my chili

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20 Pinches
Warrensburg, MO
Updated on Apr 21, 2012

Reserve tomatoe juice. Soak dried beans, reserve water.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Slow Cooker Crock Pot
yield 1 pot

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds ground beef (chicken, turkey, moose...)
  • 4 medium tomatoes, fresh or 2 15oz canned tomatoes, any style (stewed, cut up, whole)
  • 1 can tomatoe juice. 16 ozs tomato juice
  • 1 can kidney beans,dried , presoak or 15 oz canned ed overnight in water
  • 2 medium bell pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 large onions
  • - cayenne pepper to taste
  • - red peppers, crushed to taste
  • 1 sprig cilantro, fresh

How To Make my chili

  • Step 1
    Dice FRESH tomatoes, onions, & bell peppers.
  • Step 2
    Brown meat with garlic and onions. Add tomatoes, beans,peppers, tomatoe juice (or reserved liquids). Bring to boil and simmer for 40 mins - hour.
  • Step 3
    add presoaked beans, or drain beans; reserve liquids
  • Step 4
    Add Cayenne, red pepper simmer 5 mins.
  • Step 5
    Remove from heat add cilantro
  • Step 6
    Slow cooker method: add everything except spices & cilantro. simmer in the crock 4- overnight. I usually start this the night before so; I do this right before I finish up in the kitchen at night.
  • Step 7
    1/2 way through or when done add spices. Add cilantro right before serving
  • Step 8
    the peppers are for heat adjust them to your taste

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Culture: Mexican
Category: Chili
Ingredient: Beef

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