lazy least-authentic chilli

Name: Lazy least-authentic chilli
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 7 h 30 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 x 680 ml can(s) spicy pasta sauce (e.g. hunt's, primo); or; 1 x 650 ml jar(s) chunky hot salsa blended with 30 ml juice from canned tomatoes; 3 x 540 ml can(s) red kidney beans, drained; 1 x 375 ml jar(s) pickled sliced jalapenos, drained; 1 x 796 ml can(s) whole plum tomatoes, drained and cut up chunky; 225 gram(s) whole baby mushrooms or halved regular mushrooms (optional); 4 tablespoon(s) minced garlic; 2 tablespoon(s) concentrated lime juice; 1 large spanish onion, coarsely chopped; 1 kilogram(s) beef (outside round, sirloin tip, flank), trimmed of gristle and non-marble fat, 1 - 2 inch cubes; 1 x 540 ml can(s) diced tomatoes with green chillies (e.g. aylmer, pace)

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David Lott

Cornwall, ON

Updated on Sep 27, 2014

I like to buy good cuts of meat when they're on sale or discounted, then prepare my own cubed or minced meat to avoid the fat, gristle and bone usually found in store prepared meat. Much of the rest is just opening and draining whole cans and jars. Real chilli doesn't contain beans or tomatoes, the former likely introduced as a cheap filler and alternative source of protein, and the latter used to modulate the spicy heat. The mushrooms are totally spurious; or maybe some ancient South American may have sought to enhance the spicy experience with the addition of hallucinogenic fungi.

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prep time 30 Min

cook time 7 Hr 30 Min

method Slow Cooker Crock Pot

yield One person 8 times up to eight people once.

Ingredients

1 x 680 ml cans spicy pasta sauce (e.g. hunt's, primo); or
1 x 650 ml jars chunky hot salsa blended with 30 ml juice from canned tomatoes
3 x 540 ml cans red kidney beans, drained
1 x 375 ml jars pickled sliced jalapenos, drained
1 x 796 ml cans whole plum tomatoes, drained and cut up chunky
225 grams whole baby mushrooms or halved regular mushrooms (optional)
4 tablespoons minced garlic
2 tablespoons concentrated lime juice
1 large spanish onion, coarsely chopped
1 kilogram beef (outside round, sirloin tip, flank), trimmed of gristle and non-marble fat, 1 - 2 inch cubes
1 x 540 ml cans diced tomatoes with green chillies (e.g. aylmer, pace)

How To Make lazy least-authentic chilli

Step 1

In a 6 qt. slow cooker, gently but thoroughly stir together all the ingredients EXCEPT the diced tomatoes with green chillies, making sure that the meat and mushrooms are fully submerged.

Step 2

Cook covered on LOW for 6 - 7 hours.
Step 3

Gently but thoroughly stir in the diced tomatoes with green chillies, then cook uncovered on HIGH for 30 minutes.
Step 4

Serve with garlic bread. To really show off, sprinkle a couple of tablespoons of grated old or sharp cheddar cheese over the chilli, with a teaspoonful or so of chopped fresh cilantro.
Step 5

Left-overs can be frozen.
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