252 chili con carne recipes

Crispy tostadas loaded with refried beans, melted cheddar, and chili con carne, then topped with cool shredded lettuce and guacamole. A 15-minute Mexican-style open-faced feast that feeds a crowd.

Traditional chile con carne tamale filling with shredded beef or pork, red chile, comino, and oregano simmered thick in beef stock. The authentic filling for homemade tamales.

This is an old Ruthenian peasant dish, very popular in the Carpathian Alps, as well as here in Fair Oaks, CA. Great for warming the tummy on a cold winter day. This is easy to prepare, and good as a luncheon dish served with salad, or as a first course soup prior to a lighter entree.

Loaded with veggies and with a hint of sweetness, this chili recipe has been my family's favorite for many, many years.

Amigos chili packs ground beef, kidney beans, sweet corn, and crushed tomatoes into a one-pot weeknight chili. A heavy hand with chili powder and cumin builds the smoky backbone, finished with fresh cilantro.

A hearty vegetarian chili loaded with chickpeas, kidney beans, and sweet corn, simmered with tomatoes, carrots, green pepper, and jalapeno. A satisfying, meat-free one-pot dinner that even chili skeptics love.

Mayan chili simmers ground beef with green chilies, kidney beans, sweet corn, and a splash of tequila for a smoky, slightly boozy spin on classic chili night.

Cheap easy chili made with ground beef, red kidney beans, green beans, corn, tomato juice, and chili seasoning. A budget-friendly pantry chili ready in 25 minutes.

Ensenada chili pot is a slow-cooker beef chuck chili with kidney beans, corn, tomatoes, pimientos, and green chiles, served over rice with shredded cheddar. A Baja-inspired Crock-Pot dinner.

Oven-baked Texarkana chili with ground round steak, hot chile powder, cumin, and kidney beans simmered low and slow in a flour-thickened gravy. Border-town bold.

Old style stacked enchiladas with ground beef, kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, and chili powder layered between fried corn tortillas with raw onion and melted cheese.

Authentic Texas beef chili with no beans, toasted cumin, and beer-braised chuck. Bold, chunky chili simmered low and slow until fork-tender in rich tomato broth.

Texas-style all-beef chili with cubed chuck, beer, toasted cumin seeds, and no beans. Simmered low for 90 minutes and thickened with masa harina the authentic way.

Ground turkey chili with jalapeño, kidney beans, green chilis, and a surprise hit of briny Spanish olives and warm cloves. Leaner than beef chili but just as bold. Top with cheddar, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.

Six pounds of cubed beef browned in suet, simmered in beef stock with a full cup of chili powder and crushed cumin seeds, thickened with masa harina. No tomatoes. No beans. This is Texas Red in its purest form.

Perfect make ahead chili to cozy up to on a cold Winter day.