Name: Sweet and Spicy Chili
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 300 min
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

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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 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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Sweet and Spicy Chili

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 5 hrs

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 5