Simple Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb extra lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (15 -16 ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained or 1 (15 -16 ounce) can pinto beans, if desired

Recipe

• 1 cook beef, onion and garlic in 3 qt saucepan until beef is brown.
• 2 stir in remaining ingredients except beans.
• 3 heat to boiling, reduce heat to low.
• 4 cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 5 stir in beans.
• 6 heat to boiling, reduce heat to low.
• 7 simmer uncovered about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until desired thickness.
• 8 to freeze for oamc: let chili cool to room temperature and then place into quart-size freezer bag. remove air and freeze flat on a cookie sheet. once frozen, can be stored in freezer standing up or stacked horizontally.
• 9 to serve, thaw in fridge overnight and then transfer to a pot and reheat over medium low heat until heated through.