Easy Chili Recipe

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terryg

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I started out cutting up onions, peppers, etc until I actually read the ingredients in Pace Picante Sauce. This is a family favorite and easy.

  • 1lbs lean steak (flank, round, sirloin)
  • 1 can tomato sauce
  • 1 can pinto beans
  • 1 can chili beans
  • 1 medium size jar Pace Picante (your choice mild, medium, or hot)

  • Trim fat from the steak and cube to 1/4" to 1/2"
  • Sear the steak in the cook pot
  • Drain and thoroughly rinse the pinto beans (unless you want to reenact the Blazing Saddles campfire scene)
  • add tomato sauce, pinto beans, and chili beans
  • Bring to a boil
  • Turn the heat down to simmer with lid off the pot
  • Stir regularly
  • Simmer 1-4 hours depending on time and personal preference
  • Serve
 
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ThundahBeagle

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Oooh. Touched on a nerve here my friend. I enjoy a good chili as much as the next man, but I have taken to selecting (dried) ancho and pasilla chilis, splitting them open, cleaning the seeds out and very finely chopping them before grinding half. I usually go with 2 lbs of Angus ground been (personal preference) but have respect for those who cube up a nice steak like you do. I add three types of beans. Two types of onions. Obviously the green peppers as well. But I use tomatoes paste and whole peeled tomatoes - when I can chop them up against the side with a wooden spoon, I know I'm making progress...cilantro...

In a large frying pan, I brown up the meat with chopped onions, some of the ground chili peppers/powder, along with some olive oil, butter and garlic and Adobo. Everything else gets put in a stock pot and I start simmering. Once the beef and onions are good and browned, I add it all to the pot. Bring it all to a boil for a while, then down to a simmer. Like you say, the longer it simmers, the better. So good with crushed tortilla chips in it

Anyway, not so easy. So unfortunately I dont tend to make that when camping. That's for cold autumn and winter Sundays at home. That or my beef stew, which is equally involved
 
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No pinto beans, thank you. And I prefer to use hot italian sausage for my meat. 1/4c of raw honey is added also. along with chopped onion and green pepper, dash of cinnamon, small dash of cayenne pepper, cilantro, chili beans, diced tomatoes and tomato paste.
 

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Agreed no pinto beans. I hover between dark kidney beans, light kidney beans and black beans.
I also go back and forth between light and dark, but I have also found mixed chili beans...has both plus black beans in chili sauce. But now that I look at the can again, I'm seeing it does have pinto beans in it as well.
 
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