Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Hearty Instant Pot Beef Chili

 You won't believe how quickly you can make a pot of chili! Thank you, Instant Pot!

INGREDIENTS

1 Tablespoon vegetable oil

2 tsp minced garlic

1 pound lean ground beef

1 large green bell pepper, chopped

1 onion, chopped

6 stalks of celery, chopped

1 package McCormick's Chili Seasoning

1 cup water

1 15 ounce can Ranch Style Beans

1 15 ounce can kidney beans, drained and rinsed

1 15 ounce can RoTel Original tomatoes

1 15 ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes

1 15 ounce can tomato sauce

Salt and Pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Set Instant Pot to sauté. Add oil and garlic. Once the oil is hot, add ground beef. Break it up as it browns. Once browned, add onion, green pepper and celery to the beef. 

Cook until the onion is translucent. Then, add the seasoning mix. Stir to combine.

Turn the Instant Pot off of sauté. Add 1 cup of water and stir to combine all ingredients, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pot.

Add ranch beans and kidney beans. Stir to combine.

Add Ro Tel, diced tomatoes and tomato sauce on top. Do NOT stir.

Put lid on Instant Pot, set valve to seal and set for 10 minutes.

Once time is up, allow to naturally release or if  not completely released after 30 minutes, release the steam.

Open Instant Pot, stir and enjoy!

Add topping of your choice such as sour cream, grated cheese, etc.