1000 Calorie Chili Meal Prep for Muscle Gain

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This Big Boy Chili is an energy dense meal to help you get in the calories you require to help you gain muscle. I know for me, eating enough to grow is the hardest part of trying to put on muscle. Preportioned meals can help ensure you are getting the required intake.
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[@TheMealPrepManual]

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[@kobenodders3800]

more of these high calorie muscle gain meal prep pls :) thank you for the vids as always!

[@superstitionmushrooms]

He has a few recipes that make 6 meals but you can split them into 5 for a bulking-type meal. I take his hidden veggie mac and cheese and split it into 5 meals which breaks down to about 700 calories and 73g of protein.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

I’m going to try and do one every month or two 👍

[@trollgubbe]

@@TheMealPrepManual i'd love a bulking recipe with pasta if you got one!

[@jessebeach3043]

@@trollgubbe He did a hamburger helper style one a while back.

[@assassianwolf7299]

@@TheMealPrepManual Please more, I have 1 great pasta bulking meal and I did your pasta meal too but I need some variation, I can’t keep eating the same things every week. This chilli will be great for abit but definitely keep ‘em coming, all about that variety.

[@theo99011]

Trying to regain weight after a long period of depression, these high calorie meals are awesome, thanks a bunch

[@TheMealPrepManual]

hope they are helpful

[@bigbrrrrd9314]

I feel you bro i lost 30 Pound in 2 months all the pound i gained this years ive lost it all its ruff on the mind and to keep working out because off dépression

[@Jorgeee]

Bro im so confused. 1000 calories for a meal is supposed to be high?

[@dylan4689]

@@Jorgeee Yes. 1000 calories for 1 portion is on the higher end

[@blobfishchin]

hows the bulk going?

[@Grumpus3]

Chili has always been a go-to bulking recipe for me! It's naturally high in calories, super nutrient dense, and easy to make in huge batches. You can just throw together a huge pot with like 15-20 minutes of total prep and have lunch for a week. It also helps that chili is really nice on a cold winter day, which just so happens to align with bulking season for many athletes.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

👍👍👍

[@i_like_furphy8725]

Bro this is seriously the best meal prep youtube channel. No BS side stories, exact measurements, great technique and macros provided. And measurements converted to metric! 🇦🇺 Going to sub to your website cheers bro

[@TheRealGlutes]

Chilli Nutrition alone: 831 calories 78 grams Carbs 51 grams Protein 55 grams Fat

[@HallowedPurple]

Thanks a bunch, couldn't really be bothered with the bread

[@godzlegendz]

Onions aren’t a problem for me, I’m always crying anyway.

[@jouwklappik]

Leave em in the fridge, keeps the onion fluid cold and thus preventing from vaporising and ending up in your eyes.

[@cyprusisgreek9693]

Happyness is not optimal for gains anyways

[@matthewzaloudek]

Another tip for onion criers: sharper knife = less smashed cell walls = less crying gas produced

[@prateekkumar5667]

another tip: put the onion into the freezer for 2 mins before you cut it

[@turtleman190]

I used a hazmat suit personally

[@stevoam6212]

I deadass wear swimming goggles

[@jaredbornstein7174]

cutting them under the microwave with the vent fan on also gets rid of any crying

[@viralBrainrot69]

When i cut onions, the onion starts crying.

[@OnAirTy]

I just made this and it tastes amazing! I followed the recipe exactly and wouldn’t change a thing. Will absolutely be making again.

[@crossedhydra8827]

I really look forward to making this recipe in the future 😌 very well put together and I appreciate the bulking meal recipes!!!

[@jimmyluc]

I'm excited to cook this one out! Keep up the great work! Love these high calorie dishes

[@elise8116]

I'm so glad I found your videos. I think following your recipes will be the thing that finally keeps my husband on track with his food goals. We've been struggling to find something that works for both of us. Cooking spereately for him and the family is a challenge but these all seem like something we can all enjoy. Thank you! I plan on becoming a gold member in the new year!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Thank you for your support 😎

[@kedololx]

Made it last week, and made it again for this week. Absolutely love it!

[@GuardPhil]

Mr. Josh you are the man. All your recipes are so good, so simple! And thank you for the variety of both low and high calorie

[@TheBoyOnTheBlueMoon]

I'm on my third week of meal prepping and the coolest thing Josh has shown me is that you can hide your veggies in anything. He didn't say anything about putting a zucchini or spinach or carrots in this chili but I DID IT ANYWAY and it's delicious. Thanks Man for the concise and informative videos!

