The best Keto Chili recipe, made with nutritious, simple ingredients, and topped with a variety of delicious additions! It’s easy to keep the ingredients for this bean less beef chili on hand, and it freezes well for quick, low carb meals in a pinch!
The BEST Keto Chili Recipe
Chili is such a comforting meal! I love making it in the winter for protein packed lunches. It leaves the house with the best warming smells, and it’s so fun to top with delicious additions!
This Keto Chili recipe is made with:
- Grass-fed ground beef (Butcher Box is my secret for always having grass-fed, organic, and wild meats and seafoods on hand)
- TONS of warming spices. Make sure to use a good chili powder!
- The BEST part? All the toppings. This chili is a blank slate ready to be designed by you. We love cheese, sour cream, and avocado on top of ours.
Try freezing this chili is 1 cup portions. When lunch time rolls around during busy weeks, you’ll be glad to have this on hand to defrost!
How to Make Keto Chili
Step 1: In a large pot, add avocado oil, onions, and garlic, and saute over medium heat for about 7 minutes to soften.
Step 2: Add the grass fed ground beef, and break up the meat with a spatula or wooden spoon as the meat begins to brown.
Step 3: Into the pot with the beef and onions, add the chopped bell peppers, chicken broth, salt and spices. Stir the mixture together so the peppers begin to cook.
Step 4: Add the tomato puree, and simmer the chili for about 30 minutes.
Step 5: Once the chili has thickened, taste, and adjust the seasonings. More chili powder (or adding cayenne) will give it an extra kick of heat. It may also need more salt, depending on if your broth and tomatoes were salted.
Step 6: Serve the chili hot, and top with cheese, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, or green onions. See a longer list or keto chili topping suggestions below!
How to Top your Low Carb Beef Chili
There are tons of delicious toppings to add to your bowl of chili that keep it low carb and keto friendly!
Try these low carb additions:
- Cheese (we love cheddar)
- Sour cream – use a full fat option, or plain 5% Greek yogurt
- Avocado slices or Avocado Jicama Salsa
- Herbs, like green onions or cilantro
- Jalapeños
- Salsa or hot sauce
- Crunchy cheese chips (like Whisps)
- Sliced olives
- Bacon crumbles
Is Chili Keto?
A traditional chili has beans, which are high in carbs and not suitable for a keto diet. This recipe uses less tomato than a typical chili recipe which also helps to lower the carbs.
Chili is easily made keto by using extra beef and omitting the beans.
Other Hot Keto Dinner Recipes:
If you’re searching for delicious keto recipes to warm up to on a chilly day, you’ll also love:
Make this Keto Chili Recipe your Own!
Add Veggie Power: I love this chili served over cauliflower rice, but you can also just stir 1-2 cups into the chili while it’s warming up. Also try chopped carrots or a few handfuls of greens like spinach or chopped kale.
Lower the Carbs: If your carb needs are really low, you can reduce the tomato puree to half the amount, since it is the only significant source of carbohydrates in this recipe.
Make it Family Friendly: I love meals that you can easily modify to satisfy the whole family. Once you have measured out portions for the keto or low carb eaters in your household, you can add a can of beans, or add some roasted sweet potato or butternut squash.
Add Healthy Carbs for Carb Cycling: Chop sweet potato or butternut squash in 1 inch cubes, and toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 425º F for 25 minutes, until softened, before adding to the chili. Roasted the vegetables first brings out their sweetness rather than adding them directly to the pot and allowing them to simmer with the beef.
Quinoa is another great addition to chili for higher carb needs. Precook the quinoa and stir it in when serving.
Keto Chili
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1/2 cup onion minced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1-3 teaspoons sea salt start with a small amount and add more to taste
- 2 tablespoon chili powder know the heat of your chili powder before adding the full amount! Some powders are very spicy.
- 2 tablespoons cumin
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 24 ounces strained tomatoes or crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 green bell peppers diced
Instructions
- In a large pot, add avocado oil, onions, and garlic, and saute over medium heat for about 7 minutes to soften.
- In a large pot, add avocado oil, onions, and garlic, and saute over medium heat for about 7 minutes to soften.
- Into the pot with the beef and onions, add the chopped bell peppers, chicken broth, salt and spices. Stir the mixture together so the peppers begin to cook.
- Add the strained tomatoes, and simmer the chili for about 30 minutes.
- Once the chili has thickened, taste, and adjust the seasonings. More chili powder (or adding cayenne) will give it an extra kick of heat. It may also need more salt, depending on if your broth and tomatoes were salted.
- Serve the chili hot, and top with cheese, sour cream, avocado, cilantro, or green onions. See a longer list or keto chili topping suggestions below!
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Notes
- Cheese (we love cheddar)
- Sour cream – use a full fat option, or plain 5% Greek yogurt
- Avocado slices or Avocado Jicama Salsa
- Herbs, like green onions or cilantro
- Jalapeños
- Salsa or hot sauce
- Crunchy cheese chips (like Whisps)
- Sliced olives
- Bacon crumbles
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