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Weekend Menu Planning: 44 Chili Recipes for Super Bowl XLIV

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What foods come to mind when you think about Super Bowl party foods? I'm willing to bet chili pops up on just about everybody's list, and there are plenty of good reasons why chili is popular. Chili is both nutritious and economical, it's easy to make and it can be adapted to suit pretty much every type of diet. There are chili variations with chicken, turkey, beef, pork, or other more unusual meats, as well as vegetarian chile recipes that don't contain meat. There are chilis with black beans, pinto beans, white beans, or a combination of bean types, or chili recipes with no beans at all. The one ingredient chili must have is some type of ground or chopped chile peppers; that's where the name chili comes from.

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Photo of Black Bean and Beef Chili with Cilantro, Lime, and Avocado Salsa
from Kalyn's Kitchen

No matter what else you're eating for Super Bowl Sunday, there should be at least one kind of chili to round out the menu. I can't imagine how many different chili variations there are, but for Superbowl XLIV, here are forty-four chili options I found on food blogs all over the country. Check out the chili recipes that sound good, then let us know in the comments which of these chili recipes you'd like to try. (And if you have your own great recipe for chili, let us know about that in the comments too!)

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Photo of Three Bean Vegetarian Chili
from Prudence Pennywise

Vegetarian Chili
1) Three Bean Vegetarian Chili in the Crockpot from Prudence Pennywise has roasted red peppers and butternut squash puree to thicken the chili.
2) White Bean Chili from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen uses Great Northern beans.
3) Pierce Street Vegetarian Chili from 101 Cookbooks has garbanzo beans, lentils and barley.
4) Vegetarian Chili from Aayi's Recipes has black beans and butternut squash.
5) Best Vegetarian Chili Ever from She Just Walks Around with It has ginger, mustard seed, and cocoa powder.
6) Vegetarian Chili from The Way the Cookie Crumbles has soy sauce, ground coriander, and cayenne pepper.
7) Crockpot White Chili from A Year of Slow Cooking has white beans and corn.
8) Easy Vegetarian Bean Chili from Cheap Healthy Good uses a can of pureed tomatoes, which are essential to the recipe.
9) Michael's Vegetarian Chili from Andrea Meyers has zucchini, green peppers, and three kinds of beans.
10) Vegetarian Chili from My Columbian Recipes has grated carrot and a touch of brown sugar to sweeten the dish.
11) Vegetarian Black Bean Chili from Mele Cotte has red bell peppers and cumin.
12) Chipotle Sausage Chili with Apple and Black Beans from Vegan Yum Yum uses grain sausage, Tamari, and carrots.

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Photo of Beef and Three Bean Chili
from Pinch My Salt

Chili with Beef, Pork, or Other Meats
13) Beef and Three Bean Chili from Pinch My Salt has pinto beans, black beans, and kidney beans.
14) Tyler's Texas Chili from Trini Gourmet has beef and a touch of cinnamon.
15) Easy Slow Cooker Chili at Savour Fare uses ground beef and pinto beans.
16) Chipotle Chili from Cooking with Amy uses chunks of pork, chipotles, and a touch of orange juice.
17) "If I Had a Pepper" Pork Chili from Not Eating Out in New York has coffee, bacon, corn, and a variety of chile peppers.
18) Venison or Antelope Chili from Hunter Gardener Angler Cook has coffee, blackstrap molasses, and plenty of spice.
19) Black Bean and Beef Chili with Cilantro, Lime, and Avocado Salsa is my all time favorite chili.
20) Bison Chili in the Crockpot from Gluten Free in Georgia is so easy, you don't even have to brown the meat!
21) Some of The Best Chili Ever from No Ordinary Homestead has ground chuck, red and green bell peppers, and chili beans.
22) CrockPot Ancho Chili with Beans from Souther Grace Gourmet has red and black beans, ancho chiles, and Mexican beer.
23) Kentucky Chili from My Own Sweet Thyme has traditional chili ingredients with broken spaghetti added at the end!
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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

There were definitely some new ones here. 

