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my chili

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Maria Espravnik
Warrensburg, MO

Reserve tomatoe juice. Soak dried beans, reserve water.

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

Ingredients For my chili

  • 2 lb
    ground beef (chicken, turkey, moose...)
  • 4 md
    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 md
    bell pepper
  • 3 clove
    garlic
  • 1 lg
    onions
  • cayenne pepper to taste
  • red peppers, crushed to taste
  • 1 sprig
    cilantro, fresh

How To Make my chili

  • 1
    Dice FRESH tomatoes, onions, & bell peppers.
  • 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.
  • 3
    add presoaked beans, or drain beans; reserve liquids
  • 4
    Add Cayenne, red pepper simmer 5 mins.
  • 5
    Remove from heat add cilantro
  • 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.
  • 7
    1/2 way through or when done add spices. Add cilantro right before serving
  • 8
    the peppers are for heat adjust them to your taste
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