For His Master's Veneration: Silly Slave's Slo Chili

Since making a good chili powder without the offending cumin, thought we could combat this yucky rainy weather with a slow cooked chili.

If you find this is too spicy for you, simply add 1 teaspoon of non sweetened cocoa powder! That will do the trick and you will never taste it.

Ingredients

1 Tbsp olive oil
2 lbs lean ground beef
1 large yellow onion , finely chopped
1 medium green pepper
3 cloves of garlic , finely minced
2 (14.5) oz cans diced tomatoes.
3 (8 oz) cans tomato sauce
2 Tbs chili powder (divided)
2 tsp paprika
2 tsp cocoa powder
1 tsp brown sugar (YES!)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
2 (15 oz) cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed

Serve topped with:

Cheddar cheese, sour cream (or Non fat yogurt), chopped green onions.

Optionally serve with:

fresh cornbread muffins, baked russet potatoes

Instructions

Wipe out the slow cooker and spray! Always do this first.

Then do your cutting: chop the garlic, the green pepper and the onion. Always cut up the whole onion even if you do not use it all. Freeze the left over amount in a freezer bag.

Open and drain the cans of tomatoes and beans. Open the tomato sauce cans. Add these to the crock pot on low heat. Stir in 1 Tbs chili powder and brown sugar.

Heat olive oil in a large and deep non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Once oil is hot, add onion and saute 3 minutes, then add garlic and green pepper. Saute 2 minutes longer. Pour onions into a slow cooker.

Return skillet to medium-high eat, add beef and 1 tbs of chili powder. Cook stirring occasionally until beef has browned.(7 minutes) Drain most of fat from beef, leaving about 2 Tbsp in with beef. Pour browned beef into slow cooker.

Stir mixture, cover with lid and cook on low heat for 5 - 6 hours.

Serve warm with desired toppings cheese and sour cream is a must, everything else is optional).

Note: Adding a touch of sugar to any bean based soup is an old southern style recipe that actually helps cut gas that the beans cause. Its a secret trick, no one will ever know that sugar has been added.

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How to bake a potato

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Wash and dry the potatoes.

Pierce the potato 2-3 times with a fork.

Rub oil all over the potatoes.

Rub salt all over the potatoes.

Wrap in foil and place on a baking sheet

bake for about 45 minutes. ...