00743 11 40 C 11 55. 007431 69 40 best damn chili C 47. Chili with bite-sized cubes of chuck, ready in about an hour thanks to pressure cooking. When I make Chili, I go big or go ground.
Or, I use ground beef for wimpy weeknight chili with beans. I mix in a new chili every year. I The smaller pieces cook quickly and evenly under pressure in my Instant Pot. Also, the shorter cooking time lets me mix in a can or two of beans while I’m cooking the chili, without the beans turning to mush. Yes, I add beans to this chili. If this offends you, don’t go any further – check out my bowl of Texas Red recipe instead. Other than the smaller cut of beef, this is my standard Instant Pot chili technique.
If you’ve been following along at home, it will look very familiar. Pressure cooker chili, made with bite-sized cubes of chuck, ready in about an hour thanks to pressure cooking. Add a third of the beef in a loose single layer and sear until well browned on one side, about 3 minutes. Sauté until the onions soften, about 5 minutes, scraping the bottom of the pot occasionally to loosen any browned bits of beef. Make a hole in the middle of the onions and add the chili powder, cumin, oregano, and brown sugar. Stir everything into the pot: Add the beef and any juices in the bowl to the Instant Pot, then stir to coat the beef with the spices.
Stir in the black beans and chopped green chilies. Spread the diced tomatoes over the top of the stew, but don’t stir. Pressure cook the chili for 12 minutes with a natural pressure release: Lock the lid on the pressure cooker. 10 minutes in a stovetop PC. Let the pressure come down naturally, about 30 more minutes.
If you’re in a hurry, you can quick release any remaining pressure after 20 minutes. Whisk the water into the cornstarch to make a cornstarch slurry, and then stir the slurry into the chili to thicken. Want more beans, like my bean-loving son? Go ahead and throw in another can or two. I didn’t have jalapeños so I used a can of rotel and a regular can of tomatoes. Made this last night because I needed to use up a chuck roast. My husband typically whips up the regular batches of chili for the household using ground beef but I thought I would try this recipe out.
