Spicy Bacon Pumpkin Chili Recipes

PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• Place a large sauce pot over medium heat. Add the ground pork and break into small pieces with a wooden spoon. Add the chopped onion, bell pepper, garlic, and chipotle peppers. Cook until the meat is browned and the onions are soft.
• Pour the pumpkin puree, hard ciders, beans, and chicken broth into the pot. Add chili powder, cumin, salt, cinnamon, and bay leaves. Stir well.
• Simmer for at least 30 minutes on medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Serve warm with toppings if deserved.

SPICY SAUSAGE PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in chili powder and cumin; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add sausage; cook, stirring to break up clumps, until juices run clear, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Stir kidney beans and mushrooms into the skillet. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Mix in pumpkin until warm, about 2 minutes. Pour in milk. Simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes. Season with salt; scatter Cheddar cheese on top.

SPICY BACON PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook bacon and remove.
• In the same pan cook and stir the beef in the skillet until crumbly and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Cook steak same way and remove from heat and set aside.
• Stir in the red pepper flakes, garlic, and onion; continue cooking until the beef has browned and the onion has softened and turned translucent.
• Add the green and red bell pepper and cook 5 minutes more.
• While the beef is cooking, combine the kidney beans, black beans, cannelloni beans, tomato sauce, tomato sauce with garlic and onions, petite diced tomatoes, fire roasted diced tomatoes, and pumpkin puree in a large slow cooker. Season with pumpkin pie spice, chili powder, cumin, and Bacon Salt. Stir in the ground beef mixture.
• Cook on Low until the chili is hot, 1 to 2 hours. Add more Bacon Salt to taste if desired. Serve topped with crispy bacon, cheese & croutons.

SPICY PUMPKIN CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir the beef in the skillet until crumbly and no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in the red pepper flakes, garlic, and onion; continue cooking until the beef has browned and the onion has softened and turned translucent. Add the green and red bell pepper and cook 5 minutes more.
• While the beef is cooking, combine the kidney beans, black beans, Great Northern beans, tomato sauce, tomato sauce with garlic and onions, petite diced tomatoes, fire roasted diced tomatoes, and pumpkin puree in a large slow cooker. Season with pumpkin pie spice, chili powder, cumin, and salt. Stir in the ground beef mixture.
• Cook on Low until the chili is hot, 1 to 2 hours.

BACON CHILI

Steps:

• In large pan, fry bacon until crisp. Reserve about 3 T bacon grease, and then discard the remaining grease.
• Remove bacon from pan and chop into small pieces.
• Add reserved bacon grease back into the pan.
• Over medium heat, cook onions and celery until tender.
• Add minced garlic and cook for about 3 minutes.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir well.
• Simmer for at least 20 minutes.
• Add chopped bacon and simmer for another 5 minutes, or until bacon is heated.