Brown and sauté together:
2 lbs. hamburger
1 very large onion (or 2 smaller ones)
2 teaspoons salt
Add and heat through:
1-29 oz. can Hunts Tomato Sauce
1-29 oz. can Hunts Whole Tomatoes, chopped
1-16 oz. can Bush Red Beans in Chili Sauce (Any red beans would work. Double this if your family eats beans willingly.)
Chili powder to taste (2 to 4 tablespoons, perhaps, depending upon your family)
1 teaspoon sugar to take the nip out of the tomato acid (optional)
Hot-loving tongues can add a few sprinkles of hot sauce
I use Hunts because the tomato sauce is thicker. I use the whole tomatoes because they are the closest to tasting like my home-grown and canned tomatoes that I can find in the store. Sometimes I pulse these in the blender, but one good pulse is enough. If you blend them too much, the soup is puree instead of chili. This recipe is not a science—I’m sure you could choose to cut it in half, buying the smaller sized cans, for smaller families.
You can make this ahead of time and pull it out to warm it when needed. It also can be thrown together in about a half an hour if you are in a hurry or you can toss it in a crock pot to keep warm until you are ready to eat it. Enjoy!
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