Texas Easy Chili
Texas easy chili is a chili powder and tomato juice based sauce combined with cubed or ground beef. Chili originated in Texas in the 1800s. There are many variations of chili. This version does not contain beans.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chuck roast or ground beef, cubed or formed into small meatballs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 6 tablespoons chili powder
- 5 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 3 cups tomato juice or V8
- 3 beef bouillon cubes
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- Lime wedges
- Sour cream
Ingredients for 6 servings (2.3 kg) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Cut chuck roast into bite-size pieces or form ground beef into small meatballs (1 inch / 25 mm in size).
- 2
Fry beef in cooking oil until outside is browned.
Stovetop - 3
Add minced garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
- 4
Combine chili powder, flour, oregano and cumin in bowl and mix well. Sprinkle mixture over cooking beef and stir until beef is well coated with spice mixture. Cook for 1 minute.
- 5
Add tomato juice and bullion cubes. Stir for about 15 seconds.
- 6
Simmer for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stovetop - 7
Remove from heat and add salt and black pepper to taste.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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