I buy the big, restaurant size cans of crushed tomatoes to use for this chili. Make a huge batch and freeze it for later. This lasts about 3 months in the freezer.
1 1/2 pound raw extra lean ground beef 1 large onion(s) 4 cup canned pinto beans 1 Tbsp garlic powder 6 Tbsp chili powder (or to taste) 6 pounds 6 ounces canned tomatoes (1 large restaurant size can)
2 tsp kosher salt
Instructions
Chop onion into a fine dice. In a large skillet, brown ground beef for a few minutes, add onion. Cook until onion is tender and ground beef is no longer pink.
In a very large soup pot or dutch oven, combine ground beef/onion mixture with remaining ingredients. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Adjust seasoning to taste. Be careful not to let this burn! Stir often, from the bottom of the pot. If desired, you can make this in a crock pot. Just brown the ground beef and onion then combine in a crockpot with remaining ingredients and cook on high for 6 hours. May have to make 2 batches in a crockpot..this feeds a crowd!
-- Edited by Colette at 18:51, 2006-05-07
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