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ChefBenjamin 5 pts

What a great collection with a broad reach on varieties and interpretations. I consider myself to be creative in the kitchen, but sometimes get caught into a rythm-- or lock of sorts-- where I prepare a certain dish the same way every time. That's me when it comes to chili.

It's good to occassionally take a look outside the box and consider new approaches and ingredients. Great ideas and a great list! 

Kalyn Denny 5 pts

Mmmm, cashews sound good in chili.  And I like gumbo too so the gumbo chili sounds like a winner!

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fabfrugalfoodie 5 pts

My staple chili is the Ultimate Veggie Chili ( http://www.fabfrugalfood.com/entrees/its-chilly-le... )with black and red beans, corn, cashews, and yes, tofu. If you haven't ever given this one a shot, please try it! I will pay you ONE MILLION DOLLARS* if you don't love it.

We also whipped up a sort of hybrid gumbo-chili ( http://www.fabfrugalfood.com/appetizers/superbowl-... ) with our Cajun Chili cups, in honor of the Saints. You can serve it in the wonton cups, for fun, but it's plenty good just straight-up.

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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

Once I got started I was really kind of intrigued by all the chili variations I found.   And I agree, chili is perfect for the freezer!

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Cookin Canuck 5 pts

I know that putting this list together must have been a huge amount of work.  Well done!  I'll definitely be making a big pot of chili for my family to enjoy on game day.  You simply can't beat chili for a crowd-pleaser.  Plus, I love that it freezes so well so that we can enjoy a quick, easy meal on a busy night.

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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

My sister always makes that in our family (and we have to have one little corner with no avocado for my brother who doesn't like avocado.)  Crazy huh?

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Southern Grace Gourmet 5 pts

What a wonderful collection of chili recipes, and thanks for including one of mine in there too! I am making a good old 7 layer dip, but with black beans, and wings. I was trying to think of something else, but I am going with what I am for sure evryone likes.

Julie Ross Godar 5 pts

So much so that I'm thinking of having people over for the Super (and Puppy) Bowl. I still have 10 quarts of soup from a soup swap I went to last month ... but I want chili. Thanks, Kalyn!

Kalyn Denny 5 pts

Cajun food would never fly with my family though.  They have to have chili for the superbowl.

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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

It has become the chili of choice for my family too.  My dad requests it regularly too.

Hope you don't get snowed in too badly!  Yikes, I hate winter.

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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

That sounds really good.   My niece is bringing meatballs, so we have that covered!

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mamarant 5 pts

With the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl, we're sticking to Cajun food this year. I'm planning to make some healthy dishes from Holly Clegg: Chicken and Sausage Couscous Jambalaya ( http://www.hollyclegg.com/Recipe.cfm?id=508 ) and Shrimp Corn and Sweet Potato Soup ( http://www.hollyclegg.com/Recipe.cfm?id=509 ). ( http://www.hollyclegg.com/Recipe.cfm?id=509 )

Of course I'm going to ruin all that healthiness with the giant wheel of brie that keeps winking at me every time I open the freezer.

JennaHatfield 9 pts

I'm making my avocado salsa (with chips). I'm also making my meatballs in a sweet and sour sauce, good by themselves or on rolls. One friend is making chili and making a cheese ball. I don't know what the other two are bringing.

Now I'm hungry.

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lauriewrites 5 pts

We are slated for a "crippling" snow storm here in Maryland for tomorrow into Saturday so I'm pretty sure I won't be going anywhere (which is sad because I wanted to go watch the game with Sarah this year) but I was JUST searching for the black bean chili on your site. ;) I made it last year, as you know, and now I'll be making it again even if I'm just staying home. SO GOOD.

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Kalyn Denny 5 pts

I was actually making a pot of my sister-in-law's white chicken chili while I wrote this, so I think the chili love is in the air this weekend. 

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