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Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe - delicious, easy-to-make, cozy stew perfect for cold Fall and Winter days!
Last week has been really busy for me, where my job combined with the fact that we had friends visiting and staying with us for several days created such a shortage of time, that I am extremely grateful that there exist easy dinner recipes, such as this ground beef chili recipe with black beans.
While I was cooking all the time for our guests, starting at breakfast and ending with dinner, I unsurprisingly was able to capture none of the delicious recipes I made over the course of last week. Instead, I am presenting you with this simple bowl of beef chili and black beans, which is a perfect dish if you're tired and out of energy (which is how I feel this week) and want something simple, comforting and delicious. This chili recipe has a minimum of steps and zero complexity. Just throw ingredients in one pot, let it simmer, occasionally stirring, and you end up with a pure deliciousness.
4.79 from 78 votes
Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe
Easy recipe: ground beef chili recipe with black beans. Perfect for cold Fall and Winter days.
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 45 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 8 people
Calories per serving 320 kcal
Author: Julia
Ingredients
Black Bean Beef Chili Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion , chopped
- 5 garlic cloves , chopped
- 1 carrot , chopped
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 28 oz whole plum tomatoes , from the can
- 1 cup beef broth
- 15 oz black beans , from the can
- salt to taste
Toppings:
- ¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
- ¼ cup green onions
- ¼ cup sour cream
Instructions
Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet, add ground beef and cook until browned and all juices came out on medium heat covered – about 10-15 minutes. Drain from grease and juices.
In a large pan, heat olive oil on medium heat, add onions and garlic, cook for about 3 minutes, add carrot and continue cooking for 2 more minutes, stirring.
Add cumin, paprika, chili powder, Italian seasoning to the onion mixture and continue cooking, stirring, to mix everything well. Add cooked and drained ground beef from step 1.
Add canned tomatoes with juices, slicing tomatoes into small chunks before adding. Add beef broth. Bring mixture to boil and cook covered on low heat, simmering, for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, add black beans, salt and continue cooking for 20 more minutes, covered.
To serve, top with grated cheddar cheese, chopped green onions and sour cream.
Nutrition
Nutrition Information
Black Bean Beef Chili Recipe
Amount per Serving
Calories
320
% Daily Value*
Fat
18
g
28
%
Saturated Fat
7
g
44
%
Cholesterol
16
%
Sodium
377
mg
16
%
Potassium
715
mg
20
%
Carbohydrates
22
g
7
%
Fiber
7
g
29
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
17
g
34
%
Vitamin A
2840
IU
57
%
Vitamin C
11.9
mg
Calcium
131
mg
13
%
Iron
4.9
mg
27
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition Disclaimer:
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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JeanBlack beans from the can, does that translate to NOT draining and rinsing them?
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- Ray D.
ingredients include:
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cuminwhich is it?
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- Julia
It's 1 tablespoon + 1/2 teaspoon cumin, so it's both. 🙂 I think I worded it that way because of the way my recipe card was formatted at the time.
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- Patty Fox
Do you drain the beans and rinse?
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- Julia
Yes, I do!
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- Kelly
Didn’t have carrots so substituted some diced sweet potatoes. Very good flavor!
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- Calvin
this is a fabulous idea. We eat black beans and salsa on baked sweet potato's Yum
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- Julia
Serving this with sweet potatoes sounds delicious!
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- Bev
Do you drain/rinse the black beans???
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- Anthony Bullock
I love this chili. I searched the Internet for healthier options and found yours. According to myfitnesspal yours totals 208 calories per serving! Without the sour cream and cheese of course. Still with out this recipe tastes amazing. Even my liked it and she is not a chili fan.
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- Julia
Hi Anthony - so glad you liked the recipe and impressed you have the willpower to eat it without the cheese. 🙂
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- Anna
This chili is so yummy!!!!
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- Roxanne
My Family really enjoyed this simple, but great tasting Chili. I have made other recipes that are also excellent, but definitely more complicated. This is the kind of Chili recipe that everyone loves and has just the right amount of heat, even for the kids. This recipe will be on my menu monthly schedule. Thanks Julia!
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- Candace Tufo
This was wonderful, made it yesterday. Everyone loved it! Thanks so much. I replaced the beef with buffalo! The black beans were great.
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- Julia
Candace, so glad you liked it! Buffalo sounds so exotic - never had it! I bet it was so good in a chili! 🙂
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- JoAnn
Substituted: Costco smoked pulled pork, used black, pinto, butter beans & black eyed peas. 1 c carrots, fresh tomatoes. Smoked paprika. Wonderful... Loved it
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- Julia
Wow, JoAnn, your combination of ingredients sounds better than mine! 🙂 I need to try your version!
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- Marina of Let the Baking Begin!
This is right up my alley! I love beans! Thanks for the recipe!
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- Chung-Ah | Damn Delicious
You have no idea how I want a bowl of this with a side of cornbread!
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- Ashley
Love how simple this is - it's so nice to have meals like this when life is crazy! I just had some leftover chili that I froze for lunch this week too : )
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- Monique
I've never tried w/ black beans..Good idea..we had some this week also..
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- Denise Browning@From Brazil To You
Looooooove it!!!! Julia, did you know that Brazilians are bean eaters? I like your idea to use black beans instead of the traditional pinto beans in your chili recipe. Like the pics as well. You always do a great job!!!!!!!!!! xx
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