[Chili] for a chilly day
Need I say more? It's chili. It's chili recipe from a Southern mom.
HECK YES IT IS DELICIOUS!
After I made this this I actually had to look up this dish on wikipedia to better describe the dish to my Korean readers (yes, I have a Korean blog if you wish to check out), and I found out, that this dish is from Texas, not mexico somewhere. Chili is better known in Australia as Chili Con Carne, and apparently it means chilly with(con) meat(carne) in Spanish.
Most recipes I found online used either instant chili seasoning or a ton of spices.
To my surprise, my mother-in-law's recipe only has five core ingredients
Ingredients :
1 can Chili Beans
1 can Diced Tomatoes (missing in the picture below)
1 can Tomato Soup
1 med size Onion (Bell pepper too if you have)
1 lb Hamburger meat (ground beef)
She noted to add chili powder to taste and cumin if desired so I added 1 Tbs Chili Powder, but went without cumin since I did not have any.
Now the fun part;
1. Brown your meat in an oiled pan. No need to drain the grease.
2. Chop up an onion and other veggie of your liking (Bell pepper highly recommended) in the meanwhile.
3. Add all the ingredients to the pan you were browning your beef with and mix well. Also add chili powder and cumin if desired (I only added chili powder)
5. Simmer to marry flavour. I went for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6.Completely optional, but I have fresh basil growing on the corner of my kitchen so I added them and they were SO GOOD with chili. I highly recommend this. If you were to add fresh ones, best to do it right before serving as an accent colour.
7. Now to serve it up, add cheddar cheese and crackers. Yum.
No joke, I think this is the recipe I will pass down to my kids if I had any. This homemade chili was much better than the seasoning packet ones I had previously tried out and it only took 20min all together. No crockpot, no dozen of spices.
Seriously, try this out, you won't regret it.
Seriously, try this out, you won't regret it.
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