RED CHILI

Make this GLUTEN-FREE by reading your chili bean labels... It's amazing (ANNOYING) how much gluten is put into the food we eat.  Unless you're making each item from the beginning,  YOU  HAVE  TO  READ  THE  LABEL!  For those of you not really needing to avoid an allergen food - it's still good habit to at least take the time once in a while to grab up an item you purchase often, flip it over to the listed ingredients and then take a few minutes to read (TRY to read!  Sound it out using your kindergarten phonic skills...) the listed ingredients.  If you have no clue or it looks suspicious, ask GOOGLE!  :O)  I have learned amazing things about thickeners and natural ingredients derived from trees that looked suspicious... but are just amazing feats of nature!

As for the title of this recipe, I had to label it RED  CHILI, otherwise in 10 years when my kids are flipping through this cookbook they won't know what it is!  I make several chili recipes... BBQ Chicken Chili is another favorite, so they have come to be known in our house as such.  If you have a copy of my cookbook that I started 14 years ago, this is called "Great Quick Chili" in there.  However, it has definitely evolved over time and is NOW as follows:  

THOUGH  THE  TITLE  IS  UPDATED...

- THIS  ONE  IS  STILL  GREAT  AND  QUICK!!!!

RED  CHILI  -  OR  -  "GREAT,  QUICK  CHILI"

2 Tablespoons olive oil

2 lbs. lean ground beef

1 lb pork sausage - hot/Kroger brand preferred

1 1/2 cups chopped onion  

1 teaspoon Kosher salt

1 bundle of garlic (6-8 garlic cloves) minced

3/4 teaspoon coarse black pepper

1/2  cup salsa

2 cans (30 oz.) tomato sauce

4 cans (15 oz.) Bush's chili beans

1 can (15oz.) kidney beans

In a large enameled dutch oven or large cooking pot, brown sausage, ground beef with olive oil and chopped onion.

Add seasonings and salsa.  

Add garlic and cook until garlic is browning slightly.

Add canned items and bring to a simmer.  

Simmer partially covered with a lid for 30 - 45 minutes.  

Stir chili every 5-10 minutes, making sure to grab the beans on the bottom of the pot.

This certainly is a stand alone meal... but it is spectacular when served with cornbread!!! 

A perfect pair!!!
CORNBREAD  and  CHILI...

(click the link below for the cornbread recipe)

Mama Jo's Gluten-FREE Cornbread

Always take a minute and read your labels.
 You may be surprised  how much more your buying - and then eating...  

Sizes for accomplishing 1 1/2 cups chopped onions: 1 extremly large onion, 2 medium onions, or 3 smallish garden onions...

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