This chili recipe is sweet and spicy! It is actually is a combination of my mom and stepmom’s separate chili recipes and I combined it many years ago.

When I was a kid, my mom had tried this chili recipe that called for beer, but the night she made it, she actually grabbed root beer and hadn’t noticed. The result is something perfectly sweet and just enough kick from the spices. Now, this is my own recipe with a little more kick to it but just as sweet. I often make it in the crockpot but I sometimes use the stovetop if I don’t want to wait all day- or the ground beef wasn’t defrosted in the morning.

Sweet and Spicy Chili
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Sweet and Spicy Chili Recipe

Ingredients  

  • 1/4 cup of freshly cooked kidney beans or 1 14.5 oz can of kidney beans
  • 1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes in juice
  • 1 6 oz can of tomato paste
  • 2 cups of beef broth
  • 1 lbs ground beef seasoned and cooked
  • Salt pepper
  • Red cayenne pepper
  • 2 tsp Paprika
  • 1 Onion, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1-2 tbs sugar (or low carb alternative, I use Swerve)

Instructions 

  • Cook ground beef with salt, pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, and onion in a pan
  • Combine all other ingredients in the Crockpot
  • Add ground beef once cooked
  • Turn on HIGH for 4-6 hours
  • Stir/Check occasionally

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Chuckwagon Casserole: rustic, filling and just sweet enough to complement that extra spicy chili. Cornbread tops it, rounding out the flavor.
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Sweet and Spicy Chili

Thetinytwentysomethingblog
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 5

Equipment

  • Crockpot

Ingredients
  

  • 1/4 cup of freshly cooked kidney beans or 1 14.5 oz can of kidney beans
  • 1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes in juice
  • 1 6 oz can of tomato paste
  • 2 cups of beef broth
  • 1 lbs ground beef seasoned and cooked
  • Salt pepper
  • Red cayenne pepper
  • Paprika
  • 1 Onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbs sugar

Instructions
 

  • Cook ground beef with salt, pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, and onion in a pan
  • Combine all other ingredients in the Crockpot
  • Add ground beef once cooked
  • Turn on HIGH for 4-6 hours
  • Stir/Check occasionally

Notes

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  • Make chili in a large pot on the stove
  • Add green bell peppers to the chili
  • Pour Chili into a 9 x 9 baking pan
  • Mix Corn bread mix and pour on top of chili
  • Bake as directed from the box of cornbread mix
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