This chunky Hawaiian style chili recipe is the perfect family friendly chili. Balanced flavors and short simmering time make it great for an easy dinner. Serve it on white rice and top it with cheese, yum!
This Hawaiian Style Chili is:
- chunky and meaty
- cooks in under 30 minutes
- totally customizable
You can find chili in almost any mom and pop store in Hawaii, even gas stations sell bowls of chili!
All of them are similar in flavor and style, but each with a unique family twist.
The thing they ALL have in common though, is they are served on sticky white rice.
Maybe a Texan just read that and fainted.
But don’t knock it till you try it!
Ingredients for Hawaiian Style Chili
- ground beef - I use 80/20, use whatever beef you have on hand
- yellow onion - sweet onions work best
- garlic - use as much or as little as you like
- chili powder - any blend will work
- kidney beans - a staple in Hawaiian chili, but totally optional!
- beef broth - chicken stock is a great substitute
- diced tomato - leave out if you don’t like chunks of tomato in your chili
- brown sugar - sweetness to balance all the flavors
- tomato sauce - thickens the sauce *not pictured*
How to Make Hawaiian Style Chili
- Render bacon until crisp. Add onions and cook until softened and lightly caramelized.
- Add ground beef and cook until browned. Turn heat to low, add garlic and stir.
- Add chili powder, salt, and tomato paste. Stir and cook for a minute.
- Pour in your beef broth, tomato sauce, and worcestershire sauce. Bring to a simmer.
- Add diced tomatoes and kidney beans. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 20-30 minutes.
- Serve on sticky white rice and top with cheese, sour cream, and finely chopped onion or green onion.
- Enjoy!
If you like this Hawaiian Style Chili recipe then you will also enjoy this Instant Pot Hawaiian Beef Stew and this Easy Loco Moco recipe!
How to store this chili?
Transfer cooled chili to an airtight container or large ziplock bag. Keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or the freezer for up to a month. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or heat frozen chili in a pot with a ½ cup of water on low heat.
How to customize this chili?
A common add in for this chili is cut up sausages or hot dogs. Corn kernels are also very popular as well. My husbands favorite is leftover steak that I cube up and add toward the end of cooking.
How to serve this chili?
Traditionally served over a bowl of sticky white rice and topped with shredded cheese, sour cream, and diced yellow onion. Corn bread and pickled onions are often served along side.
Hawaiian Style Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pieces bacon diced
- ½ yellow onion diced
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 3 tablespoon chili powder
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 teaspoon brown sugar
- 2-3 dashes worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 2 ½ C beef broth
- 1 can tomato sauce 8 oz
- ½ can diced tomatoes
- ½ can kidney beans
Instructions
- Cook diced bacon on medium low heat until rendered and crisp.
- Add diced onion and cook until softened and lightly caramelized.
- Turn heat to medium high and cook ground beef until browned.
- Turn heat back down to low and stir in garlic. Cook for one minute.
- Add salt, pepper, and chili powder. Stir and cook for another minute.
- Add tomato paste and stir.
- Pour in beef broth, tomato sauce, and worcestershire sauce. Bring to a simmer.
- Add diced tomatoes and kidney beans. Simmer on lowest possible heat for 20-30 minutes or longer.
- Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Serve over white rice and top with sour cream, cheese, and onions. Enjoy!
Notes
- This chili can be transferred to a crockpot and kept on low heat for hours until time to serve.
- For a meatier chili, add in hot dogs or sausages cut into rounds. Leftover steak cubed up is also delicious!
- Frozen corn kernels also make a great add in.
- For a spicier chili add in chili flakes.
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