Laura’s Chili

Laura’s Chili

(adapted from a recipe my good friend Cheryl found)

 

 

This recipe is one of my families favorites, especially during the fall and winter months. It is so easy and fast and it is even a prize winning recipe. I won second prize tin a chili cook off two years ago at Denton Bible Church (A 5 thousand member church with Tommy Nelson as the pastor) They told me the only reason my chili didn’t win first place was because there wasn’t enough for all the tasters. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we do!

Ingredients:

-         1 lb of ground sirloin or ground buffalo

-         1 medium yellow onion chopped up

-         ½ to ¾ green bell pepper chopped up (around Christmas I do half green pepper and half red pepper for the appearance and taste)

-         1 clove crushed garlic

-         1 can of petite chopped tomatoes

-         2 cans of spicy chili beans

-         1 low sodium pkg of taco seasoning

-         1 tsp of dry, crushed red pepper or to taste (we like it spicy)

-         1 TBS of hot sauce (we like it spicy)

 

Direction:

1.     Sauté onion, pepper, and garlic until softened, then add meat and brown

2.     Add the rest of the ingredients, turn down heat, and simmer for 30 minutes or longer.

3.     Serve over brown rice and top with shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, or Frito chips…or all three

 

Healthy heart tip: Using sirloin instead of regular ground beef is much better for your heart. I have also used ground turkey and have recently discovered that ground buffalo is great for you and delicious, although a bit more expensive. Also remember to use low fat sour cream and shredded cheese.

Neat cooking tips:

*When you’re choosing peppers to buy; the ones with three bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating raw, and the ones with four bumps are firmer and better for cooking.

*For a lot of garlic taste add the garlic near the end of the cooking time, and for a little garlic taste add it at the beginning. Bon appetite!

 

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