Slow-Cooker Weeknight Chili

24 comments

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2006

Long hours at low temperatures have a way of rendering flavors flat. So what's the secret to making full-flavored-and non-greasy-beef chili in the slow cooker?

SERVES 10 to 12

Slow-Cooker Weeknight Chili

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To keep our Slow-Cooker Weeknight Chili recipe from turning out too greasy, we used reasonably lean 85 percent lean ground chuck and supplemented it with smoky bacon. Browning the meat was important, but it was just as important to not over...

Print