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Bread Bowl Chili

Bread Bowl Chili

Classic chili with ground beef, spices, tomatoes, sour cream, and cheese
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 516 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 resealable plastic bag

Ingredients
  

  • 1.5 pounds ground beef (or a combination of pork and beef)
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 bell pepper, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tablespoons Chili powder
  • ½ teaspoon cumin
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne
  • ¼ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • (1) 28-ounce can diced tomatoes
  • (1) 4-ounce can diced green chiles
  • (1) 15-ounce can tomato sauce
  • 3 cups beef or chicken stock (broth may be substituted)
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese, shredded
  • Extra salt and pepper for taste
  • sour dough bread bowls (or use another dense, sturdy bread that can be used as a bread bowl)
Football Laces
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons cream (or milk)

Instructions
 

  • Brown the beef and then add onions, peppers, and garlic and cook until onion wilts and any vegetable water cooks off.
  • Add chili powder, cumin, hot sauce, cayenne, paprika, oregano, thyme, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire and stir.
  • Add the tomatoes, green chiles, tomato sauce, and stock. Stir. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  • Remove from the heat and let cool for a few minutes; stir in the sour cream. Then, add the cheese, saving a little to use as garnish. Stir until the cheese melts. Add additional salt and pepper to taste if desired.
  • Cut a circle into the top of each bread bowl, and then cut underneath the circle to detach the cutout. Use a spoon to remove extra bread to form a bowl in the bread. Add chili to the bowls immediately before serving them so the bread does not become soggy.
Football Laces
  • Mix the sour cream and cream together. Place the mixture into a resealable plastic bag and snip off one bottom corner of the bag, big enough to pipe the football laces. Start by piping a straight line down the center of the chili. Cross the straight line with 3 or 4 shorter lines (as shown in the photos) to form football lacing.

Notes

Slow Cooker Option

  1. Brown the beef in a skillet (or in a slow cooker if it can saute), add the onions, peppers, and garlic, and cook until the onion wilts and any vegetable water cooks off.
  2. Add the beef mixture to the slow cooker.
  3. Then add all of the rest of the ingredients except the cheese and sour cream.
  4. Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
  5. Stir in the cheese and sour cream after cooking is complete.

Ground Beef

Use low-fat beef such as ground round or sirloin to reduce calories and fat. Or spoon off extra fat when using higher-fat beef. Other alternatives include using a plain ground pork and beef mixture or a half-ground chuck and half-ground sirloin for great flavor and texture.

Servings

A serving is one bread bowl filled with chili.

Nutrition

Calories: 516kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 30gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 14gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 129mgSodium: 858mgPotassium: 779mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 2016IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 288mgIron: 4mg
Keyword Chili, Classic Beef Chili
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