- Nov 21, 2000
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Boy I love me some chili. The base recipe I work off of is pretty simple, it's what my family used when I was growing up for a quick cheap meal to feed the family. Unfortunately I've never shrunk the recipe down so I make a family sized pot and eat off of it for a week. Need to remember to buy beano.
My families beany recipe.
3 cans of kidney beans
3 cans of chili beans
1 can of tomato paste
1 can of diced tomatoes
1-1.5 lbs of ground beef
some bay leaves in a tea ball (if on hand)
That's the base, that is spiced according to audience. I usually like to substitute some fresh tomatoes, add a fresh onion, some fresh jalapenos. I usually just start grabbing whatever I can find in the spice cupboard, chili powder, cayenne, garlic, dried onion, and celery salt usually make their way in, plus whatever sounds fun.
If it's just for me I expirement a bit more, but usually stick with the base and play with the spices. I will also make it hotter for just me, if I'm sharing I'll aim for something milder and just load mine with tabasco when I serve it.
Please post recipes and discussion, it dropped down to 47 this morning when I woke up and 49 is the high for the day. I've already had one pot this year, but I left the meat out and shared it with my veggie girlfriend. Tempted to whip up another one this weekend.
My families beany recipe.
3 cans of kidney beans
3 cans of chili beans
1 can of tomato paste
1 can of diced tomatoes
1-1.5 lbs of ground beef
some bay leaves in a tea ball (if on hand)
That's the base, that is spiced according to audience. I usually like to substitute some fresh tomatoes, add a fresh onion, some fresh jalapenos. I usually just start grabbing whatever I can find in the spice cupboard, chili powder, cayenne, garlic, dried onion, and celery salt usually make their way in, plus whatever sounds fun.
If it's just for me I expirement a bit more, but usually stick with the base and play with the spices. I will also make it hotter for just me, if I'm sharing I'll aim for something milder and just load mine with tabasco when I serve it.
Please post recipes and discussion, it dropped down to 47 this morning when I woke up and 49 is the high for the day. I've already had one pot this year, but I left the meat out and shared it with my veggie girlfriend. Tempted to whip up another one this weekend.