Pressure Cooker Beef Chili

This is one of the best Beef Chili's I have encountered for a very long time. The second time around I added teaspoons of cumin and coriander powder to the chili and, instead of water I used a good quality bitter. Don't use light beers. I used dumplings instead of the chips. It was yummy, and my two daughters who are the biggest fuss budgets in the world said it was the best meal they had eaten in a long while

I made this recipe and my family loved it. I browned the meat using the sauté mode on the InstantPot. I also added a can of Bushes Kidney beans in light chili sauce and a can of Bushes Pinto beans In light chili sauce. I added all the other spices except cilantro and oregano. I also didn’t need a thickener, it was thick enough. My family didn’t think it was too spicy. I served it with corn Bread. This recipe is a keeper for a quick weeknight meal.

Browned more like 2 onions and 3.5 lbs of meat in skillet. Added 2 cans tomato paste, 2 cans of small tomato sauce. Cooked it down with the meat. Added spiced to oil in pressure cooker pot and cooked for a few min on stove first stirring seasoning into the oil. Added 2 cups of broth instead of water to scape up seasonings. Then added the meat to that Insta pot. Put Pot back in Pressure cooker unit and after 25 min, very tender and delicious (said my family - I don’t eat meat, but they do). Cooked rice on side. Green paper garnish and sour cream garnish super to “cool off” the spiced nature of this one. Used left over to make yummy sandwiched on good crusty bread, with cheddar cheese, peppery arugula.

This is the best chili recipe I've made so far. I use the instant pot for this. The only thing I changed was to use 1 tsp chili powder and 1/4 tsp cayenne because the original recipe is pretty insane with the chili. I also add 2 cans of diced tomatoes w/green chile and 1 can of pinto and 1 can of kidney beans, drained, because I like beans in my chili. After the 15 minutes cook time, just manually release pressure, season with a little more salt and it's perfect.

I followed the recipe exactly the first time. It was a bit hot eating it plain, but after garnishing it with cheese or sour cream it sweetened back to just having a nice kick. When I added all the spices to the onions, garlic, and oil, it got kind of clay-like and I had to add a little more oil. Second time making it I added one can of pinto and one can of kidney beans. I drained the liquid from both cans into a measuring cup, then added water to that to get to the 1.25 cup that the recipe specified. The starchy bean water thickened the broth a bit. I might experiment adding a little cocoa powder or some roasted corn. Will definitely keep this as a base recipe and tweak it according to my mood.

This was so very good! I improvised a little just because I didn't have the required amount of meat, and held back on a little of the chili powder (used 1 1/2 of the first, and omitted the second as I didn't have any chipotle chili powder). We like heat, but I knew this was going to be a bit more than we usually enjoy. I added a can of black beans, and we ate it over rice topped with sour cream. I think next time I will plan ahead and have more meat on hand, use all 2 Tbs of chili powder (skipping the chipotle, and adding some home made adobo seasoning) as the rice and sour cream 'cooled' it down. The taste was excellent; so satisfying for a fast throw-together meal! Thanks, Chef John!

This dish is perfect for a cold winter day. Made a couple changes, mainly lowering the heat index. Added extra tomatoes, sliced carrots and a bag of frozen corn. Topped with shredded cheese and cilantro. If my avocados were ready would have added that. Cooked on the stove top for about 3 hours and it came out perfect! Next time I will try my crockpot. Will keep this one for sure!

instead of the ancho chili powder, we used about 2 teaspoons of chipotle chili powder. I like it hot, but this was really pushing it. I also used a bit more than a pound of ground venison. I froze it, and then cut it into chunks and browned those. It came out in nice chunks. To make up for the less meat, I used some red kidney beans. Wife liked it, but it had some good heat! I'll cut back on the chili powder even more next time. Served with shredded cheddar and sour cream. It'll be nice reheated for lunch on a cold day!

What a great recipe! Because I'm whimpy about spicy stuff, I did cut back on the cayenne pepper just a smidge, and added more of the chili powders, I seasoned the cubed meat with salt and pepper, then I used my instant pot and seared the meat in a little olive oil first, then sauteed the onions and garlic, then added the dry seasonings. I set the pot to manual for 15 minutes and then let it natural release for 10 minutes. Turned out really well.

I'm an Arizona lady, been making green chile all my life. This is a very good recipe, very close to what my abuelita (grandma) taught me. Just a reminder: green chilies and jalapenos are two very different products. Be careful; it is possible to burn yourself with hot peppers. I added two 7 oz. cans of Ortega brand diced green chilies to my batch. Nummy.

Okay I did make some changes, as I didn't have all the ingredients. I used 1.5 pounds ground beef and one can of black beans. I didn't have chipotle powder, so I used a healthy 2 TBSP Adobo sauce and 3 chipotle peppers, that I pureed with the water. I didn't have a can of tomatoes with green chilies, so I used 1/2 cup medium salsa and 2 TBSP tomato paste. I skipped the corn chips, I am trying to eat low carb... I can now say it turned out pretty good, a little spicy, but it is chili!!! Great recipe and I'd make it again and continue to experiment with it. I love using the pressure cooker and it makes things like chili taste like you let them slow cook all day, when it takes less than 30 minutes to make!!! Thanks for sharing this recipe

Absolutely heavenly 😍

Made this for the family and it was excellent. Usually, when making a recipe for the first time I follow it to the letter and like most people adjust later if and when I make it again. This time I adjusted it ahead of time, and a few reviews here supported that decision. This is a very spicy recipe, even by my standards! I didn’t add the ancho or cayenne powder to the recipe and it was still spicy! I also added a second can of diced tomatoes and an extra 3/4# of beef. While I love spicy, this was still too much for the family, next time I would tone it down a bit. Also sour cream and cheddar will help this dish although not necessary. The beef was very tender and infused with flavor. The ground corn chips do thicken it and give a little added flavor and texture but it isn’t necessary. All in all I liked this very much, in spite of the adjustments necessary.

Made this to a T, as we like spicy foods. Wow, it was spicy in a very good way. Great flavor! There's just the 2 of us, so we are looking forward to the leftovers tomorrow, with some homemade tortilla shells. It's a keeper. After initially sampling it, we then decided to add a can of kidney beans; just a personal preference...thanks for sharing!

This turned out really well did in my instapot for 20 mins was very good

i liked it, but it was too spicy for my wife, so i had to eat it all myself.

I added 2 cans of crushed tomatoes, (didn't read directions and already had opened cans...) and just threw in some more spices. It was delicious. Also used sirloin steak that I cut up myself, very tender. This chili has great flavor, different than the classic hamburger and kidney bean chili, I like it and my son said he prefers this one and he was a regular chili fan. Gave 4 of 5 stars, only bc as written it doesn't make very much.

hands down best chili I ever made. I have an new instant pot which made this a very easy recipe. I followed other comments and cut down on the spices, and it was perfect. For good health I did shred about a cup full of zucchini and added it with the onions and garlic. zucchini adds some good nutrition and fibre from this under rated fruit! It will be my go to chili recipe!

I did like the twenty minute cook time.

Excellent. I used beer in place of the water; otherwise exactly as written. I don't know what I was expecting but this is so delicious! Yum! And very easy to make.