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Our Best Chili Recipes for Cold-Weather Days

From beef to turkey, vegetarian to vegan, there are chili recipes here for everyone.

By Frances Kim

30-Minute Chili

This easy chili recipe makes eight one-cup servings; if you reserve half, you'll also have enough for four servings of our Cheesy Hash-Brown Bake, a stick-to-your-ribs meal for later in the week.

Red-Bean Burgers with Avocado and Lime

Mashed kidney beans are amped up with carrots, chili powder, and oregano for these meatless burgers.

This is one of Joe Bonanno's most popular firehouse dishes. Choose a chili powder that suits your taste for heat. Leave the pot uncovered during simmering to allow excess water to evaporate and the chili to thicken.

Jimmy Fallon's Crock-Pot Chili

This easy Crock-Pot chili recipe is courtesy of comedian Jimmy Fallon.

Hearty Chicken Chili

A bowl of this comfort-food chicken chili for dinner will leave even the most dedicated meat eater satisfied. The recipe was featured on "Mad Hungry" TV.

Rice-and-Bean Salad Bowl with Tahini Sauce

Our glorious grain bowl calls for making the brown rice in advance, but even if you start from scratch, you can get the whole dish on the table in under an hour.

Cuban Red Beans and Rice

In this easy version of a classic Cuban dish, red kidney beans are seasoned with onion, bell pepper, garlic, cumin, and oregano. If you prefer black beans, use them instead, or sprinkle the dish with cilantro.

Freezer Burritos

Rather than ordering takeout on a weeknight, take out an ingenious preassembled meal. Saute some minced garlic and chili powder and stir in cooked beans; spread it on a tortilla; and layer on cooked rice, cheese, and any shredded meat and vegetables you like. Then swaddle and stash in the freezer -- the burritos can be defrosted in the microwave or oven and couldn't be more satisfying.

Pepper, Pineapple, and Bean Breakfast Tacos

These tacos have a lot of kick, but the hot sauce can be dialed back as needed. Subbing in cool Greek yogurt for sour cream eliminates almost all the fat and increases satiating protein.

Chili with Chicken and Beans

If you like, spice up this robust chili by adding chopped fresh hot chile peppers. You can also replace the canned beans with cooked dried beans; if you do so, use the bean cooking liquid to replace half the chicken stock.

Seven Bean Salad

Inspiration and Ideas

Classic Five-Bean Salad

Different kinds of beans cook at different rates, so it's best to prepare them in separate pans (working in batches if necessary). The salad can be made with just a few types instead of all five, as long as the total amount of dried beans still measures 2 1/2 cups.

Escarole and Bean Soup

Bean-and-Veggie Sliders

Pot of Beans

Spicy Vegetarian Chili

Hearty Turkey Chili

Three-Bean Salad

Our rendition of this classic salad is infused with a homemade vinaigrette.

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New Orleans-Style Red Beans

This is one of the most economical meals to serve for a tableful of guys, and it can be further enhanced with a topping of your sausage of choice, split lengthwise and grilled. Serve over the white rice with a bottle of hot sauce within reach. From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).

Mixed-Bean Salad

This easy three-bean salad can be served warm or at room temperature. It makes a nice side dish for grilled pork, blackened fish or chicken.

Red Bean-Tahini Spread

Vegetarian Three-Bean Chili

This chili is also delicious served over white or brown rice or with warmed tortillas on the side.

Taco-Salad Wraps

This vegetarian wrap, made with a flour tortilla, is a salad you can eat with your hands. Pack it for a lunch on the go.

Red Bean Dip

To quick-soak the beans, cover them with water in a saucepan, and bring them to a boil. Remove from heat, cover, and let them stand for an hour. Red beans -- a source of cholesterol-lowering fiber -- are pureed, then topped with yogurt and caramelized onions.

Cumin Rice and Beans

When you're prepping a Tex-Mex feast, this classic combination is a must.

Red Beans With Cheese

Cotija, a crumbly, aged white cheese, comes together with mashed kidney beans in this Mexican dish.

Bread Salad with Feta

Pitas can be more than just pockets! Let the flatbread shine in this Mediterranean salad.

Quinoa-Feta Burgers

Swap in healthy quinoa and kidney beans for these patties that will have you feeling full and satisfied all day long.

Vegetarian Minestrone

This is a totally vegetarian version of this classic soup. To reheat leftovers, add water to cover the vegetables.

Grilled-Chicken Tostadas with Tomatillo-Cilantro Salsa

In this Mexican-styled recipe, blistered tomatillos meet fresh cilantro in a spicy, earthy salsa that ties together the other flavors in these crispy tostadas: smoky grilled chicken and creamy mashed beans spiced with chipotle in adobo, coriander, and cinnamon.

Turkey Sloppy Joe

This dish makes use of leftovers from our Hearty Turkey Chili recipe.

Vegetable Chili

This vegetarian chili was adapted from photographer Helen Norman's recipe.

Red Beans with Rice

Slow cooking allows the bacon, thyme and leek flavors to seep into the rice and red beans.

Shredded Pork in Red Chili

Roasted chiles lend a warm undertone to Southwestern-inspired braised pork with beans.

Chipotle-Avocado Sandwich

Beans and avocado give this sandwich a creamy, satisfying texture -- no meat or mayo required.

Red Bean and Rice Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette

This Red Bean and Rice Salad with Spicy Vinaigrette makes for the perfect meal. Indian basmati and Louisiana popcorn rices are both long-grain varieties of aromatic rice with a subtle, nutty flavor. The beans in this dish are not pre-soaked, so they will better retain their shape.

Easy Coconut Rice

Once the can of coconut milk is opened, transfer the coconut milk to an airtight container; refrigerate up to a week. Or freeze leftovers of this easy coconut rice an ice-cube tray until solid, pop cubes into a resealable bag, and freeze up to six months. To use, heat on low until liquefied.

Beans with Skillet-Toasted Corn and Tomatoes

Beans with a meaty texture and flavor, such as Jacob's cattle beans, make a great match for smoky toasted corn and tomatoes.

Sam's Vegetarian Bean Chili

This vegetarian chili is light yet hearty. Perfect for a weeknight dinner, it comes together in minutes with ingredients you might have handy in your pantry.

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