Tried browning my chili beef in two batches instead of one big dump, and the difference made me mad at myself

Keith Rivera · 2026-10-08T06:30:03.979645+00:00

I make a big pot of chili on Sundays for my three kids, usually just dump all 3 lbs of beef in the Dutch oven at once and let it steam. This time I split it into two batches and got actual brown crust on the meat instead of gray mush, and the chili tasted way deeper by Monday. The leftovers became chili mac on Tuesday and nobody complained for once. So what else am I ruining by being lazy, and does anyone actually bother browning in batches for a big pot or am I just slow?

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