Recipe: Magpie’s Easy Chili

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Summary: Easy Chili by the Rancher’s Daughter’s Daughter

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
  • 1 chopped green bell pepper
  • onion powder to taste
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon hot Mexican style chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 each 29 ounce can tomato sauce
  • 2 each 16 ounce cans kidney beans
  • 1 each 16 ounce can chili beans
  • 1 each 14 ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 each 6 ounce can tomato paste
  • shredded Mexican style cheese blend
  • sour cream
  • sliced onions
  • sliced jalapenos from a jar
  • saltine crackers
  • Crystal hot sauce

Instructions

  1. Brown ground beef in skillet.

  2. Add onion powder and diced bell pepper halfway through browning process.
  3. Drain.
  4. Pour mixture into slow cooker (crock pot).
  5. Stir in salt, chili powder, Worcestershire, tomato sauce, beans, tomatoes, and tomato paste.
  6. Cover and slow cook several hours.
  7. Serve in bowls.
  8. Sprinkle with Crystal hot sauce according to taste.
  9. Garnish with peppers, cheese, sour cream, and sliced onions as desired.
  10. Great with saltines on the side or crushed up in the chili.

    11. If leftover chili is too thick, thin with tomato or V-8 juice.

    Variations:
    Cincinnati Style Chili: add cooked thin spaghetti noodles in bottom of bowl before adding chili.
    Chili Burritos: place chili in a soft flour tortilla; add cheese, peppers, sour cream, and onions. Roll up tightly and microwave for 20 seconds to melt cheese.

    Enjoy!
    the Rancher’s Daughter
    theranchersdaughter.com

Cooking time (minutes): 30

Meal type: dinner

CulinaryTradition: USA (Southwestern)