Texas Brisket Chili is a thick, rich chili that’s just as filling with no beans. An easy dish perfectly flavored with paprika, cumin, onion, and jalapeno.
If you’ve tried the recipe for Texas Chili already, you’ll love this version that replaces the ground beef with tender brisket. It’s perfect for a weeknight Dinner Recipe or to make for your next chili cook-off.
TEXAS BRISKET CHILI (NO BEANS)
This Tex-Mex chili recipe is perfect to make the next time you have leftover Slow Cooker Beef Brisket. Although having leftovers for weeknight meals is super convenient, it can get boring eating the same meal twice in a week. Repurposing the brisket into an entirely new chili dish is the perfect way to take advantage of your remaining brisket and still have an entirely new dinner.
This hearty dish is especially great to serve up on colder nights. It’s warm, filling, and full of comforting flavors. Top it with some shredded cheese and serve it with big pieces of Cornbread for the ultimate winter meal.
MORE CHILI RECIPES
Slow Cooker Beef Chili
Classic Beef Chili
Philly Cheesesteak Chili (Philly Chili)
Chili Cheese Sloppy Joes
WHAT IS TEXAS CHILI ANYWAY?
Texas Chili, sometimes known as Cowboy Chili, is an authentic and delicious southern dish. There is however some disagreement on what actually makes chili a Texas Chili. Most everyone can agree that Texas Chili doesn’t have beans. Instead of beans all of its flavors come from the chili, spices, and meat surrounding it.
Texas Chili also doesn’t have any tomato sauce in it. Some people insist it shouldn’t have any tomatoes in it whatsoever. We did include crushed tomatoes in this chili recipe, but if you’d prefer to leave them out you’re more than welcome to. Though every cook has a slightly different way to make Texas Chili, pretty much everyone can agree it’s one of the most flavorful chili dishes you can make!
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VARIATIONS ON TEXAS BRISKET CHILI
- Meat: You can use essentially any kind of cooked brisket you have for Brisket Chili. Try using smoked brisket, slow-cooked brisket, or oven cooked brisket. You can also try other kinds of meat like ground beef, ground turkey, or ground chicken if you don’t have brisket.
- Peppers: Try adding some more peppers to Brisket Chili. Guajillo, ancho chile, chipotle or fire-roasted peppers would all make great additions to this chili recipe.
- Beans: While it’s true that Texas Chili is not made with beans if you want to add some you can. Try adding in kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans, or navy beans to the recipe.
- More add-ins: Some other add-ins to try in your chili are adobo sauce, bell pepper, minced garlic cloves, oregano, diced tomatoes, or a little brown sugar. You can also serve it with classic chili toppings like corn chips, cheese, and sour cream.
INSTANT POT TEXAS BRISKET CHILI
- Start by setting your instant pot to sauté mode. Add in oil to the base.
- Put the onions and jalapenos in the pot and cook until fragrant and translucent.
- Add the garlic, paprika, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, crushed tomatoes, beef broth, and the cooked brisket.
- Stir all the ingredients together.
- Seal the instant pot and pressure cook for 50 minutes.
- Allow the pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes then manually release it.
WHAT TO SERVE WITH TEXAS BRISKET CHILI
Jalapeno Popper Cornbread Muffins
Ultimate Cornbread
Perfectly Easy Dinner Rolls
Elote (Mexican Grilled Street Corn)
HOW TO STORE TEXAS BRISKET CHILI
- Serve: Don’t leave Texas Chili at room temperature for more than 2 hours.
- Store: Let the chili cool down before you store it in a sealable bag or another airtight container. You can keep chili in the fridge for up to 3 days before it goes bad.
- Freeze: Keep Texas Chili in the freezer for up to 4 months. When you want to reheat the chili let it first defrost in the fridge overnight. Once it’s thawed you can reheat all of it on the stovetop in a large pot or dutch oven, or you could reheat a serving in the microwave.
Texas Brisket Chili
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 yellow onion , diced
- 1 jalapeno , minced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 2 tablespoons paprika
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- 1/ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
- 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
- 4 cups beef broth
- 3 pounds beef brisket , cooked and chopped
Instructions
- Add oil to a large pot or dutch oven on high heat.
Add onions and jalapeno and cook for 4-5 minutes, until translucent.
- Add in garlic, chili powder, paprika, cumin, salt, pepper, crushed tomatoes, beef broth, and cooked brisket and stir well.
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
