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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Chili

[Formattings all f-ed up, may be hard to read, sry]
Made a batch of Chili last night, it was so easy I had to share.
Yield's ~3 servings, maybe 4
Ingredients:
1 lb Ground beef (next time I'll try 1lb ground beef + 1lb ground pork)
1 Onion, finely diced
1 Can (28 oz, the big ones) diced or chopped tomatoes (save the liquid)
1 Jar salsa
Mad garlic, chopped (didn't have any so I just used mad garlic powder)
Olive oil
Salt
Steak seasoning
Chili powder
Paprika
Cayenne pepper
Garlic powder (would probably throw this in even if I did have real garlic, just cause it's so good)
Note: Didn't have any of the following but will add them next time: 1-2 peppers, diced, 2 stalks celery, chopped. You'll notice I didn't include beans, In my opinion, all the other vegetables I threw in more than made up for the lack of beans. Don't think you're missing out on anything healthwise by not adding them.
First step, brown the beef in a pan/skillet or even a large pot if you don't want to cut down on the amount of crap you have to clean. Once browned, throw beef in a large-ass pot and saute onions for 3-5 minutes until they start to turn translucent/soft. If you have any other vegetables going into this bad boy, I'd toss them on the pan now too to cook them a little bit.
Throw the whole can of tomatoes (water/juice and all) into the large-ass pot with the beef and salsa. Once the vegetables are done (I'd err on the side of under cooking as they're going into the pot of liquid that will likely cook them even more) toss them in the pot w/ everything else. Toss in a good amount of salt, pepper, paprika, and chili powder (no clue how much I added cause I just poured a bunch of crap in). If you're looking for some extra kick, throw some jalepenos in or whatever spicy ass shit you want. Recommend erring on the side of throwing too few spices in, you can always add more when you taste it, pretty hard to take seasoning out.
I brought the pot to a boil then let it hang out on low for about 30-45 mins. Season to taste and relish in the fact that you just made mad chili with like 10 minutes of prep time.

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