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Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili

Posted by: Kate / Beans, Beef, Dinners

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Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili is an easy dinner recipe with lots of flavor! This kid-friendly chili makes a great fall or winter dinner!Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili in a cream bowl with cheese on top

Chili is one of our favorite meals. I love how flexible chili can be, so I regularly make several different kinds of chili.

This Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili is mild but, between the bacon, barbecue sauce, and spices, it still has lots of flavor.

This chili is also really easy to put together. It’s the perfect easy dinner for the coming chilly fall and winter nights!

Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili

Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili is an easy dinner recipe with lots of flavor!

Author: i heart eating
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10
Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Chili
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients

  • 2 lbs . lean ground beef
  • 4 slices thick-cut bacon
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 2 -15 oz . cans kidney beans rinsed and drained
  • 3 - 14 oz . cans diced tomatoes
  • 16-18 oz . bottle of barbecue sauce
  • 1 T. liquid smoke
  • 1 T. cumin
  • 1 tsp . chili powder feel free to add more
  • 1 tsp . unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp . smoked paprika
  • Shredded cheese

Instructions

  1. In a large pot or Dutch oven, brown the ground meat. Drain, and set aside.
  2. Cook the bacon. Set bacon aside, and drain all but about 1 tablespoon of the grease.
  3. Cook onion in bacon grease until soft, about 3-5 minutes.
  4. Return the browned ground beef to the pot.
  5. Add the rest of the ingredients. Stir to combine.
  6. Crumble bacon over the chili, and stir in.
  7. Cover, and simmer over medium-low heat, stirring as needed, for about 1-2 hours.
  8. Serve sprinkled with shredded cheese.

Recipe Notes

*Nutrition facts are estimates. 

Nutrition facts per serving (1g)

Calories: 268kcal
Fat: 10g
Saturated fat: 3g
Cholesterol: 65mg
Sodium: 625mg
Potassium: 467mg
Carbohydrates: 19g
Sugar: 15g
Protein: 21g
Vitamin A: 4.3%
Vitamin C: 1.3%
Calcium: 2.6%
Iron: 14.7%

 

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  1. Kris says

    March 5, 2018 at 10:22 pm


    I was wondering if this recipe could be adapted to the Instant Pot? Curious if anyone has tried that?

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    • Kate says

      March 6, 2018 at 10:17 am

      Great question! I’ve been working my way through my recipes adapting them for the IP, but this is one that I haven’t gotten to yet. Maybe someone else has tried it?

      Reply
  2. JEANNE-ANN DAVIS says

    February 22, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    Crock pots cooking tends to make chili too liquidy.

    Reply
    • Kate says

      February 22, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      They definitely can!

      Reply
  3. JEANNE-ANN DAVIS says

    February 22, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    Kate,
    I plan to make this for my church’s chili cook off to help send Teens to a conference but ummm – wheres the cheese? Topping? There is no cheese in your ingredients list.

    Jeanne

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    • Kate says

      February 22, 2018 at 3:01 pm

      Jeanne,
      Sorry for the confusion! I just serve it with a sprinkle of cheese on top. I’ve added that note to the recipe for clarification. Please let me know if you have any other questions, and good luck!
      Kate

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      • JEANNE-ANN DAVIS says

        March 11, 2018 at 7:28 pm


        I won the cook off in the Traditional chili category with this recipe! Thanks.

        Reply
        • Kate says

          March 12, 2018 at 10:21 am

          Congratulations!! Thank you for taking the time to come back and let me know!

  4. Pam says

    October 29, 2017 at 3:21 pm

    I won 2nd place in a chili cookoff today with this recipe! I am a wimp with spicy flavors, so I really like that this one has lots of flavor without the heat. :)

    Reply
    • Kate says

      October 30, 2017 at 4:39 pm

      Yay! Congrats!! That’s awesome! =D

      Reply
  5. Carmen says

    November 3, 2014 at 8:08 am

    We used your recipe for a Chili Cook Off at work and won the People’s Choice Award. We are a small hospital in Iowa and there were about 8 other Chili’s we competed against. Thank you for such a great recipe and we had tons of fun with decorating and sharing it with our co-workers. We decorated our table with the ingredients. We had dried kidney beans for our “confetti”, and set out a bottle of liquid smoke, BBQ Sauce, plastic tomato, onion and cheese, and a rubber bacon cheeseburger borrowed from our dietitian, and a can of cocoa, plus some gummi cheeseburgers.

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    • Kate says

      November 4, 2014 at 7:44 am

      Congrats!! I love this! Using dried beans as confetti is such a great idea! It sounds like you totally deserved to win. =)

      Reply
  6. Michelle says

    October 27, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    Could you make this in a crock pot? If so, how? Also, how many people does it feed?

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    • Kate says

      October 28, 2014 at 3:50 pm

      I haven’t made this chili in the crock pot. If you try it, please let me know how it goes! This recipe makes about 10 servings.

      Reply
      • Brandon says

        January 16, 2015 at 5:08 pm

        I’m going to make this in the crock pot tomorrow for a chili cook off, I’m known for my bbq so I was really excited to find a chili that I could incorporate my style of cooking into a chili!

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        • Kate says

          January 25, 2015 at 11:57 am

          I’m so glad! I hope that your cook off went well!

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