredients. 🙂 )
Oh heck ya I’d love to learn your recipe. Heading over now. 🙂
Now this is one outstanding list of chili recipes, thanks Kristen!
Thanks, Kevin!!
What a wonderful list of chili recipes 🙂 Sharing 🙂
Thank you!!
Oh wow, Kristen, this is a fabulous round up! Love that you included a chili for every possible type of craving! Thank you so much for including my short rib chili – I’m honored! Can’t wait to try them all! Pinned! Cheers, my dear!
Your short rib chili sounds sooooo good!!!