Chili {What’s For Dinner Thursday!}

I love chili…we eat it all the time!  We certainly don’t limit it to fall and winter.  But since it's now officially fall I thought that I’d share our recipe. 

What will you need?

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 large can crushed or diced tomatoes
• 1 regular can tomato sauce
• 1 cans light or dark red kidney beans
• 1 can spicy chili beans
• 1 chili season packet
• chili powder to taste
• 1/4 chopped onion
• 1 tsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp pepper

What do you do?

1. Add meat and all the seasons but the season packet, brown and drain your ground beef.  Add chili season packet {fill this packet with water and pour in}.  Add onion and garlic and crushed tomatoes.
2. In blender or food processor add 1/2 of the can of tomato sauce and 1 can beans, blend well, pour into pot.  Add the remainder sauce and other can of beans, blend well, pour into pot.  {this is optional but the reason this recipe won a blue ribbon at a church chili cook off}
3. Bring to a boil and then simmer for at least an hour.  This chili is so much better after simmering all day long.

We serve this with grated cheese and a dollop of sour cream.  Grilled cheese and crackers are also the norm as well.  Enjoy!

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