Secret Ingredient Chili with Chocolate
This comforting chili recipe gets a bold, rich twist from a secret ingredient—chocolate! A savory-sweet, mole-inspired dish that warms you from the inside out.
Ingredients
- - 2 tbsp olive oil
- - 1 onion diced
- - 1 green pepper chopped
- - 3 garlic cloves minced
- - 1 lb ground beef
- - 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- - 1 15 oz can kidney beans
- - 1 15 oz can black beans
- - 1 6 oz can tomato paste
- - 2 tbsp chili powder
- - 1 tsp cumin
- - 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- - Salt & pepper to taste
- - 1 oz chocolate bar or 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- - 1/2 tsp cinnamon optional
- - 1 cup broth or water
Instructions
- Heat oil in pot; add onion, garlic, pepper. Cook until soft.
- Add beef; brown and drain.
- Stir in tomatoes, beans, tomato paste, spices.
- Add chocolate and let melt into chili.
- Simmer 30–45 mins, stirring occasionally.
- Serve hot with toppings of choice.
Notes
- Dark chocolate works best, but milk chocolate adds a creamy finish too.
- Tastes even better the next day!
- Tastes even better the next day!
