Southwest Chili with Black Beans and Corn
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Last Updated on January 18, 2021 by Lisa Johnson
There is nothing better on a cold day, than a big ol’ bowl of hearty Southwest Chili with Black Beans and Corn to warm you up! I won’t lie, Guinness Chili is still my favorite go-to chili, but it was time to change things up and create a chili with exciting new flavors and ingredients now that the weather is finally starting to cool down here in Arizona.
For even more delicious pressure cooker recipes, check out the Instant Pot Recipes page.
and by cool down, I mean that the temperatures dropped to 95 degrees. That’s Southwest Chili with Black Beans and Corn eating weather, right? Actually, anything under 100 degrees makes me a happy camper!!
How to make Southwest Chili with Black Beans and Corn:
In oil in a large Dutch oven, skillet, or Instant Pot {using the Saute button and Medium High heat}. Add the onion and bell pepper and saute until softened, about 4 minutes…..
Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, about 8 to 10 minutes…..
Stir in the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, beans and corn. Add the chili powders, sugar, and water. Stir to combine…..
Decisions, decisions…..
Dutch Oven: cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours {or more}.
Slow Cooker: cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours.
Instant Pot: cover and cook on HIGH pressure for for 8 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes.
Serve garnished with sour cream/Greek yogurt, grated cheese, and cilantro leaves with Cornbread on the side…..
or corn chips, whatever makes your heart go pitter-patter. 🙂
Recipe Notes:
- Why yes, those are red kidney beans mixed in with the black beans. I grabbed the wrong can and didn’t notice until they were already drained. Use whatever combination you like, or whatever you have on hand.
- This chili as written is spicy!! If you are serving this chili to children, or anyone that is a big wuss like me, you will want to use the smaller measurements for the chili powders!
So there you have it, I finally made chili without alcohol and it is really good! It was on the spicy side for me, my fault….wasn’t paying attention, but the flavors were perfect. One more chili recipe to add to the rotation. 😉
More delicious chili recipes:
- Guinness® Chili
- Jack Daniels® Chili….this one packs a punch 😉
- Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili
- Instant Pot Chunky Beef Chili
- and you have to have Cornbread, or at least I do.
What do you eat with your Chili? I still have not tried spaghetti noodles, maybe next time, lol
Enjoy!!
Southwest Chili with Black Beans and Corn
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 large red bell pepper seeded and chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic minced
- 1 ½ pounds 80/20 ground beef grass-fed is best
- 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes undrained
- 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes with chiles mild or spicy depending on your preference
- ½ cup water
- 30 ounces black beans 2- 15 ounce cans, drained and rinsed
- 15 ounce can sweet corn drained and rinsed
- 2 Tablespoons ground cumin
- 1 to 2 Tablespoons* chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon chipotle chili powder
- 1 Tablespoon brown sugar
- sour cream shredded cheese (to garnish)
Instructions
- In oil in a large Dutch oven, skillet, or Instant Pot {using the Saute button}.
- Add the onion and bell pepper and saute until softened, about 4 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook for one additional minute.
- Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Stir in the crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, beans and corn.
- Add the chili powders, sugar, and water. Stir to combine.
- Dutch Oven: cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
- Slow Cooker: cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours.
- Instant Pot: cover and cook on HIGH pressure for for 8 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes.
- Serve garnished with sour cream/Greek yogurt, grated cheese, and cilantro leaves with cornbread on the side.
Sounds good! Love the combination of flavors
This sounds delicious. I like it spicy, so I’ll give it a go as written. 😉 (Near you on Tasty Tuesdays.)
I love chili but, my husband looooooves it. I’m pretty sure he could live on it! Thanks for sharing this with us at Funtastic Friday! Pinned 😉
This was good! I actually did half kidney and half black beans too because I like the two mixed! I also added a lil dash of paprika and garlic powder, the recipe didn’t need those seasonings, I just really like them so I threw them in! I am excited to try more recipes from your site! This was the first one I tried from you and I enjoyed it!
Thank you so much, Kathleen. I really like your seasoning additions, I will have to try it next time. 🙂
This was a hit at my house. Thank you!
This recipe is absolutely wonderful! I made this a few weeks ago and am making it again tonight since it is cold outside it will be awesome! I do use 1 can of black beans and 1 can of dark of light kidney beans but follow the rest of the recipe as written!! This recipe has replaced my old one! Thank you!
I cheated and used chili seasoning. I also added chick peas just because I like them in chili. Turned out great
Enjoyed this, but added a packet of fiesta ranch and a taco seasoning packet instead of chipotle chili powder. It gave it an extra kick.