Mom's Chili

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This healthy basic beef chili recipe is well worth doubling so you can throw a batch in the freezer. Serve topped with diced red onion, sliced scallions, shredded cheese and your favorite hot sauce.

Robb Walsh
Source: EatingWell Magazine, January/February 2016

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Recipe Summary

total:
2 hrs 15 mins
Servings:
8

Nutrition Profile:

Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, peppers and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 15 minutes. Add beef and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no longer pink, 7 to 8 minutes. Add water, tomatoes and their juice, tomato paste, bay leaves, chili powder, cumin, vinegar, salt, pepper and cayenne; stir well to combine. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour.

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  • Stir in beans and cook, uncovered, for 30 minutes more. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Tips

Make Ahead Tip: Refrigerate for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 6 months.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size:
generous 1 cup
Per Serving:
303 calories; protein 26.7g; carbohydrates 22.8g; dietary fiber 7.8g; sugars 7.4g; fat 12.5g; saturated fat 4.1g; cholesterol 71.8mg; vitamin a iu 1897IU; vitamin c 46mg; folate 53.8mcg; calcium 80.6mg; iron 4.8mg; magnesium 61.5mg; potassium 940.1mg; sodium 673.8mg; thiamin 0.4mg.
Exchanges:

1/2 starch, 2 1/2 vegetable, 3 lean meat, 1/2 fat
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