Granny’s Award Winning Homemade Chili Recipe (2024)

Exactly how many ounce can is a “large” can of diced tomatoes? Thank you.

For those wondering about the paste or sauce question (it looks the author never answered it)- I made it with half paste and half sauce just to veer on the side of caution bit. I would say tomato sauce is likely what she meant, not paste. Further more, she mentions 2 ‘8 oz cans of tomato paste’. Paste usually comes in 6oz cans, sauce usually 8oz, so that is another clue 🙂 Hope this helps! Recipe was great- I left out the honey, used all brown sugar asked for, and halved the white sugar amount. It was great!!! Moving forward, I will like play more with the flavors by using a jalapeno and maybe an Anaheim or Poblano pepper for my two heat peppers.

Hi there! I made this for the first time yesterday and it turned out very good! Because we don’t like a lot of sweet and it seemed heavy on the sugars, I completely omitted the 1/4c. white sugar. For us, it was a good call and next time I’ll probably even reduce the honey to 1/3c. instead of the 1/2c. making it lean even more on the savory side. One question though… the ingredient list calls for 2-8oz. cans of tomato “paste” but when adding the tomatoes, the instructions say to add tomato “sauce”. I used tomato paste but wondering if it should actually be tomato sauce…?? Please advise and thank you for the great recipe!

Hi Hanna! I chose this recipe for an upcoming chili cook-off (by all of the great reviews!), and have all of the ingredients. I was reading the recipe, and wondered if you could tell me when the garlic goes in?

I had high hopes for this chili. It was good, but for my taste it was way too sweet. I thought the spice would balance the sweet out. When I first tried it the spicy and sweet did seem to compliment one another really well, but then it seemed to just get sweeter as I let it simmer in my crockpot. I entered this recipe in to a chili cook-off at work and we will see what others think. I just prefer a savory chili.

Just curious, has anyone ever tried to do the last part in the oven with a crockpot instead? Planning on making this this week.

Help!!! Making this now…ingredient list says tomato paste. Directions say tomato sauce. Big difference! Company will be here in 3 hours. HELP!!!!

Love this recipe. You mention tomato sauce in the directions but it’s not on the list of ingredients. How much sauce should we use?

Can I make this in a slow cooker? Looking to try my first ever chili recipe and would like to throw everything in the slow cooker to make things easier for a larger crowd. Thanks

This looks really delicious! Think I could throw all this in a slow cooker instead of the oven?

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I am getting the ingredients together for the chili and noticed in the list of ingredients it states tomato paste, but in the directions it states tomato sauce. Which do you use? Can’t wait to try it! Thanks

Have you ever made it in the Crock pot?

if I don’t have a large enough roasting pan can I cook it on the stove top? thanks!

Just made this for a chili competition!!! Thanks for sharing! Only thing I did differently was I used ground sirloin vs ground beef! :).

AMAZING chili. I’ve made chili for years and by far this is the best I’ve ever had.

Wow, the best chilli ever. I decided to cut out the white sugar and decrease the amount of other sweet ingredients since my family prefers savoury foods and I couldn’t get the pot to the table fast enough. Fabulous recipe! Thanks for sharing it.

What a great recipe. I have made chile for years, and have had people loving the way I prepare and care for my chile. But this, I can tell you that I will continue to use this recipe until I find another to top it. Highly doubtful, but I enjoyed making this and having my family and friends rave about it. I do add a few of my secret ingredients for name recoginition only.
Thanks for the great recipe.

I just won our church’s chili cook off with this recipe! Fantastic combo of ingredients! Thank you!

hi, thanks for the recipe,i need to know a couple things, what kind of dark beer did you use, an how many ounces is the large can of diced tomatoes, thank you for your time

I enjoyed it but my guests thought it was too sweet… : (

while using this recipe for the first time I’ve noticed the list of ingrediants calls for cinnamon and chicken and chicken bouillon granules but in the directions I do not see eaither cinnamon or chicken bouillon granules, So I figured they went in and added them anyway, hopefully it turns out as good as it looks!

Thanks! It turned out great and won the cookoff at a friends place. First choice from both the kids and adults. I found it a little sweet to what i am used to but hey, i have the trophy! Cheers.

Just made this chili today for a minor hockey team that I coach. It was for a coasting party. It was gone in 20 minutes. even the 10 year old kids ate it! Amazing! We loved it! Thank you so much for sharing. I wish more people would share there family secrets. Great job!

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I made it and it’s great. One thing I noticed was the chili powder is missing from the list of ingredients. I winged it by using three tablespoons but am curious what the actual measure should be. Thx!

I just LOVE chili and cannot wait to try Granny’s recipe. It looks delicious!

Thanks so much for your comment Lucky Lester – and please send in your recipes anytime!

Very similar to my own recipe minus a couple of ingredients, I look forward to trying her variation this fall.