Slow cooker chili casserole is chili flavored, cheesy, tortilla-layered casserole. Perfect for busy weeknights, Sunday dinners, or game-day events, this casserole allows you to enjoy the flavors of chili but in casserole form. Ground beef, sausage, red kidney beans, diced tomatoes, slow cook together with a homemade chili seasonings. Add in tortillas and cheese and you have a comforting crockpot meal the entire family will enjoy.
Ingredients For Slow Cooker Chili Casserole
- Ground Beef
- Ground Sausage
- Tortillas
- Cheddar Cheese
- Red Kidney Beans
- Diced Tomatoes (in juices)
- Onion
- Garlic
- Seasonings: chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano, pepper
How To Make Slow Cooker Chili Casserole
- In a large skillet over medium-heat, add the ground beef, ground sausage, onion and garlic. Cook approximately 5-7 minutes or until the meat browned and the onion soft. Crumble the meat as it cooks. Drain excess grease. Stir in kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano, and pepper. Mix until well combined.
- Spray the slow cooker generously with cooking spray. Spread 1/3 of meat mixture on the bottom, top with 1/3 of the cheese. add 2 tortillas. You may need to overlap the tortillas.
- Repeat the layers: another 1/3 of the ground meat mixture, another 1/3 of the cheese, 2 more tortillas.
- Top with the remaining 1/3 of ground meat mixture, and then the remaining 1/3 cheese.
- Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6.
BAKE
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-heat, add the ground beef, ground sausage, onion and garlic. Cook approximately 5-7 minutes or until the meat browned and the onion soft. Crumble the meat as it cooks. Drain excess grease. Stir in kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano, and pepper. Mix until well combined.
- Spread 1/3 of the ground meat mixture on the bottom of the baking dish. Top 1/3 of the cheese. Add 2 of the tortillas. You may need to overlap them in the middle to make them fit.
- Repeat layers: 1/3 of the ground meat mixture, another 1/3 of the cheese, 2 more tortillas.
- Top with the remaining 1/3 of ground meat mixture, and then the remaining 1/3 cheese.
- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbling & starting to brown.
FAQs & Tips
Do you have to use ground beef and sausage?
Nope! Don’t eat red meat? Make this a turkey chili casserole? Or skip the sausage and use all beef.
How do you store leftovers?
Store leftover crockpot chili casserole in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
What is on top of the chili casserole in the pictures?
Crumbled cornbread! I used it as a garnish. This is optional of course.
What size slow cooker did you use?
I use a 6-quart slow cooker or Instant Pot for this recipe.
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Slow Cooker Chili Casserole
Slow cooker chili casserole is chili flavored, cheesy, tortilla-layered casserole. Perfect for busy weeknights, Sunday dinners, or game-day events, this casserole allows you to enjoy the flavors of chili but in casserole form. Ground beef, sausage, red kidney beans, diced tomatoes, slow cook together with a homemade chili seasonings. Add in tortillas and cheese and you have a comforting crockpot meal the entire family will enjoy.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 4 tortillas
- 4 cups cheddar shredded cheese
- 15 ounces red kidney beans, drained & rinsed
- 15 ounces diced tomatoes in juices
- 1/2 cup onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or more)
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium-heat, add the ground beef, ground sausage, onion and garlic. Cook approximately 5-7 minutes or until the meat browned and the onion soft. Crumble the meat as it cooks. Drain excess grease. Stir in kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano, and pepper. Mix until well combined.
- Spray the slow cooker generously with cooking spray. Spread 1/3 of meat mixture on the bottom, top with 1/3 of the cheese. add 2 tortillas. You may need to overlap the tortillas.
- Repeat the layers: another 1/3 of the ground meat mixture, another 1/3 of the cheese, 2 more tortillas.
- Top with the remaining 1/3 of ground meat mixture, and then the remaining 1/3 cheese.
- Cook HIGH 2-3 hours or LOW 4-6.
BAKE
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-heat, add the ground beef, ground sausage, onion and garlic. Cook approximately 5-7 minutes or until the meat browned and the onion soft. Crumble the meat as it cooks. Drain excess grease. Stir in kidney beans, diced tomatoes, chili powder, cumin, salt, paprika, oregano, and pepper. Mix until well combined.
- Spread 1/3 of the ground meat mixture on the bottom of the baking dish. Top 1/3 of the cheese. Add 2 of the tortillas. You may need to overlap them in the middle to make them fit.
- Repeat layers: 1/3 of the ground meat mixture, another 1/3 of the cheese, 2 more tortillas.
- Top with the remaining 1/3 of ground meat mixture, and then the remaining 1/3 cheese.
- Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until cheese is bubbling & starting to brown.
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