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Texas chili in a bowl.
4.83 from 17 votes

Texas Chili

This Texas chili is made with a roasted red pepper, jalapeño, and poblano sauce. There are no beans and no tomatoes in this chili, just veggies, beef, and peppers.
Prep 20 minutes
Cook 40 minutes
Total 1 hour
Fat 26
Carbs 14
Protein 31
Yield 6

Ingredients

  • 1 head garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil separated
  • 1 large poblano pepper halved and seeded
  • 1 large jalapeno pepper halved and seeded
  • 2.5 teaspoons coarse salt separated
  • 2 lbs. 85/15 ground beef
  • 1 large yellow onion minced
  • 2 large bell peppers any color, seeded and diced
  • 1 cup sliced shishito peppers into small rounds, seeded
  • 16 oz. jar roasted red peppers
  • 4 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon ground oregano
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1.5 cups beef broth

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 400ºF and place the poblano pepper and jalapeño pepper on a baking sheet. Drizzle on 3 teaspoons of olive oil and season with salt.
  • Then, trim the end of the garlic off opposite the root so the garlic cloves stay together. Place the garlic in a piece of tin foil and drizzle with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and season with salt. Wrap the garlic in the tin foil to seal. Place the garlic on the baking sheet with the peppers.
  • Bake the peppers and garlic at 400ºF for 20 minutes. Remove the peppers and let the garlic roast for an additional 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside.
    Peppers and garlic on a baking sheet.
  • While the peppers are roasting, heat a large Dutch oven over medium/high heat and add the ground beef and break the meat up into small pieces. Season the beef with 1 teaspoon of salt and cook for 5 minutes.
  • Add the onion to the ground beef and cook the two ingredients together until the ground beef is fully cooked. Add the bell peppers and shishito peppers to the Dutch oven and toss all of the ingredients together. Remove the Dutch oven from the heat.
    Peppers, onions, and ground beef in a pot.
  • Next, place the roasted red peppers (and the liquid that is included in the jar) into a high-speed food processor along with the roasted poblano pepper and jalapeño pepper. Then, squeeze the softened roasted garlic cloves into the food processor and add ½ teaspoon salt.
    Red pepper sauce in a food processor.
  • Process the ingredients together until smooth and combined. Pour the roasted pepper sauce into the Dutch oven and place the Dutch oven back onto the heat. Add the chili powder, paprika, cumin, oregano, maple syrup, Worcestershire, beef broth, and the remaining salt to the dutch oven and mix all the ingredients together.
    All the ingredients for Texas chili in a pot.
  • Bring the chili to a boil over high heat and then turn the heat to low and allow the chili to simmer for at least 20 minutes uncovered.
    Texas chili simmering in a pot.
  • Serve the chili with a dollop of Greek yogurt or crema.
    Texas Chili with with sour cream on the top.

Tips & Notes

  • Texas chili is a no bean and no tomato chili. The make up of the chili is mostly different types of peppers. Traditionally the peppers are dried but we used roasted and fresh peppers in this recipe. You can use different types of peppers in this recipe to change up the flavors or spice levels.
  • If you like chili with more liquid, add another ½ cup of beef broth to the chili.

Nutrition Facts

Calories: 413kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 31g | Fat: 26g | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g