Brain-free chili

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Brown up 1.5# turkey sausage (removed from casing and crumbled) and 2# ground beef or turkey in a pan/skillet/dutch oven of sufficient volume, and pour off the grease (in my case, I poured the grease into my other cast iron cookwear to continue seasoning them).

Then, in a slow cooker, put the following:
Browned meat
3 cans of diced tomatoes
2 cans of kidney/red beans (I used the low-sodium variety)
2 cans of black beans (I used the low-sodium variety)
1-1.5 cups of jalapeno slices (optional)
1T cumin powder
1T chili powder
1T black pepper
1.5T garlic powder

Cook on medium heat for 6-8 hours, stirring every 90-120 minutes, and try not to go mad from the delicious smells (I find that leaving the windows open, to drive the neighbors mad with them, helps).

Serves... a few, I guess. I'm probably not the best judge of portion size for normal people.

Comments

[jola.livejournal.com]

We add three things to our chilli that people seem to really like - diced red peppers, zucchini and corn. If nothing else i would highly recommend a can of corn in there. I'm also really surprised to see you don't use onions, carmalized onions are amazing in chilli.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I was out of onions.

[jola.livejournal.com]

FYI, when my husband says shit like this i stare at him with a blank expression* until he is shamed into going out and getting the damn onions.

*he is immune to bitching. But not to the icy stare of belittlement.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

you know why i was out of onions? BECAUSE I HAD EATEN ALL OF THEM.

[jola.livejournal.com]

mmm-hm. See this is where i go from the blank stare ... to the blank stare AND the arms crossed.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I think I've decided that the portion sizes listed on the sides of boxes works out to about half of how much I would eat. Your appetite might be bigger than mine though. That chili looks plenty tasty to me!