Chili is one of our favorite meals in our family and this Spicy Chili is the BEST recipe! Whether it’s for a tailgate, a football party or just a dinner at home, this spicy chili will become your new favorite chili recipe too. If you don’t love spice, you can decrease the amount of spicy chili beans and leave out the jalapeno. I love making chili for a crowd or party! It’s so easy to make a large batch, set up a chili bar, and let everyone customize it to their liking.
Chili Bar Ingredients:
- shredded cheese
- sour cream
- pickled jalapenos
- diced onions
- Fritos
- crackers
- tortilla chips
If you want to make a healthier version of this spicy chili, you can use ground turkey and Italian turkey sausage instead of beef. Either way, it’s delicious!
The BEST Spicy Chili
This chili recipe is delicious and can be tweaked for a lighter version (my favorite way to make it). If there's something in the chili you don't care for, leave it out - and if there's an ingredient you love in your regular chili, throw it in. That's the beauty of chili....it can be whatever YOU love.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground turkey
- 1 lb hot Italian turkey sausage
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 1 jalapeno chopped (optional)
- 1 serrano pepper chopped (optional)
- 2 15 oz cans of medium chili beans drained
- 1 15 oz can of mild chili beans drained
- 1 15 oz can of hot chili beans not drained
- 1 28 oz can of diced tomatoes
- 1 28 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 6 oz can of tomato paste
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1 tbsp cumin
- 1 tbsp oregano
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 cup light beer
- 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
- Texas Pete hot sauce
- sour cream
- shredded cheese
- saltine crackers Fritos, tortilla chips, etc.
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Brown the ground turkey. Remove the sausage from casings and add it to the turkey as well.
- Once browned, add chopped onion, red and green bell peppers, and garlic.
- Add the cans of beans, tomatoes, and tomato paste. Stir well.
- Add chili powder, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper. Stir well and then add the 1/4 cup of beer. (You can use water if preferred.)
- Let the chili sit and simmer for 30-45 minutes or longer.
- At this point, I usually take out 1/3 of the chili and add it to another pot to simmer separately. This is the kids chili - aka, the non-spicy chili. If you like a mild chili, you don't have to separate but can instead serve the chili just like this.
- If you like a spicier chili like me, you can add one chopped jalapeno and one chopped serrano - as well as the cayenne pepper - and let it all simmer.
- *I find the serrano pepper is not as spicy as a jalapeno but does give good flavor. If you are making the mild chili, you can still add this pepper and your chili will not be spicy. *
- I love saltine crackers with my chili but that's just because that's what I grew up eating with chili. Add you favorite toppings and crackers/chips. Enjoy!
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