Beef & Black Bean Chili Bar
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This family-style chili bar will delight the whole crew! You’ll set out a spread of Southwest-spiced beef and black bean chili and steamy rice, plus toppings galore. Pile on cheddar cheese, scallions, diced red onion, and sour cream, then let everyone build their own perfect bowl. Order tortilla chips to make nachos or add crispy bacon for a smoky topper.
Ingredients
3 tablespoon
Sour Cream
(Contains: Milk)
½ cup
Cheddar Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Red Onion
½ cup
White Rice
1 unit
Crushed Tomatoes
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
1 unit
Black Beans
2 unit
Scallions
10 ounce
Ground Beef
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
¼ teaspoon (tsp)
Sugar
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• In a small pot, combine rice, 3⁄4 cup water (11⁄2 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until rice is tender, 15-18 minutes. Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
• While rice cooks, wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens.
• Place half the onion in a small bowl with cold water to cover. Set aside until ready to serve. TIP: If you added any other items to your meal (apps, sides, and/or dessert), you can get started on them now!
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and remaining onion. Season with salt. Cook, stirring, until softened, 3-5 minutes. • Add beef* and Southwest Spice Blend; season with 1⁄2 tsp salt (1 tsp for 4 servings) and pepper. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until beef is browned, 4-6 minutes (the beef will finish cooking in the next step!). TIP: If there’s excess grease in your pot, carefully pour it out.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes, beans and their liquid, stock concentrate, 1⁄4 cup water, and 1⁄4 tsp sugar (1⁄2 cup water and 1⁄2 tsp sugar for 4 servings). • Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until beef is cooked through and chili has thickened slightly, 8-10 minutes. (TIP: Reduce heat if chili begins to thicken too quickly; if chili seems too thick, stir in a splash of water.) Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Fluff rice with a fork. Serve rice, chili, sour cream, cheddar, scallion greens, and diced onion (draining first) family style and let everyone build their own bowl. TIP: Serve with your favorite hot sauce!
*Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many found it mild; adding extra chili powder, cumin, or cayenne pepper boosted the taste 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, with plenty of servings for leftovers or creative repurposing.
- Suggestions: Consider adding bell peppers or jalapeños for depth. Some preferred noodles over rice for a heartier texture.
- Portions: Generous servings; several customers got multiple meals by adding it to baked potatoes, hot dogs, or nachos.
Reviews from our home cooks
Lots of food here but the chili was soooo bland. Like no flavor or spice at all. I added chili flakes and some ground ancho to the left overs and let it sit in the fridge for a day. Much improved but still didn't have the depth of flavor a chili needs. Also, cooking times were super incorrect for an electric /convection appliance.
This was a fun dinner. Since it was just me, I had the chili bar the first night and then on the second night I made chili nachos.
Great meal. Can add to a baked potato, hot dog, Mac& cheese and nachos. I order it every time and get double the meals by added extras listed above.
Loved it! Never had Chili with Rice before and we loved the addition!
Needed more spices. I added cumin and a little red cayenne pepper to the chili to give it more flavor.
Delicious - added extra beans to make it a bit more robust and had to thicken it a bit for best results
Delicious. And now I know I can make homemade chili!
Needed more flavor, I added some Chipotle chili powder and a lot of Cholula hot sauce and liked it much better then.
This was my first time trying rice with chilli. We didn't care of the combo but the chilli was good.
We did not have a weeks worth of leftovers for once!
