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Hearty and rich, Mom's Instant Pot Chili is the best.

Mom's Instant Pot Chili

Mom's Instant Pot Chili is simple to make; you can have a pot of cozy, savory chili that tastes like it's stewed all day long. The combination of beans and spices with lots of ground beef will leave you asking for more. 
Servings: 8 servings
Chef Alli
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Approx. Time Needed for Instant Pot to Pressurize: 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 2 lbs. lean ground beef
  • 1 Tbs. chili powder
  • 1 Tbs. onion flakes
  • 1 tsp. onion powder
  • 1-2 tsp. minced chipotles in adobo depending on how smoky and spicy you like your chili
  • 2-3 cups chicken broth
  • 16 oz. can white chili beans drained
  • 10 oz. can diced tomatoes and green chilies with juice
  • 16 oz. can petite diced tomatoes with juice
  • kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Using the sauté setting, add chili powder, onions flakes and onion power to the pot; in a few seconds when the spices are nicely fragrant, add the ground beef and chipotles.
    Brown the beef, crumbling it as it cooks uintil no pink remains and the beef is cooked throughout; drain any fats that accumulate. When chili powder is fragrant in a few seconds, add ground beef, chipotles, onion flakes, and onion powder.
    Crumble beef and cook until it is nicely browned and no pink remains; drain fats from beef.
  • Stir in the broth, beans, and tomatoes; season the chili to taste with salt and pepper, bringing chili to a boil.
  • Turn off the saute setting, then lock the Instant Pot lid into place. Using the High Pressure setting, set the timer for 5 minutes, bringing the Instant Pot to full pressure.
    When timer sounds, perform a quick to remove all the pressure from the Instant Pot; carefully unlock and remove lid. Stir the chili, then serve garnished with your favorite toppings.

Notes

 
You can leave the beans out of this chili recipe, if desired.  White chili beans can be hard to find sometimes, so feel free to substitute regular chili beans or even pinto beans. Heck, I’ve even added black beans from time to time. Any beans will work.
Chipotles are smoked jalapenos that come packed in adobo sauce. They are deliciously smoky in flavor and also HOT.  Chipotles are very trendy so you will see them listed as an ingredient in lots of savory recipes.
You will find chipotles in the Hispanic section of your local grocer.  When I purchase whole chipotles in adobo sauce, I give them a whirl in my food processor then store them in a jar in the fridge.  That way, when I’ve got a recipe that calls for a few teaspoons of chipotles, they are ready and willing to go.
This recipe for chili doubles very nicely and easily and you can also freeze this chili, too.
If you’d like to make this chili in a slow cooker, you can create it first on your stove top in a Dutch oven or stock pot, then place it into the slow cooker on low for 3-4 hours so the flavors can meld.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 245kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 29gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 804mgPotassium: 963mgFiber: 4gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 497IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 5mg
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