Chili recipes

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1. not exactly a recipe, but here's what I do

about 2 lbs ground beef
1 chopped onion
2 chopped cloves garlic
1 14 oz can pureed tomatoes
1-2 (based on taste) cans tomato sauce
2+ (based on taste) TBSP good quality chili powder
a little cumin to taste
a little oregeno to taste
hot sauce to taste
a pepper - bell pepper for mild or jalepenos, raw or pickled up to your taste. Or another type of pepper if you have them.

For extra credit:
1 teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa
the leftover in the pot of coffee or the bottle of beer

If I have some dried chilis I open them up and dump the seeds out and crush the shells and throw them in.

Brown the ground beef, garlic, peppers, and onion. Throw some chili powder on there as it browns.

Drain it, and add the rest of the stuff. Bring to a good boil and turn down and let it simmer for 25 minutes or so. Add in a can of rinsed beans if you like beans in it. I like chopped tofu to play the role of the beans also.

This is just simple American chili. Not cincinatti, not texas, not new mexico, etc.