Name: Easy Keto Pizza Chili
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef; 1 lb ground pork; 1 small onion, chopped; 6 garlic cloves, minced; 16 oz jar salsa; 6 oz low carb pasta sauce; 6 oz chopped pepperoni; 1 cup water; 2 tsp chili seasoning; 1 tsp Italian seasoning or Pizza seasoning; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; Optional - green olives, black olives, banana peppers, etc...; 3 cups mozzarella

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Looking for something to warm you up during these cold winter months? This keto pizza chili is the perfect marriage between two delicious and comforting foods! Quick, easy and very filling, try this high protein, low carb chili today!

top view of a bowl of keto pizza chili with fresh herbs and two serving spoons

No-Bean Chili Recipe

One of the things I love most about chili is just how versatile chili can be. Add in different spices, think curry, Italian or barbecue, or add-ins, like rice cauliflower, onions, celery, and you can pretty much make any flavour you want!

That's how I came up with the idea for this pepperoni chili. It has unseasonably cold here in Florida and so as most do, I was craving chili. However, after perusing my Keto 30-Minute Chili with Olives as well as this Whole30 Vegan Chili Verde, Mr. Grumbles said that he was craving pizza - et voila, pizza chili was created!

Keto Pizza Chili

Thinking I was some "girl genius" to come up with such a fascinating concept, I did a quick google search and came to realize that I was NOT the first to come up with this concept.

As it turns out, Taste of Home posted a Contest-Winning Pepperoni Pizza chili recipe which received 4.8 out of 5 stars from over 46 people.

Not wanting to mess with success, I decided to adapt the recipe to come up with a keto version that would taste just as great.

front view of easy keto chili in a white bowl with pepperoni, fresh herbs and melted mozzarella cheese

Easy Keto Chili Ingredient Swap

One of my favourite things to do is to take a high carb recipe and turn it into a low carb delight. With only a couple of changes, the original recipe was easily converted into a delicious keto pizza chili. Here are the swaps I made:

only used 1 lb of ground beef and switched out the hot itialan sausage for mild sausage
removed all the beans to create a "no-bean" chili recipe
add some of our favourite pizza toppings such as green and black olives, banana peppers and some pizza seasoning
switched out the pizza sauce with Rao's pasta sauce to help cut back on the carbs

top view of 2 bowls filled with pepperoni chili that do not have any beans. Two spoons and fresh herbs surround the bowls

PSMF Low Carb Chili without Beans

If you want to convert this recipe from a keto chili to a high protein, low fat chili, there are a few changes you can make to get the right macros.

First, use 99% fat free ground chicken or turkey instead of the beef and Italian sausage. You will lose a little flavour from this substitution so you may want to add some additional salt, pepper or Italian seasoning.

Second, omit the olives. Olives are higher in fat so swap them out for more banana peppers or roasted red peppers.

To add additional "bulk" to the chili, you can also add in some riced cauliflower. This will add some additional carbs but not any fat.

Lastly, use low fat or fat-free cheese instead of regular mozzarella.

More Cold Night Keto Recipes

Here are some other quick and easy keto recipes that are perfect for a cold winter night:

top view of a white bowl filled with no-bean chili recipe and a spoon

Asking for your help!

As I have already stated in some of my other blog posts, for whatever reason, the new Google algorithm has decided to "dislike" me and therefore is choosing to punish me by placing me at the bottom of the searches. The only way I know how to work my way out of this dungeon, is to get more recipe reviews - so if you have 2 seconds, would you mind adding a comment regarding this post?

It could be anything regarding pictures, questions about the recipe or if you have any recipes you want me to swap out to lower carb version, let me know!