Grandma's Chili
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This is my maternal grandmother's recipe for chili. It's not hot, but very flavorful and extremely easy to make!
"I was thinking of adding my own recipe but this is almost exactly the same as my recipe! The only difference is I add 1 28oz crushed tomatoes instead of 1 8oz paste and throw in 1 cup of elbow macaroni. I also use crushed red pepper instead of cayenne and some brown sugar to offset the spice. Grandmas know best!" - KahalaYield: 4 Ready in 45 minutes
Cuisine: American-SouthMain Ingredient: Ground Beef
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Notes Grandma's Chili Preparation
Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic, and bell pepper in large dutch oven or stew pot set over medium-high heat until meat is brown and vegetables are tender. Drain off fat. Stir in remaining ingredients except beans and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Stir in beans; heat through.
Serve immediately or refrigerate for 24 hours to allow the flavors to develop more. Serve with cornbread and bread -n- butter pickles, or top with your favorite chili toppings.
Makes 4 servings.
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This is also an easy recipe to add to or change. You can add new ingredients, i.e. a small can of diced green chilis, a half stalk of diced celery, or change the type of beans, or turn up the heat by changing the chili powder to a hotter chili powder, or adding some crushed red pepper, or using more cayenne pepper.
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Grandma's Chili Reviews
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Great tasting recipe! Substituted ground turkey and added corn with the beans. Served it with green chile corn bread! Great meal!
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Woohoo! Great chili! Thank you for posting. I used ground chicken and omitted the cayenne so that it wouldn't be too spicy for the kids (but would be really awesome for my hubbie and me). My two year old twins seemed pretty excited to eat it. :) Will definitely make again. Big hit.
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Very good chili. Easy and quick to make. The only thing I may change next time is to increase the tomato sauce and eliminate the diced tomatoes as I don't like tomato chunks in chili - just a personal preference.
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Very Good! Easy & tasty. I am printing this recipe and would make it again.
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Excellent recipe, I added two pieces of hot sausage to it also. Either way the best I have ever had.
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Very good! This is now going to be my go to chili.
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I tried this recipe for the first time tonight. Awesome tasting chili. Seasoned just right. I would definitely make it again.
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This was ok...I'll probably keep searching for that 'perfect' go-to chili recipe.
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Big fans of this one:-) :-)
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Very easy. Very good. Good by itself or as a base to tailor to your taste.
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Amazing!! Just enough spice and very tasty. The whole family loves it. Thank you!
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Love Love Love it!!!!
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It's really easy to make and everyone enjoyed it so I'll defiantly be making it again
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A great chili recipe. I added 1 tablespoon of minced jalapeno pepper to spice it up. Terrific.
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Yum!!!!! Your grandma's chili is awesome.
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