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Quick and Easy to Prepare Chili

Brown 2 pounds hamburger meat and a diced onion in a Dutch oven. Drain excess fat. Return the browned meat and onion mixture to the pot, add cans of tomato sauce, fire roasted tomatoes, hot chili beans, and green chiles. Add the spice packets in the Carroll Shelby's Chili Kit. Simmer 15 minutes.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds browned hamburger meat
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 15 oz cans hot chili beans red beans already in a spicy sauce
  • 1 15 oz can tomato sauce
  • 1 15 oz can diced fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 4 oz can green chiles
  • 1 Carroll Shelby's Chili Kit Comes in a box in the spice aisle or the chili section

Method
 

  1. Brown 2 pounds of hamburger and a diced onion in a large Dutch oven. Drain excess fat. Return the hamburger/onion mixture to the pot.
  2. Add all the canned goods and all the spices from the Carroll Shelby's Chili Kit.  
  3. Mix the packet of masa with 1/3 cup water and add it to the chili.
  4. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.

Notes

I have made this using only Boca crumbles and don't recommend it unless you are a practicing vegetarian. There's a distinct cardboard aftertaste with just the Boca. Your meat-eater people probably won't notice if you use one pound of burger and 1/2 - 3/4 of a package of Boca crumbles instead of 2 pounds of burger, though. 
Garnish with Bread and Butter pickles, diced jalapeños, cheddar cheese, sour cream, or like in my youth, just mix it half and half with mac and cheese.
We always eat this with cornbread, but any rustic, hearty bread goes well with chili.