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Orange Beef “Fried Rice” Casserole
Firehouse Chili
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Here’s a chili made with fresh tomatoes, not canned. We modeled it on the hearty, comfort-food chilis often made in firehouses across the United States. As such, it’s a little more savory than some other offerings, if also admittedly a little more work.
| Prep Time | 15 minutes |
| Cook Time | 23 minutes |
| Servings |
6 servings
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive, vegetable, corn, or canola oil
- 2 medium green bell peppers stemmed, cored, and chopped (
2 cups ) - 1 medium yellow onion chopped (
1 cup ) - 2 medium garlic cloves peeled and minced (
2 teaspoons ) - 2 lbs plum or Roma tomatoes chopped (
4 cups ) - 1/4 cup standard chile powder
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp table salt
- 15 ounce red kidney beans drained and rinsed (
1 2/3 cups ) - 3/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
Ingredients
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Instructions
- Press Saute, set time for 10 minutes.
- Pour the oil into a 6-quart cooker to warm for a minute or two. Then add the bell pepper, onion, and garlic. Cook, stirring often, until the onion softens, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and continue cooking, stirring several times, until they begin to soften, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the chile powder, oregano, cumin, coriander, and salt until fragrant, just a few seconds. Add the beans and broth, then crumble in the ground beef and stir well. Turn off the SAUTE function and lock the lid onto the pot.
- Optional 1 Max Pressure Cooker
Press Pressure cook on Max pressure for 6 minutes with the Keep Warm setting off. - Optional 2 All Pressure Cookers
Press Bean/Chili or Pressure cook (Manual) on High pressure for 8 minutes with the Keep Warm setting off. - Option 3 Slow Cook
Press Slow Cook option on High for 3 hours with Keep Warm setting off (or on for no more than 2 hours) - If you’ve used a pressure setting, when the machine has finished cooking, use the quick-release method to bring the pot’s pressure back to normal.
- Unlatch the lid and open the cooker.
- Press Saute, set time for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the tomato paste. Bring to a full simmer, stirring all the while. Stir for 2 or 3 minutes at a full simmer until a little bit thickened and almost irresistible. Turn off the SAUTE function and remove the hot insert from the cooker to stop the cooking.
Recipe Notes
Beyond
• For a 3-quart cooker, you must use 1/2 cup broth and halve the remaining ingredients.
• For an 8-quart cooker, you must keep the ingredients as they are but increase the broth to 1 1/4 cups—or simply increase all the ingredients by 50 percent.
• Serve with dollops of sour cream or plain Greek yogurt.
• And/or serve with spoonfuls of pickle relish, or even purchased India relish (a more savory version of pickle relish), as well as bottled hot red pepper sauce.
• Use a 50/50 mix of lean ground beef and lean ground pork.
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Cooked my bstch jn a 3qt. Duo mini. Turned out really well. Wasn’t hard to leave no leftovers. I reduced the yeild to four servings which worked out perfectly for the size of 3 qt pot. Will put in more tomatto past next time – 5.5 oz. can would be perfect for 4 servings batch.
My first time using my Instant Pot, and this chili was amazing.
This chili is the best I have ever made. I will be willing to make this for my family and friends.
Loved!
My family loved it. Very easy to make as well!
Question – for those who have made this. Did I miss whether the ground beef should be cooked before being added to the pot? Crumbled in usually means cooked. Thanks!
Made last nite so good!
Very delicious!
The chili turned out very good. I cooked the meat first in a frying pan about three-quarters of the way then added it to the pot when instructed to. Turned out great!
Was great, whole family loved it! Liked the way the consistency was not too runny. Will make again!
I expected a lot more flavor, I even added a can of diced green chilies and a can of diced Jalapeños! I will try this again with doubling the spices and adding a serrano pepper or two.
Made it exactly as the recipe says. Ground beef was raw. Was a little bland and watery. May use 1/3 cup of chili powder next time. Used 8 minute pressure cooker version
I’ve made this several times. I recommend you brown the ground beef first. Then add onions, green peppers to saute with the beef. I also add 3-4 garlic cloves, diced. Next add all your spices, rinsed beans and diced tomatoes. Stir thoroughly and cook in Instant Pot “beans” setting for 8 mins. Quick release and add tomatoe paste ans simmer on saute about 5mins to thicken up. Wonderful with a spoon of sour cream. Or, better yet, Creme Fraiche! Kids love over pasta
For davlowe – neat goes in raw and mixed well into previous ungredienrs. Best to use extra- lean beef if concerned about fat conrwnt. Juices from beef cook into sauce. Best tasting chili have ever made and is super easy and fast.
I made this today in the 3 quart model. Instead of hamburg I used cut up left over prime rib and used a full can of drained red kidney beans. IT IS DELICIOUS
I accidently put in the paste
Didnt scroll all the way down. What do I do??
The wife and myself just made this and i kinda find it bland. It seams like it is missing something, i figured with a 1/4 cup of chili pounder it would hitbyou a bit but fell flat.
Not too bad! Though a little more work than my old 2-can slow cooker recipes. Also not too spicy for my 3 year old or wife.
