How long to cook chili in dutch oven

Although the internet abounds with recipes for quick-cooking chilis that take as little as 20 minutes (via MyRecipes), this stewed dish truly benefits from a longer cook time that will gently coax all the flavors out of the meat, legumes, vegetables, and spices in the recipe.

According to Southern Living, you'll want to let any chili recipe cook for at least an hour to fully enjoy its spectrum of tastes.

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Of course, in this day and age, many of us are so busy that we sometimes don't have an hour to spare — even in the name of delicious chili.

For those occasions, the outlet counsels, slow cooker chili is a wonderful option: Though there can be a few minutes' worth of prep time involved, the appliance does the rest of the work unattended, turning out a deeply flavored chili in a few hours' time.

Otherwise, Southern Living recommends using a pressure cooker (or the pressure cooker function on your Instant Pot): Our creamy white chicken chili loaded with beans, peppers, tomatoes, and a plethora of fragrant dried spices hits the tab

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