Chili with Beans

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3.5 (ZReboot 3.5) recipe

Servings: Serves 4

This is a simple chili. It’s a takeoff from an old Betty Crocker recipe. Can’t get much simpler than that!

You can always add more spice. This was enough for me but you can have the hot sauce standing by if you want more heat. You could also add more veggies like bell peppers and even jalapenos for more kick. Just take it easy on the beans and you’ll be okay. If you gain, back off.

Ingredients:

• 1 Tbl of olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 lb of ground beef
• ½ tsp of garlic powder
• 1 Tbl of chili powder
• 2 tsp of oregano
• 1 tsp of cumin
• grated sea salt and pepper to taste
• 1 can (15 oz) of diced tomatoes. I used fire roasted by Hunts. You choose your favorite
• ½ can of Bush’s Chili Hot Beans. I used the medium heat version. I choose Bush’s because they have a lot of gravy in them. It’s not so many beans that are really the secret but that you have the gravy/bean taste throughout the chili. This helps with that rather than just plain canned pinto beans.

Directions:

In your medium soup pot, add the oil and then the ground beef. Begin to cook it on medium. Break it up into bite-sized pieces. Then add the onion and the garlic powder. Cook, stirring often until the meat is totally cooked through.

Add the rest of the ingredients. Bring to a boil and then turn down to simmer on low for 15-20 minutes to meld the flavors. Stir it once in a while.

Serve.

You can put leftovers in the fridge. Often it tastes even better the next day. This transports to work really well too. Just reheat in the microwave.

Enjoy

Cheers,