Missa's Best Beer Chili

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  • Number of Servings: 10
Ingredients
2 lbs lean ground beef1 onion, chopped4 cloves of garlic, chopped1 can Bush's Chili Beans1 can Red Kidney Beans, drained and rinsed1 regular can or 2 small cans tomato sauce2 can sliced stewed tomatoes1 package chili seasoning - look for the little brown bag of seasoning, its the only type I use1 16oz bottle of light beer - we use Heineken
Directions
In large heavy pot or dutch oven, brown ground beef, onion, and garlic until beef and onions are well cooked, breaking beef up with spoon as it cooks. Drain excess fat.


Stir in tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes. Stir in contents of seasoning packet (if you use the little brown bag brand of seasoning, there will be a salt packet, a seasoning packet, and a flour packet inside the bag, use the salt and seasoning and discard the flour). If you are using another brand of seasoning, you will want to add 1 tsp salt. Mix this up well.


Now stir in your 2 cans of beans, making sure to drain and rinse the kidney beans first. Stir in your beer. Depending on how thick the mix is, you may or may not want to add some additional water, bearing in mind you'll want to simmer quite a bit of the liquid down so it should be liquidy to start.


Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer. Stir occasionally. You will want to simmer at least an hour - this boils the alcohol out of the chili but leaves the beer flavoring. The longer you simmer the richer the flavors will be - this is great as leftovers even several days later and one bowl is filling.


Serve with crackers, shredded cheddar, and or sour cream. Enjoy!


PS - A Note on Servings. I have never measured exactly how many cups of chili are in the large pot made by this. Next time I cook it I will and will come back and alter servings and remove this note. I have set it at ten 1-cup servings when calculating the nutrition info, just bear in mind the calories and fat could actually be a bit less.

Number of Servings: 10

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MISSAFU.

Servings Per Recipe: 10
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 385.6
  • Total Fat: 20.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 68.0 mg
  • Sodium: 831.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 26.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 7.2 g
  • Protein: 22.2 g

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