Slow Cooker Texas Chili combines beef carne picada with a homemade adobo sauce for a tender and extremely meaty Texas style chili.
Slow Cooker Texas Chili
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Slow Cooker Texas Chili is my recipe of the day with the blogging event National Slow Cooker Month. I will be posting slow cooker recipes on both Monday and Wednesday of this week to commemorate this food holiday.
On Wednesday I will be sharing my recipe for slow cooker spicy Mexican cerveza beef, which is cooked with beer.
But for today I am sharing my recipe for Texas style chili which I made with chopped beef picada and a homemade chile based adobo sauce in the crockpot. This type of chili will not have any beans in it and is made with very little in the way of anything tomato.
The adobo sauce is definitely chile based using dried chiles which are soaked. It is a type of chile ketchup without having much tomato at all. You will often find this sauce in your cans of chipotle peppers. But since it is not packed with the smoked jalapenos it will have a bit of a different taste. You can use this type of adobo sauce to pack with jalapenos you have smoked yourself . Although that is not what we are doing here.
National Slow Cooker Month!
This week we are celebrating all things slow cooker! We have delicious recipes from across the country to fill your meal plans with delicious slow cooker recipes!
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Slow Cooker Texas Chili
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Slow Cooker Texas Chili
Slow Cooker Texas Chili
Equipment
- Slow Cooker or Crock Pot
Ingredients
Adobo Sauce:
- 4 ounces dried guajillo chiles about 16-18, toasted, stems and seeds removed
- 4 cups hot water
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
Slow Cooker Chili:
- 2 medium yellow onions chopped
- 5-6 garlic cloves chopped
- 2 pounds beef carne picada chopped (chuck roast or bottom round)
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons ground cumin
- adobo sauce see above
Instructions
- Soak chiles in hot water 30 minutes.
- Drain off two cups of liquid and discard.
- Puree the remaining 2 cups of liquid with the chiles, and add in remaining ingredients for adobo sauce.
- Brown meat, onions and garlic.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook 8-10 hours on low.
Notes
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I love chili in the winter. I need to try our slow cooker version real soon!
I don’t think I’ve ever had Texas Chili….I am a big bean lover….the more the better. This seems more like the chili I make to put on hot dogs.
I do make a coney sauce but it is very different in taste. This one is way less sweet/mild and more like the flavor of enchilada sauce in there somewhere from the chiles.
Looks inviting! It is a hearty meal and love the color. The adobo sauce is quite interesting and would love to try that in my chili recipe too!
This chili looks like it has so many incredible flavors and love how it’s made in the crock pot! I can’t wait to try your recipe, thank you!
I really need to try this Texas chili recipe. It sounds amazing and perfect for the cold spell we’re having in the south
This chili looks so hearty and meaty. I love all the peppers in the chili as well- bonus being able to cook it in the slow cooker.