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Chunky No Bean Chili

By Lisa MarcAurele · Jul 5, 2020 · 20 Comments

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A delicious no bean chili with chunks of diced tomatoes and plenty of protein-rich meat to fill you up. A mix of peppers gives a moderate amount of spice.

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Although I have a previous recipe posted for keto Texas style chili, that chili is somewhat watered down to keep the carbs low. This chili is a bit higher in carbs. That's because it has more tomatoes so the portion size should be kept small to keep the carbs within reason.

If you are in a maintenance phase or not currently trying to lose weight, like me, this recipe will give you about five good meal size servings with close to 16 net carbs each. I try to limit each dish to about 15 carbs or less so a larger helping of this no bean chili is fine for me.

Since this is the time of year a lot of people get together to watch the big football games, I thought it would be nice to post another chili recipe without beans. I have made chili with black soy beans before to keep the carbs low, but I prefer my chili with no beans and plenty of meat.

We always have a freezer loaded with ground venison so I always make tons of dishes with this ground meat. Chili is one of my favorite ways to cook ground venison. The tomatoes will cover any gamey taste that the deer meat may have.

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Although I made this no bean chili on the stovetop, it could easily be made in the crock pot. The meat would need to be browned first and this could be done ahead of time.

Are you into slow cooking using a crock pot? It's best to brown large batches of ground meat and freeze them in bags or containers.

Keeping frozen ground meat in the freezer that has already been browned makes it a breeze to make meaty chili in the slow cooker. Just freeze the meat in amounts typically needed for your crockpot recipes.

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Chunky No Bean Chili

4.73 from 11 votes
A delicious no bean chili with chunks of diced tomatoes and plenty of protein rich meat to fill you up. A mix of peppers gives a moderate amount of spice which can be adjusted to taste.
Prep Time:5 minutes mins
Cook Time:1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Total Time:1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Mexican
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Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 168

Ingredients

  • 1 ¼ pounds ground beef
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon dried onion or ¼ cup finely chopped fresh onion
  • 28 oz can crushed tomato I used Tuttorosso
  • 15 oz can diced tomatoes or 10 oz can Rotel
  • 2 tablespoons chili powder
  • ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
  • 1 low carb sugar substitute packet(s) optional

Instructions

  • Brown the meat and drain fat if needed.
  • Add the garlic, onion and chili powder and cook with meat for a couple minutes.
  • Add the remaining ingredients.
  • Simmer for about an hour.

Notes

About 8.4g net carbs for each one cup serving.

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Nutrition

Calories: 168 | Carbohydrates: 11.1g | Protein: 21.7g | Fat: 2.6g | Sodium: 855mg | Fiber: 2.7g

Additional Info

Net Carbs: 8.4 g | % Carbs: 23.4 % | % Protein: 60.4 % | % Fat: 16.3 % | SmartPoints: 3
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Comments

  1. Chuck

    February 25, 2020 at 1:55 am

    5 stars
    Made this tonight. Wow, very good. This chili has a kick to it - and I like it!

    Reply
  2. Christina

    December 15, 2018 at 1:36 pm

    5 stars
    Best chili! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • Lisa MarcAurele

      December 16, 2018 at 8:31 am

      Glad you enjoyed the recipe!

      Reply
  3. Monica

    October 22, 2018 at 8:23 pm

    5 stars
    Lisa, just made this tonight. Delicious! Added a little cheese and oyster crackers and we were set. Thx for sharing!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      October 23, 2018 at 7:31 am

      You're welcome Monica!

      Reply
  4. Cassandra Kramer

    September 18, 2018 at 6:40 pm

    3 stars
    cook time says 15mins but directions say simmer for an hour? didn't care too much for the tanginess of the balsamic vinegar. Tasty though.

    Reply
    • Lisa

      September 19, 2018 at 7:17 am

      Thanks for catching that mistake. The recipe has been updated.

      Reply
  5. Robin

    August 24, 2018 at 8:14 pm

    5 stars
    I made it today and we love it! So yummy!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      August 25, 2018 at 6:17 am

      Thanks for letting us know Robin! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Theresa

    August 03, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    5 stars
    Omg so good. I topped the chili with onion cheese and sour cream.

    Reply
    • Lisa

      August 04, 2018 at 7:04 am

      Cheese and sour cream are my favorite toppings.

      Reply
  7. Kuulei

    January 15, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    5 stars
    Great recipe! We had this last night. We prefer our chili on the spicy side so used Ro-Tel Diced Tomatoes Hot (Diced Tomatoes with Habanero) and added 1/2 tablespoon of smoked Chipotle powder.

    Reply
  8. Maureen luvandwa

    March 29, 2017 at 8:58 am

    I'm trying this for my boss today

    Reply
    • Lisa

      March 29, 2017 at 12:41 pm

      I think your boss is going to love it!

      Reply
  9. patti

    January 22, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    This is really good, and easy! Thank you, Lisa, for such a quick response. I followed the recipe exactly and also measured the total cups in the recipe and it came out to about 2/3 cup per serving for an 8 serving recipe. Cooked in crockpot for about 3 hours and it turned very well.

    Reply
    • Lisa

      January 23, 2017 at 4:45 am

      I think with this one, I made the servings a bit smaller to keep carbs low. I do usually eat it in a cup size and it's not full.

      Reply
  10. patti

    January 21, 2017 at 10:24 am

    How many servings are there in this recipe and what cup amount/serving?

    Reply
    • Lisa

      January 21, 2017 at 7:06 pm

      The info was lost when the recipe was converted from one software to another. It makes about 8 one cup servings.

      Reply
  11. Laura Walsh

    December 15, 2016 at 5:25 pm

    5 stars
    This is delicious! Had to omit onions and garlic due to IBS/SIBO and this was still exceptionally tasty! Thank you and I will be making it again very soon!!

    Reply
    • Lisa

      December 16, 2016 at 4:25 am

      You're welcome Laura! So glad you liked it!

      Reply
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