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Healthy Chili Recipes and Cooking Tips

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Ultimate Beef Chili

Offer garnishes, such as reduced-fat sour cream and grated Cheddar cheese (about 1 tablespoon each per person), chopped scallions and chopped fresh tomatoes. Serve with warmed corn tortillas and a green salad topped with orange slices.

» Ultimate Beef Chili

Salsa Cornbread

EatingWell reader Chuck Allen of Dana Point, California, contributed this moist vegetable-studded cornbread. It makes a fine accompaniment to stews, chilis and breakfast eggs.

» Salsa Cornbread

White Chili

This fragrant "white" chili is an unusual, delicious alternative to traditional tomato-based chilis. Serve with lime wedges and a dollop of sour cream or a sprinkling of cheese.

» White Chili

Slow-Cooker Black Bean-Mushroom Chili

Black beans, earthy mushrooms and tangy tomatillos combine with a variety of spices and smoky chipotles to create a fantastic full-flavored chili. It can simmer in the slow cooker all day, which makes it perfect for a healthy supper when the end of your day is rushed.

» Slow-Cooker Black Bean-Mushroom Chili

Zesty Wheat Berry-Black Bean Chili

This rib-sticking chili offers a hearty mix of wheat berries, beans, peppers and onion. Feel free to add an additional chipotle pepper to crank up the heat in this one-pot meal. Cooked wheat berries will keep for up to 1 month in your freezer and there's no need to thaw them; just stir them directly into the chili.

» Zesty Wheat Berry-Black Bean Chili

Beef & Bean Chile Verde

Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes an easy weeknight meal with quick-cooking ground beef and store-bought green salsa. Make it a Meal: Serve with fresh cilantro, red onion and Monterey Jack. Add your favorite hot sauce.

» Beef & Bean Chile Verde

Homemade Hot Sauce

This homemade hot sauce makes good use of the bountiful tomatoes, onions and peppers in your garden or farmers' market. Adjust the heat to your preference: in our tests, two habaneros yielded a pleasantly spicy sauce without excessive heat—take it up a notch for spicy-food fans by adding extra hot peppers.

» Homemade Hot Sauce


Spice up your dinner spread with a warm bowl of chili and cornbread.

These tasty one-pot chili recipes begin with just a few pantry items you probably have in your kitchen. They’re packed with fresh vegetables, fiber-rich beans and lean cuts of beef and pork, which makes chili a satisfying meal. It’s easy to whip up a batch to feed a hungry crowd—perfect for football Sundays and après-ski parties. Don’t forget to offer an array of toppings, like reduced-fat sour cream, shredded Cheddar, chopped fresh cilantro, sliced green onions and your favorite hot sauce. And check out our healthy recipes for more favorite accompaniments, such as cornbread and quesadillas. Spice up your chili spread with these healthy recipes.

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Healthy Chili Recipes

This hearty vegetarian chili is a full-flavored antidote for winter's chill....
Chile Verde, usually a slow-cooked stew of pork, jalapeños and tomatillos, becomes...
Traditional Mexican techniques combine with spicy Southwestern chic for a creamy...
Even confirmed carnivores will love this meatless chili because it's rib-...
Cumin, chipotle chile and oregano infuse this pork and pinto bean chili with lots of...
Plantains and orange juice balance this thick, Latin American pork-and-bean stew...
Black beans, earthy mushrooms and tangy tomatillos combine with a variety of spices...
A rich, dark and flavorful combination of our favorite Southwestern flavors. It also...
This rib-sticking bean chili is richly flavored with cumin, chili, paprika, oregano...
Offer garnishes, such as reduced-fat sour cream and grated Cheddar cheese (about 1...
This fragrant "white" chili is an unusual, delicious alternative to...
This rib-sticking chili offers a hearty mix of wheat berries, beans, peppers and...
Make a double batch of this quick vegetarian chili, full of black beans and sweet...
This spicy chili has a North African spin with lamb, cinnamon and harissa. If you...

Healthy Breads & Hot Sauce Recipes

This updated Anadama is made quicker with the use of RapidRise yeast and a food...
This bread recipe combines bulgur, oatmeal, wheat bran, sunflower seeds and whole-...
A combination of all-purpose flour and cake flour produces a light, tender low-fat...
Quesadillas are a terrific quick snack to feed the family. They're also great...
EatingWell reader Chuck Allen of Dana Point, California, contributed this moist...
Based on the traditional fried northern Chinese scallion pancake, these thin, flaky...
Finding tasty, healthy, whole-grain dinner rolls in the supermarket or even at a...
An excellent cornbread to serve with chili.
This homemade hot sauce makes good use of the bountiful tomatoes, onions and peppers...

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