I made a few adjustments (no coriander, more beans, sweet corn) but it needs a little more flavor. Next time would add a poblano and more seasoning
Used this as a base. Did my own version of 5 alarm chili. Can still hear the fire engines. Cooking time reduced from 5 hours in my slow cooker to 1.5 hours prep and cook. Barely made the maximum pot level with my ingredients. Canadian smoking hot chili for a -35 celsius day in Winnipeg.. love the convenience
The taste was a 4 but the fact it was so easy to make bumps it to a 5. I will say next time i will use canned kidney beans instead of raw (they were a cooked but some were a bit crunchy). Kids loved it and we will definitely do it again. So easy.
I agree with who ever said it was missing “something.” It. Is very tasty though. I added some hotsauce cheese and sour cream and it tasted great!
Best chili we have ever made !!! Did a 6 minute preasure cook then slow release for 7 minutes. Full Release then slow cook for 3 hours.
Really easy and very delicious!
I loved the consistency. I didnt use lean ground beef, even though it wasnt extra greasy, I will use lean next time. Also used more onion and less bell pepper because of our preference. Also will probably double the recipe next time.
So good! This is my new chili recipe!
Does anyone know if you put the ground beef in cooked? Or uncooked?
Great recipe. Easy, delicious
Do i place the ground beef in cooked ir uncooked?
You would add uncooked ground beef. Any cooked ingredient would be mentioned in the notes if there are any.
You would add uncooked ground beef. Any cooked ingredient would be mentioned in the notes if there are any.
Way too bland. I increased the chili powder to heaping 1/3 cup and added 1 TBS of chipotle powder and 1TBS of aleppo pepper. I used ground turkey and added it raw, stirred well with sauteed ingredients and stock.
When adding the tom paste, I also added a can of chopped stewed tomatoes and a tsp of fish sauce for that umami pop
Very easy! added more spice though.
Tastes amazing! I added a blob of cottage cheese and greek yogurt to my bowl.
I would forsure add more spices than in the recipe.. very bland
Great chili!!!!
I used grass fed beef and served it with jalapeno/cheddar biscuits. Our guests loved it.
Chili in 20 minutes!!!!! Amazing!
Needs some heat, definitely up the chile powder and add some cayene or chipolte powder to help it out. A little hot sauce beside your plate can makenup for what the chili lacks.
First chili we ever cooked and first recipe we did with the instant pot. It was soooo tasty and so simple to cook. Loved it!
I dont have a review but a question. I just got my instantpot and i want to make chili. The hamburger I have is frozen and in tubes. Can i put the tubes in frozen?
This is fantastic. I tweaked the instructions a bit…I used about 2-1/4 lbs of 80/20 beef and sauted it first and drained the fat. While that was draining, I completed the rest of the recipe – I used 2-1/4 lbs of roma tomatoes, 6 cloved of minced garlic and used 2 cans of beans. We had it over rice with hot sauce shredded cheese and sour cream! I will make this again!
The Good: I was surprised how much this actually made. and the saute feature was more efficient than anticipated.
The Bad: The instructions are vague when it comes to the beef. I assumed it needed to be cooked separately. This effort, along with the chopping onion, bell pepper, tomatoes made the prep time closer to 30 minutes for me. Next, the overall taste was too heavy on the tomatoes.
I will try this again with a few modifications because it was still very simple.
I changed up some the spices to make it hot but a huge hit!
I used ground turkey instead of ground beef and added a diced fresh poblano pepper. It was excellent!!
I love, love, love this recipe! I do not like things real spicy so this is absolutely perfect. I followed the recipe exactly and it was just wonderful! The only thing I didn’t do was add beans. We don’t like beans in our chili so I just left them out. For people who do you like beans, you can just heat beans up and have them on the side for those who really want them. Thank you so much for posting this!
The best homemade chili ever!
It was very yummy!! I didn’t use as much chili powder as they called for, because I’m a whimp! Worth trying it out for sure!
May 2020
Was good and will make again. I followed the instructions for pressure cooking. Super easy.
Definetly add more spices
Cook and drain the beef first then cook the beef with the veggies
I made this recipe, I looked at the comments and added a bit more of the spices. Like Chili powder I added a tad bit more that 1/3 of a cup instead of 1/4, I also over scooped a bit on the others too. I did ass for spice 2 serrano’s and 2 jalapenos. I also cooked the beef first. After the food was done with the pressure cooking portion, I simmered it for a bit, while simmering I added some triple jack cheese my store carries which has pepper jack, habanero, and 1 other cheese (it’s not actually spicy but flavorful) and added a bit more salt to taste and some Valentina sauce as it didn’t have that kick that I like (maybe another serrano next time for the heat). But!!!! This was amazing chili and my BF LOVED IT and so did I!!! With these slight modifications it was perfect, aside from the heat aspect as I LOVE spicy food . Definitely saving this recipe!!
Oh I also changed the beans I don’t care for kidney beans, I swapped for chili beans instead
Pretty good. Made as written. Didn’t think it needed extra spices, but i dont like spicy. Nothing special, just simple chili
This chili stinks! No flavor.
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