Someone’s Dad’s Favorite Chili
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- ½ medium yellow onion chopped
- 4 bay leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- t tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 can tomato paste 6 oz
- 4 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 can pinto beans 15 oz, rinsed and drained
- 15 oz kidney beans or black beans rinsed and drained
- ½-1 cup water
Instructions
- In a medium skillet over medium heat, combine the ground beef, garlic, onion, and bay leaves. Cook for about 10 minutes, breaking the beef up with the back of a spoon, until browned. Drain, stir in salt and pepper, set aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the tomato paste, chili powder, flour, cumin, and thyme.
- Put the pinto and kidney beans in a stock pot.
- Add the ground beef mixture and the tomato mixture and stir until combined.
- Slowly add the water until the desired thickness is reached. (Less water for thicker, more water for thinner.)
- Turn the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer the chili for 10 minutes.
- Remove and discard the bay leaves before serving.