[@KristoferLindVasquez]

I love that you specify measurements in the metric system!

[@arbov]

You give the best and easiest meal preps ever, that's highly highly appreciated! Thank you

[@ryanbeach8510]

Made this twice now. Best chili ever. Very helpful for someone who struggles with gaining weight such as myself. Thanks so much.

[@GluCoach_app]

Love these Josh! Please give us more super high-calorie meals like this and Hambulker Helper they are amazing!!!

[@salsaman9696]

Thank you for sharing your recipes and providing so much value. This is awesome.

[@heathervantuyl2316]

i was really needing this thank you!

[@RacingVagabond]

I think this is what I'll make next week. Also, I have to say thanks for the videos and recipes, you got me to give meal prepping another go and aside from a couple weeks when I was traveling it's stuck for 6 months now!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

great to hear that 😎

[@ChiinaDoll05]

Just found your channel. Simple easy. Awesome thanks bro!💯

[@FederalBureauofInvestigation16]

I love this channel, he has been helping thousands of people such as my self to reach there fitness goals, if it wasn’t for this channel I would have still been a hopeless fat fuck, thank you for your amazing content!!!

[@meriena]

I love your videos and your cooking is so inspiring. Thank you 👌🏽💗

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Thank you 🙏

[@tiekoilmer679]

Thanks for this vid! One of the best tasting bulk meals I ever made

[@bejafe1682]

Thank you for all your efforts and these nice meals.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

thanks for watching 😎

[@JudeBurleigh]

Josh your high calorie meals are amazing please make more of them!!!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

thank you 😎

[@theodorosnezeritis7883]

This is amazing! I added some more beef and different vegetables, made it for 5 days. This recipe is AMAZING BRO!

[@dukyspie]

thank you for these high calorie meal preps. every meal prep video on youtube is low calorie weight loss. need more of these!!!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

🙌🙌

[@ValnettaVale]

I just wanna say thank you so much for these recipes!!! I’ve been wanting to meal prep for a while now and every time I research meal prep, the recipes are either complicated, expensive, or the recipe only makes a couple meals. My friend and I are planning on using these recipes and tomorrow we’re getting the ingredients:) thank you for making such simply put recipes with a whole weeks worth of servings!! You’re making my life so much easier right now!!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Glad you like them 😎

[@davekoot7880]

About to eat my third beef terriyaki meal and now this banger comes online! The beef terriyaki is great, thanks for the recipe. Excited to bulk now

[@TheMealPrepManual]

glad you enjoyed it 😎

[@TriangleTrinity]

Thanks for this, brother. Wife and I are on a tight budget now with 2 kids while moving into a new home. We both have full time jobs. Just did this recipe and I’m ready to start this meal prep journey, man. You’ve got my full attention

[@TheMealPrepManual]

hope it helps 😎

[@xamzx9281]

good luck man

[@georgiosvavliaras1066]

Hell yeah, please more of this kind of vid :)

[@priscillabc3338]

Another great video! Thank you! 🙌

[@TheMealPrepManual]

thanks

[@AAndrews86]

The way you held the spoon.... bro... LOL. Great video though, will definitely be making this for next week. Happy to see a higher calorie meal!

[@rustinpierce7269]

This is the best meal prep channel. it shows well balanced meals with carbs , protein and vegetables and it shows a variety of ways to meal prep . Other meal prep and bodybuilding channels are just all the same showing how to make broccoli, chicken and rice with some teriyaki sauce , or pasta with tomato sauce and hamburger like that stuff is boring and that is not a diet I'm going to realistically stick to . This channel brings new life to your meals.

[@CryptoPowell]

This is a perfectly fine meal for cutting as well for some I would think. Subtract the cornbread obviously and then take out the rice or beans or maybe even both. Plan on trying this one with my wife this weekend. Will probably make a batch after that for myself with some habaneros instead of poblanos as I love spice.

[@alopez5021]

I made this with 90/10 beef and it still came out amazing. I also didn’t include the rice or corn bread muffin so cut soem calories Ended up coming in at 740 calories per and is my favorite meal prep to date, highly recommend it

[@collyqually6486]

Made the chili and it's super good! So easy and simple, definitely making it again. I'll make the cornbread next time, too!

