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sausage ground beef onions yellow pepper garlic flour chili powder ground cumin basil oregano salt tomatoes Worcestershire sauce Tabasco sauce chick peas red kidney beans rice
Viewed: 25 - Published at: 2 years agoIngredients
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage,
- (casings removed and meat broken up into chunks)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 1 large yellow pepper, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3 tbsp chili powder
- 2 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp dried basil
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large cans of diced tomatoes, undrained
- 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/4 tsp Tabasco sauce
- 1 can chick peas, drained
- 1 can red kidney beans, drained
- Optional - rice, shredded cheese, peppers, green onions
Method
- In large pot cook sausage, beef, onions, yellow pepper and garlic until meats are browned and vegetables are tender. Drain off fat.
- Mix together flour, chili powder, cumin, basil, oregano and salt separately, then stir into meat mixture, cooking for about a minute.
- Add tomatoes and stir. Stir in Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces. Cover and simmer for about an hour, stirring occasionally. You may add water if necessary. Stir in chick peas and kidney beans and cook until heated through.
- Serve with any or all of the optional items listed above.
- NOTE: I just use the recipe as a guide. I generally use hot Italian sausage, more than a pound of beef, as much onion as I feel like, lots of peppers (green, red and others), about 3 1/2 tbsp of chili powder, my own home-grown basil and oregano, less salt, more Tabasco (usually about 1 1/2 to 2 tsp) and 2 cans of kidney beans (I hate chick peas). This personal version is not for the faint of heart (nor the faint of palate). Those who prefer a milder chili should stick closer to the recipe.
