Hot Dog Chili

Adapted from The Country Cook

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  lb ground beef
• 1⁄2 onion, diced
• 1 -2  garlic clove, minced
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1  teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cumin
• 3  tablespoons tomato paste
• 1  cup beef broth
• 3  tablespoons cornmeal
• 1⁄2 tablespoon salt
•  vegetable oil

Directions

1. Put a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil in medium sauce pan. On medium-high heat, saute onion until translucent, then add garlic. Stir for about a minute, then add ground beef. As beef begins to brown, use a potato masher to grind up the beef into small bits.
2. Once brown, add in the rest of the ingredients (if your beef produced a lot of grease, you may want to strain some of that out first before adding the rest of the ingredients).
3. Give it all a good stir to combine then reduce heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Do a taste test at this point to see if it has enough salt. If want, you can transfer the chili over to a Crock Pot and put it on the keep warm setting.
4. Cook's Note: This chili is super-duper wonderful on tater tots and french fries. You gotta try it if you have some leftover chili. Throw some cheddar cheese on top and you gotta whole new meal!