Best Easy Pineapple Chili Recipes

SPICY PINEAPPLE CHILI

Steps:

• Preheat a large Stock Pot or Dutch Oven over medium heat (You can do this in the Crock Pot as well, see notes below)
• Brown your thin strips of bacon in your pan
• Add in your onions, peppers, jalapeños, and garlic and continue to cook, stirring often for 5 minutes or until your onions become translucent
• Now add in your Grass fed Ground Beef, chili powder, and cumin and stir until your ground beef is cooked through
• Add in all your remaining ingredients, stir well, and increase heat until your chili comes to a boil
• Once boiling, reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 45 Minutes

CROCK-POT CRAZY PINEAPPLE CHILI

Steps:

• In a non-stick skillet over medium heat, cook sausage and onions, stirring to crumble sausage. Once sausage is cooked through, drain off any fat and transfer the sausage and onions to your slow cooker.
• Drain the pineapple, reserving both the juice and the fruit separately. Add the juice to the slow cooker. Cover and store the fruit in the refrigerator (it will be added toward the end of cooking).
• Add tomatoes, black beans, tomato paste, chili powder, cumin and garlic to the slow cooker.
• Stir everything to combine.
• Cook on low (6-8 hours), adding reserved pineapple during last hour or two of cooking, or on high (4-5 hours), adding pineapple during last 1/2 hour - hour of cooking.
• Serve topped with cheese, sour cream and hot sauce, if desired.

ALOHA CHILI

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium heat until no meat is no longer pink; drain. , Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until heated through.

HAWAIIAN-STYLE CHILI

Steps:

• Heat a large Dutch oven until hot over high heat. Add the ground beef, and cook until barely pink, stirring constantly to break into small pieces. Stir in onions and bell pepper, cook until the meat has browned, and the onions have softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour meat into a large mesh strainer and press to expel excess fat.
• Place meat back into Dutch oven along with stewed tomatoes, kidney beans, tomato sauce, and pineapple chunks; season with chili powder and salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes, or until chili reaches desired consistency.

EASY PINEAPPLE CHILI

Steps:

• Brown meat in a skillet and drain the oil.
• Stir in all other ingredients and cook on medium-low for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

PINEAPPLE-CHILI MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Wet the rim of 4 short glasses and dip in a mixture of 2 tablespoons coarse salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder. Fill a cocktail shaker two-thirds of the way with ice. Add 1 cup tequila, 1 cup pineapple juice, 1/2 cup fresh lime juice and 11/2 tablespoons agave nectar. Shake well, then strain into the glasses.
• Photograph my Andrew Mccaul