Tasty No-Fuss Beef Chili with Jack Cheese

No chopping is required to make this flavourful chili. You simply brown meat, and then simmer it with the chili’s other ingredients. The end result is a thick and hearty chili you can top with tangy cheese, and serve with tortilla chips, for dunking. Recipe could be doubled.

Recipe - Quality Foods

Tasty No-Fuss Beef Chili with Jack Cheese

Prep Time10 Minutes

Servings4

Cook Time40 Minutes

Ingredients

500 grams ground beef

1 (19 oz./540 mL) can black beans, rinsed and drained well

1 (420 mL) or similar sized jar tomato salsa (see Note)

1 (14 oz./398 mL) can diced tomatoes

1 1/2 cups beef stock

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 1/2 tsp chili powder

1/2 tsp ground cumin

1 cup frozen corn kernels

salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

100 grams plain or jalapeño Monterey jack cheese, grated, or to taste

tortilla chips

cilantro sprigs

sour cream

and hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco, to taste

Directions

Put beef in a medium to large pot set over medium, medium-high heat. Cook beef, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and crumbly. Drain excess fat/liquid from the pot and set back on the heat. Add black beans, salsa, diced tomatoes, stock, sugar, chili powder, cumin and corn and mix to combine.

Bring chili to a gentle simmer, lowering heat as needed to maintain that gentle simmer. Simmer chili, uncovered, and stirring occasionally, about 25 to 30 minutes, or until thickened and aromatic.

Taste chili and season with salt and pepper, as needed. Top bowls of the chili, to taste, with the grated cheese, cilantro sprigs, sour cream and hot pepper sauce. Serve with tortilla chips for dunking.

Note: Que Pasa brand medium salsa was used when testing this recipe, but other brands will also work.

10 minutes

Prep Time

40 minutes

Cook Time

Servings

Shop Ingredients

Makes 4 servings

500 grams ground beef

Canadian - CDN BF B/A Extra Ln Grnd Bf 91% FP, 1 Pound

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$8.30/lb$1.83/100g

1 (19 oz./540 mL) can black beans, rinsed and drained well

Western Family - Black Beans, 540 Millilitre

3 for $7

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$2.33 was $2.49$0.43/100ml

1 (420 mL) or similar sized jar tomato salsa (see Note)

Old El Paso - Thick N' Chunky Medium Salsa, 650 Millilitre

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$6.49$1.00/100ml

1 (14 oz./398 mL) can diced tomatoes

Only Goodness - Diced Tomatoes, No Salt Added, 398 Millilitre

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$2.29$0.58/100ml

1 1/2 cups beef stock

Campbell's - Beef Broth, 900 Millilitre

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$2.99$0.33/100ml

1 Tbsp brown sugar

Rogers - Dark Brown Sugar, 1kg, 1 Kilogram

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$3.99 was $4.39$0.40/100g

1 1/2 tsp chili powder

Western Family - Chili Powder, 155 Gram

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$5.99$3.86/100g

1/2 tsp ground cumin

Western Family - Cumin - Ground, 97 Gram

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$5.49$5.66/100g

1 cup frozen corn kernels

Only Goodness - Organic Whole Kernel Corn, 500 Gram

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$4.99$1.00/100g

salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Windsor - Salt & Pepper Shakers, 155 Gram

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$6.49$4.19/100g

100 grams plain or jalapeño Monterey jack cheese, grated, or to taste

Faith Farms - Monterey Jack Jalapeno Cheese, 360 Gram

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$6.99$1.94/100g

tortilla chips

Tostitos - Tortilla Chips -Gold, 290 Gram

2 for $9

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$4.50 was $4.99$1.55/100g

cilantro sprigs

Cilantro - Fresh, Bunch, 1 Each

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$2.49

sour cream

Dairyland - Sour Cream Light 5% M.F., 500 Millilitre

Free with 3300 Points Redeemed

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$4.79$0.96/100ml

and hot pepper sauce, such as Tabasco, to taste

Tabasco - Pepper Sauce Original, 57 Millilitre

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$3.99 was $4.39$7.00/100ml

Directions

Put beef in a medium to large pot set over medium, medium-high heat. Cook beef, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and crumbly. Drain excess fat/liquid from the pot and set back on the heat. Add black beans, salsa, diced tomatoes, stock, sugar, chili powder, cumin and corn and mix to combine.

Bring chili to a gentle simmer, lowering heat as needed to maintain that gentle simmer. Simmer chili, uncovered, and stirring occasionally, about 25 to 30 minutes, or until thickened and aromatic.

Taste chili and season with salt and pepper, as needed. Top bowls of the chili, to taste, with the grated cheese, cilantro sprigs, sour cream and hot pepper sauce. Serve with tortilla chips for dunking.

Note: Que Pasa brand medium salsa was used when testing this recipe, but other brands will also work.