Slow Cooker Ranch Chili
Slow Cooker Ranch Chili - THE ULTIMATE chili recipe!! Ground beef, stew meat, diced tomatoes, Rotel tomatoes, chili beans, beef broth, tomato paste, chili powder, cumin, garlic and Ranch dressing mix. This has all the best from all of my chili recipes. It is the BEST chili recipe! Great for a crowd! Serve with some cornbread for a quick and easy meal!
This Slow Cooker Ranch Chili might be the best chili we've ever made. It was SOOO good! It was even better the next day for lunch. We love to top the chili with corn chips, cheese, sour cream and jalapeƱos. Serve this with a nice pan of Southern Cornbread for a quick and easy meal!
Slow Cooker Ranch Chili
serves 8
(Printable Recipe)
- 1 1/4 pound ground beef
- 1 1/4 pound stew meat
- 2 Tbsp minced onion flakes
- 1 (15-oz) can chili beans, undrained
- 1 (15-oz) can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (10-oz) can Rotel tomatoes
- 1 (14.5-oz) can beef broth
- 1 (6-oz) can tomato paste
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 (1-oz) package ranch dressing mix
- 1/4 cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the ground beef until no longer pink. Drain fat and add to slow cooker. In the same skillet, cook the stew meat just until browned, about 3 or 4 minutes. Add to slow cooker.
Add remaining ingredients, cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.


What are chili beans?
ReplyDeleteIf you go to your store and look on the aisle with canned beans you'll see Chili Beans on the label. Don't know exactly what type of bean it is but the words Chili Beans will be on the label - just like Pinto Beans, Kidney Beans, etc. is on labels.
Deletered kidney beans
DeleteI live in Michigan and chili is my winter comfort food. I am going to give your recipe a try, but a couple of questions:
ReplyDelete1. 1/4 CUP of chili powder??
2. wouldn't chopped onion and minced garlic be better than powder?
I also add 1lb of elbow noodles to my crock-pot while cooking.. really good and filling. I serve with saltine crackers.
Keep the recipes coming, I love it/them!!
Jim
#1 - yes
Delete#2 - you can certainly use whatever you wish
I have a chili mac recipe on the blog. It is a good recipe as well.
I cook for two and was wondering how well this would freeze for later if we did not want to eat all at one time.
ReplyDeleteIt would freeze great! We freeze chili all the time.
DeleteThanks for info. Now I can get to cooking...I added a few bell peppers just because I like them more than anything.
DeleteThis is Great, wonderful flavor---we added 1/2 sautƩed onion & a can of black beans--
ReplyDeletewill do again--
gordon
Is the heat level pretty high with 1/4 c. chili powder? We are kinda wimps about heat.
ReplyDeletePersonally if you are not real tolerant to heat, you would want to calm it down but I like the taste as it is but it does have some heat. I do not know what you would replace or change but it is a "hot" chili with this amount.
DeleteWe didn't think it was hot. This is a HUGE pot of chili. It won't have much chili flavor with less chili powder.
DeleteMake sure to use mild Rotel in this if you are sensitive to heat.