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Glad you enjoyed it 😎

[@iainlaw279]

Hey dude, I make look forwad to seeing your new videos, im loving the 1000cal meals, im a cyclist and when im getting in a lot of K's these keep me full and happy !

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Glad you enjoy them 😎

[@superstitionmushrooms]

Thanks for the awesome recipes man. Think you can do a carne asada or chicken chipotle burrito bowl meal prep recipe?

[@dhannassy2816]

Keep the bulking videos coming 👍🏼 it’s that time of year

[@TheMealPrepManual]

going to try and do 1 a month

[@paulgaras2606]

Brilliant. Never heard of putting potatoes in chili but it makes perfect sense. Like fries with ketchup. In your chili.

[@cloudedBeats]

Yes🤩 thank you!! One more 1000 cal recipe and ill have a full month of bulk meal prep🔥

[@TheBluetooth98]

Love the high calorie meals!

[@tyler238]

Just found your channel, but I dig the high calorie meal preps.. I’m trying to put on weight

[@mitchellryan267]

More muscle gain meals please I love them

[@TheMealPrepManual]

going to try and do 1 a month

[@grishmmasson6678]

I play squash competitively, cool to see that you play!

[@BIZaGoten]

Holy, this looks so tasty, thank you for the great food tip

[@BIZaGoten]

It was amazing and 2 friends of mine have alreadt tried making it aswell!

[@john_knee_pee]

All about those Hify meal boy 💪💪💪

[@Quoxozist]

Just a tip - replace that white rice with wild rice/long grain blend for more nutrients and a better flavour profile as well, the white rice has had most of the good stuff leeched out through processing....

[@FrenchingAround]

awesome stuff

[@Philgob]

this looks INSANE, making it tomorrow

[@lovely_sadist1237]

I’m meal prepping this now for my boyfriend IT’s tasting pretty good. I added more more of potatoes/onions/ peppers/ and garlic though. Along with more of the seasoning portions you use. And using 80/20 ground beef (it’s all they had.) Im cooking the rice separately though since that’s what’s we’re used too. This is fairly simple and easy to make. (Cutting corners a bit though with using jiffy corn bread 🥹. Sorry but it’s late at night. Issa ready to relax) He wants to put if weight This seems like a sure fire way to do so

[@EternalxIntern69]

Bro. I eat this foe breakfast lunch and dinner for 2 weeks. It's so good and yields a lot of servings, thanks.

[@thelonelyghoul2026]

Looks delicious

[@Smaug1441]

Great recipe! Would you happen to have InstantPot (pressure cooker) instructions? I don't own a separate large cooking pot and would like to set it and forget it for the cooking phase.

[@Asapflacko1800]

IThank you for your channel

[@keybearer26]

You're comedy is hilarious!

[@justalurkr]

I don't know why I'm watching a bulking recipe as that is the opposite of my weight management needs, but it's riveting.

[@JasonSam7]

thanks man

[@commanderjonas5528]

I have made this a few times. I recommend storing the muffins in the freezer and thaw them in the microwave, because I got mold on them after four days.

[@marklim369]

You’re the best man

[@TheMealPrepManual]

Thank you 😎

[@Barak911777]

More like this!!! We need those calories

[@washerknights7980]

If you're looking for a chili recipe in the future that works very well with a larger amount of carbs, Cincinnati chili is a great option. It's basically a slightly thicker chili poured onto rice/spaghetti (any other pasta works). It has a bit of a strange flavor because you use chocolate as part of the seasoning, but you might wanna check it out.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

👍👍

[@ragnair8386]

ay bro this is a life savior cause my cut is 3000 cals you know hoe many meals a day I had to eat before i saw this video, thank you and keep up the amazing cooking

[@TheMealPrepManual]

glad to hear that 😎

[@zabumaster7749]

BRO UR CUT IS 3000??? ARE YOU LIKE THE HULK???

[@danktree2698]

Bro this shit slaps bro love it

[@Out-Side]

Please make more muscle gaining recipes

[@Videomixerify]

Tip for the rice, add it after the tomato sauce and broth. My rice burned the bottom because of the direct heat contact at the bottom of the pot

[@cmp9338]

Made this recipe but added the addition of chickpeas and black beans for increased protein and vitamins…can never go wrong with Chili

[@stevenserna2680]

I love you josh

[@ChiralSpirals]

2:39 Always love seeing a fellow Texan.

