Blue Ribbon Chili

We usually make a pretty complicated, many ingredient chili recipe. A cold, cold winter day called for chili but not the one with too many ingredients. We found this recipe on All Recipes.Com. we'd definetly use it again for a quick go to chili. It was good & extremely easy & quick to make.

Blue Ribbon Chili
Source: AllRecipes.com

Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
2 1/2 cups tomato sauce
1 (8 ounce) jar salsa
4 tablespoons chili seasoning mix
1 (15 ounce) can light red kidney beans
1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
(the only thing we added was about 1/2 lb. of hot italian sausage to kick it up a bit)

Directions
In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine the ground beef and the onion and saute for 10 minutes, or until meat is browned and onion is tender. Drain grease, if desired.

Add the ground black pepper, garlic salt, tomato sauce, salsa, chili seasoning mix and kidney beans. Mix well, reduce heat to low and simmer for at least an hour.

Served with fritos, cheddar cheese & sour cream.

Boilermaker Tailgate Chili

I dug up this chili repice on Allrecipes.Com. We've made it in the past - it's the best chili recipe I've found yet. We made it early on in the day and enjoyed it during the Steelers game (too bad they didn't coorporate).

Ingredients
2 lbs ground beef chuck 1/4 cup chili powder
1 lb bulk Italian Sausage 1 TBSP Worcestershire sauce
3 (15oz) can chili beans, drained 1 TBSP minced garlic
1 (15 oz) chili beans in spicy sauce 1 TBSP dried oregano
2 (28oz) cans diced tomatoes with juice 2 tsps. ground cumin
1 (6oz) can tomato paste 2 tsps. hot pepper sauce
1 large yellow onion, chopped 1 tsp. dried basil
3 stalks celery, chopped 1 tsp. salt
1 green bell pepper, seeded & chopped 1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 red bell pepper, seeded & chopped 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 green chili peppers, seeded & chopped 1 tsp. paprika
1 tsbp. bacon bits 1 tsp. white sugar
4 cubes beef bouillon 1 (1o.5 oz) bag corn chips - Fritos
1/2 cup beer 1 (8 oz) package shredded Cheddar cheese

Directions:
1. Heat a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Crumble the ground chuck and sausage into the hot pan, and cook until evenly browned. Drain off excess grease.
2. Pour in the chili beans, spicy chili beans, diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Add the onion, celery, green & red peppers, chile peppers, bacon bits, bouillon, and beer. Season with chili powder, worcestershire sauce, garlic, oregano, cumin, hot pepper sauce, basil, salt, pepper, cayenne, paprika, and sugar. Stir to blend, then cover & simmer over low heat for at least 2 hours, stirring occcasionally.
3. After 2 hours, taste, and adjust salt, pepper or chili powder, if necessary. We moved it to the crock pot at this point to simmer/ heat for a couple more hours.
Great topped with Fritos & cheddar cheese.
Excellent the next day.