# Texas Chili

This hearty, meaty chili will fill up the hungriest of appetites and makes a big batch with 4 lbs of meat.

- Total time: 480 min
- Cuisine: Filipino
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs ground meat (venison is also great and is Matt's fav)
- 1 lb HOT breakfast sausage
- 1 lb chuck roast (Alternatively Matt loves using brisket, venison medallions or quarters.) This ingredient is key to making it hearty.
- 3 medium medium red onions, diced
- 1 head head of garlic, minced (sub 3 T Spice World Ready to Use garlic)
- 2 28oz can crushed tomatoes with juice
- 1 28oz Italian style diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 7oz can Chipotles in Adobo Sauce, diced. Preserve the liquid.
- 2 beers beers. 1 for the chili and 1 to drink while you're making it. (sub beef broth)
- 5 T Meat Church Texas Chili Seasoning. This is a moderate heat level, but back it down to 3-4 T for Mild. Add 1-2 T more for even spicier or add 2 T cayenne pepper.
- Shredded cheese
- Sliced fresh jalapeños
- Diced white onions
- 1 1/3 C olive oil

## Instructions

1. Add the olive oil to a very large skillet, preferably cast iron.
2. Sauté the onions, garlic and adobo peppers (including all the liquid from the can) for about 10 minutes until the onions are translucent. You may have to cook in 2 batches if you don't have a really large skillet.
3. Remove the sautéed mixture from the skillet and place it in your slow cooker or dutch oven.
4. Cook the ground meat and breakfast sausage completely in the same skillet.
5. Drain the fat from the cooked meat and place all of the meat in the slow cooker or dutch oven.
6. If using a raw chuck roast, cut it into cubes and brown it in a cast iron skillet, then place it in the dutch oven or slow cooker.
7. If using smoked chuck, simply cut it into small pieces and dump it into the dutch oven or slow cooker.
8. Add the tomatoes with the juice, 1 beer, and 5 T of Meat Church Texas Chili Seasoning to the slow cooker or dutch oven with the meat, onions, garlic, and adobo peppers.
9. Mix thoroughly.
10. Cook the chili on low for 6 - 8 hours in a slow cooker, stirring periodically.
11. If using a smoker, cook the chili at 225 degrees for 4-5 hours uncovered, stirring periodically.
12. Cover and continue to cook for 2-3 more hours in the smoker.
13. Remove from the heat.
14. Allow it to cool.
15. Garnish with shredded cheese, sliced fresh jalapeños, and diced white onions, then enjoy!

## Equipment

- Dutch Oven
- Large slow cooker
- Large cast iron skillet
- Industrial IR Gun

## Tips

- This recipe makes a big ole batch of chili.
- Any combo of meats works, but having plenty of ground meat plus some large chunky meat that will break down and get super tender during a 6-8 hour cook is the best.
- If you want to try this recipe with venison, but don't hunt, Maui Nui Venison sell/ship amazing Axis deer meat, which is one of the cleanest tasting game meats and nutrient dense!
- This recipe has a medium spiciness level; you can adjust that by adding more or less chili seasoning.
- Traditional Texas Red Chili doesn't contain beans, but this seasoning will enhance the flavor of whatever beans you want to add to your chili. Just back off 1 lb of the ground meat if you plan to include some beans of your choice.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.meatchurch.com/blogs/recipes/texas-chili
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dd8a93f1-792e-4546-8c1c-16033121a971
- Extracted: 2026-03-09

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