[@milesparris4045]

I don't like peeling potatoes either, but I also don't like the taste of the peel, so I scrub them really well with a clean Dobie teflon-safe pad.

[@Md6rx]

thank you i can feel the gains just by watching

[@Barak911777]

This tastes soooo goooooddddds

[@johnnydesjardins1463]

Legendary

[@ashleyadkins6091]

just doubled the recipe making this and the chicken fajita bowls for me and my boyfriend trying to get my muscles and weight back up

[@dontlistentome7498]

im starting my first bulk next week this is a big request but if you can make more 1000+ calorie meals for cheap i would greatly greatly appreciate it

[@CrUzZeiN]

guess ill swap my mac&chicken for this chili now. Thank you!

[@Justin.Walstad]

Did you drain and rinse the beans? Or add the beans with the canning liquid?

[@danktronboof4311]

Just went to Publix and got all the ingredients for 65. (Including spices and basic ingredients) I might have enough to make 7-8 meals. Per meal is looking around 8-14. Less if you already have the basics.

[@skripd]

Someone probably asked this already, but I missed an answer, @Josh Cortis: Why do you hold your utensils in the strangest of ways? lol I just had to know. It's a unique thing I've never really seen before. Awesome video, btw. Keep it up, man.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

That’s the proper way to hold them

[@skripd]

@@TheMealPrepManual I’ll go look this up now, my guy. 😌

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YESHHHH HIGH CALORIE❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ramofehsan9544]

Would adding more beef while keep the other ingredients the same ruin the meal or no ?

[@KIDSOUL777]

To tweak the recipe for the cornbread I would like to opt for erythritol sweetener or monk fruit sweetener. To avoid sugar spikes or limit sugar intake...I'm not against sugar but if anyone would want to limit sugar intake those options would be the way to go.

[@Lophlight]

Or stevia possibly

[@danielcooke3243]

kudos for giving metric system

[@flukeymike5915]

Top G recipes

[@henrypacheco1002]

Can you use dry beans instead of canned beans? Please let me know. Thank you!

[@kenu995]

the perfect alternative to Adam Ragusea's meatless chili video

[@tensai1312]

I came for the recipe, stayed for the verbal beatdown :D

[@Mike-so6kv]

Great video Josh! What would you recommend for someone that is trying to lose weight while still building muscle (or at least maintain mass and strength)? I'm maintaining a caloric deficit of anywhere from 500-1000 calories a day and a lot of my calories come from protein. My workout routine is 15-30 minutes of intense cardio 5 days a week with lifting 4 days a week. Thank you for the videos, your meal preps have really helped me out!

[@antoniov368]

Don‘t Go hat Deep on the calories, Look for fitness youtubers on the platform

[@Amberlynreid]

500-1000 calorie deficit is way too much when you're trying to lose weight while building muscle. Stick around 100-300(at most) calorie deficit. It'll take longer to lose the extra fat you want to lose but it'll also stop you from burning out and fatigueing (and potentially causing injury). With that much of a calorie deficit you will not build muscle, you'll probably barely retain what you have if not actually lose some mass. Good luck, you can do it. Dont take my word for it, go look up what youtubers like Jeff Nippard say. Almost any youtuber I've come across has said those exact words. Don't go too low when cutting or too high when bulking. Going for extremes is always bad in the long run. And if you are finally at a weight where you're comfortable and wish to continue building muscle then go for a slight calorie surplus with like you said a lot (about 25-30%)of it coming from healthy proteins.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

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[@MoMo-di8cm]

What is a substitute to beef broth? Can I use water or nah? Thanks.

[@EthanSoldit]

more cheap high calorie Gainer Meals PLZZZZZ!!!!

[@lydiaulian7568]

So you can put it in the freezer ? With sour cream and all the topping ?

[@AJ-eg3yr]

Look at that mattress lifting form. Zero back, all leg. Perfect form.

[@TheMealPrepManual]

next time zero leg all back

[@davidbogren4768]

what is dry rice? does he mean uncooked? or just like previously cooked and now dried out rice?

[@bootswashere]

I normally workout mid-morning. When should I eat this?

[@rampagegage2259]

This chili is the shit I've made it multiple times

[@youtubewatcherforfun]

Is there a low calorie chili option. I love chili especially this time of year but I'm cutting.. how much would this be without cornbread?