gram's depression cocoa chili
My Mother made her chili with canned tomato soup. Thats how Her Mom made it. She had a lot of mouths to feed and herself growing up in the depression learned to cut corners. Now canned tomato soup we can always get fairly cheap. But I found it to be a great base for chili still today. So I changed up the recipe a bit and added cocoa. Im asked for my recipe quit often, and everybody is so shocked I use tomato soup. And to stretch, and change up meal, I serve over rice or egg noodles, the little ones love it that way. And P.S. I love all beans except kidney beans. :/
prep time
20 Min
cook time
1 Hr
method
Stove Top
yield
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
- 1 large chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups chopped tri-color peppers chopped
- 1 - hot pepper of choice chopped and seeded depending on heat
- 3 cans tomato soup
- 1 can 15oz chopped tomatoes w/onions and green peppers in juice
- 3 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- - red pepper flakes optional
- 3 cups navy beans (or beans of choice)
- 1 can chili beans in sauce (15oz)
- 1 cup beer (used gingerale)
How To Make gram's depression cocoa chili
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Step 1Brown ground beef, peppers and onions in large saucepan, along with chili powder and cumin. Drain excess fat. -
Step 2Stir in tomato soup and tomatoes. Add S&P cinnamon, cocoa, fennel, & pepper flakes or other heat at this point. Bring to steady simmer for 30min. This is pretty much a sweeter chili. Feel free to add what ever heat You like! Depending on who Im feeding is how much heat I add. Add beans, and beer (optional) Turn to low and simmer another 30min. Can serve over rice or egg noodles.
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