Chili

This chili was a big hit tonight!  Jason was really excited because it had good flavor and he couldn't taste the stuff that was good for him!  LOL!  It was a quick,easy chili recipe that you could cook either in the crock pot or on the stove top.  I chose the stove top tonight because I had to go shopping today for ingredients.  But to put in the crockpot you would just brown the meat, then throw all the other ingredients in and let it simmer for the day on low heat. 

Ingredients:  

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic (4 cloves)
• 1 15 ounce can tomato sauce
• 1 15 ounce can light red kidney beans, undrained
• 1 15 ounce can dark red kidney beans, undrained
• 1 14.5 ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 - 3 teaspoons chili powder 
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Shredded Cheddar Cheese
• Sour Cream
• Fritos

Directions:
   In a large saucepan or Dutch oven cook and stir ground beef, green peppers, onions, and garlic until meat is brown and onion is tender; drain off fat.   Stir in tomato sauce, kidney beans, tomatoes, chili powder, salt, basil, and black pepper.  Bring to boiling; reduce heat.  Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes.   Top each serving with shredded cheese and a spoonful of sour cream.  You can also serve it with Fritos corn chips.  My family prefers the Fritos Scoops because they like to scoop their chili with them.