Nan's Chili

PanNan's Note:

This chili is great with or without beans. I prefer without, but my family prefers with. It's an adaptation of Wic Fowlers chili mix. I measured the ingredients one time and added my own touches to change the recipe to our taste. You can speed up cooking time using the pressure cooker for 15 minutes.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (14 ½ ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon dried onion flakes
• 1 tablespoon instant minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• ¾ teaspoon cumin
• ¼ teaspoon red cayenne pepper
• 1⁄3; cup chili powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 2 (15 ounce) cans red kidney beans , drained

Directions:

1. Brown ground beef.
2. Add tomato sauce, tomatoes and water.
3. Stir in the onion, garlic and seasonings.
4. Add beans and simmer 30- 45 minutes.
5. Serve with saltine crackers to crush into the chili.

Reviews

[chia]

this is pure comfort food, and is very similat to the way i make mine, so of course we loved it. i used freh chopped onions and 2 jalapenos, seeded and diced. i also used chipolte chili powder, 3 tbsp, nicely spicy. delicious, easy and dinner in an hr and a half start it up and relax, i stirred every 20 minutes or so

[ErikaNY]

I have so many different chili recipes I use (it's one of my all-time favorite meals) and I came across this and decided to try it after seeing the delicious looking photos of it! I made it for husband and I last week and we both LOVED IT!!! I did make a few small changes - but left "basic" recipe as is. I used 1.5 lbs of beef because that's what I had in my fridge (rather than 2 lbs), I pureed my can of diced tomatos in my food chopper as hubby doesn't like chunks of tomato and I added 1/2 green pepper (diced) to the chili because I like to get some veggies somewhere in my meals! I also let it simmer for MUCH longer (almost 4 hours) to "merry" all of the tastes more.... it was SO perfect and will definitely make it again. We added a bit of grated mexican cheese on the top... and had garlic sticks on the side! We had it for leftovers the next day (lunch) and it was even BETTER!! Yum!!!!!

[bmcnichol]

This was good and easy to make. I did make some changes though. I used beef broth instead of water and cut out the cayenne pepper. I also cut the chili powder down to two tablespoons and only used 1/2 teaspoon of salt. I also used black beans and white kidney beans. Ths was good the day I made it but even better the next day.