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Kansas City Two-Bean Chili

A smoky-sweet, barbecue-style chili of kidney beans, butter beans and hominy simmered in a sauce of molasses, mustard and vinegar. It is ready in about half an hour.

  • YieldServes 8
  • Hands-on15 min
  • Total43 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 1 tbspcanola oil
  • 1 cuponion, chopped
  • 2 canskidney beans, 15 oz (425 g) cans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 canbutter beans, 15 oz (425 g) can, rinsed and drained
  • 1 canwhite hominy, 15 oz (425 g) can, drained
  • ½ cuptomato ketchup
  • ½ cupbarbecue sauce
  • ½ cupmolasses
  • ½ cupprepared yellow mustard
  • ½ cupwater, plus more as needed
  • ¼ cupcider vinegar
  • 1 tspliquid smoke, plus more to taste
  • 1 tbspchili powder, plus more to taste
  • ¼ tspcayenne pepperoptional
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper, freshly ground

Contains

  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Mustard
  • Sulfites
  • Anchovy
  • Legumes (any)
  • Common beans (kidney, black, pinto, navy...)
  • Lima beans
  • Corn (maize)
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Nightshades (any)
  • Tomato
  • Bell (sweet) pepper
  • Chili peppers
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Garlic
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Turmeric
  • Oregano
  • Black and white pepper
  • Allspice
  • Cinnamon
  • Clove
  • Cumin
  • Paprika
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Chili heat (capsaicin)

Taste

  • Heat
  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Smoke
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • Under 20 min active
  • 30–60 min total
  • Difficulty 1
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: high
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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