Thick & Hearty Chili

Cooking Instructions

• Preheat to 89°F
• Add 2 lbs ground beef to pan
• Using hamburger chopper, mash and break up ground beef into small pieces
• Add 1 medium onion to pan
• Add 2 garlic cloves to pan
• Continue mashing beef with onions and garlic
• Note: Ensure beef is fully cooked and no pink remains before adding remaining ingredients.
• Add 1 can light red kidney beans to pan
• Add 1 can Navy beans to pan
• Add 14.5 oz can fire-roasted diced petite tomatoes to pan
• Add 1 can Original Rotel to pan
• Add 8 oz can tomato sauce to pan
• Add 7.5 oz can chipotle sauce to pan
• Add 2 Tbsp sweet chili sauce to pan
• Add 2 Tbsp chili powder , 2 tsp cumin and 2 tsp salt to pan
• Add 1/2 tsp garlic powder , 1/2 tsp black pepper and 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper to pan
• Add 1 tsp onion powder to pan
• Add 1/2 tsp liquid smoke to pan
• Stir ingredients
• Scoop some of the liquid into a bowl containing the flour. Whisk together thoroughly and return mixture to pot.
• Stir ingredients
• Cover ingredients
• Uncover ingredients and stir
• Cover ingredients
• Uncover ingredients and stir
• Cover ingredients
• Uncover ingredients and stir
• Note: If the chili is runnier than you like at this point, you can repeat whisking 1 Tbsp of flour with some of the liquid, then stir mixture back into the chili until fully incorporated.
• Stir ingredients
• Cover ingredients
• Uncover ingredients
• Stir ingredients
• Cover ingredients
• Uncover ingredients
• Stir ingredients
• Remove from heat. Chili will thicken more as it sits.