Name: Kick Off Chili
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 195 min
Ingredients: Two 4-ounce cans fire-roasted, mild green chiles; 2 large onions, (cut into pieces); 5 medium garlic cloves, (chopped); 1 tablespoon chili powder; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 pounds bottom round roast, (trimmed and cut into 1-inch chunks); One 28-ounce can diced tomatoes; Three 15-ounce cans pinto beans, (rinsed and drained); 2 medium red bell peppers, (seeded and diced); ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; suggested garnishes: chopped lettuce, tomato and red onion, sour cream and cheese (diced)

If Kick Off Chili is good enough for Super Bowl, then it’s good enough for every day!

pot of kick off chili

Kick Off Chili

On Sundays, football games are streaming on the TVs in my house. And since I’m not really all that into football, I usually make the food for the people who are watching football. This kick off chili is the perfect sort of comfort food meal to have while watching football. Or while watching your people watch football!

ladle of kick off chili

🛒Ingredients needed:

canned green chilies
onions and garlic
chili powder, cumin, oregano and salt
bottom round roast
canned tomatoes
canned pinto beans
red bell peppers
ground pepper
garnishes: lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, sour cream and cheese

pot of kick off chili

✏️How to make Kick Off Chili:

*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.

Preheat oven to 350℉.
In a food processor, blend the chiles, onions, garlic, chili powder, cumin, oregano and salt until pureed.
In a large Dutch oven, combine the chile puree, beef and canned tomatoes. Cover tightly and bake until the beef is fork-tender, 2 to 2½ hours. Stir in the beans, bell peppers and black pepper. Return to the oven and bake until the bell peppers are tender, about 15 more minutes.
Serve immediately, topping with desired garnishes.

➡️Recipe Tips:

Try subbing other beans for the pinto, or use a mixture of three different kinds.
If you are preparing this recipe as DAIRY FREE, do not add cheese and sour cream as toppings.
It you don’t have a Dutch oven, you can use a large stock pot. Just make sure the lid you use is oven safe.

bowl of kick off chili with fixings on top

✔️What to do with Kick Off Chili:

Besides serving at game day gatherings, this chili is also a great one for potlucks because it makes a lot!
Have a friend or neighbor going through a tough time? Make the full recipe and keep half for your family and deliver the other half to them.
Be sure to make a delicious batch of cornbread to serve with it.
Let everyone garnish their individual bowls with their favorites. We like chopped lettuce, tomato and onion. And of course you’ll want a little sour cream and cheese in there, too.

★How to Store:

This recipe delivers twelve 1-cup servings. So there should be some left over to enjoy for lunches for a couple of days after serving. Chili is a dish that also freezes really nicely, so if you want to save some for a later day, you can freeze it for up to 3 months.

bowl of kick off chili with fixings

❤️Why I love this recipe:

I love that isn’t your typical, classic chili recipe. It’s a meaty chili. There are chunks of beef all throughout this chili and there is no ground beef in sight. So it’s the perfect kind of chili for meat lovers.
A recipe that makes enough to feed a crowd often comes in very handy.
It’s nice that prepping this recipe only takes about 15 minutes and the other 3 hours I can sit back and enjoy the game with my family.