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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Firefighter's Chili-that good!

Everyone knows firefighters make their own food and they learn how to cook some great things...one of their most popular things being chili! We have a friend who leaked a recipe similar to this one (I had to tweak it, of course) and everyone who has it raves about it.

Chili is one of those meals that varies so much between households and family recipes.  Feel free to add, subtract, do whatever you need to do to make it how you like it...

1 can kidney beans (you can also soak & season your own...but who has time for that?)
1lb. ground turkey (ground beef is fine too but ground turkey has much less fat & cholesterol)
1 yellow onion (diced)
1 lg. can (or 2 reg. cans) chili beans
1 can red enchilada sauce (you choose mild, med or hot)
1 can water
1/2 cup corn starch (mixed in with the water before added)
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 can tomatoe sauce
1 t. oregano
1 t. basil
garlic salt (to taste)
onion powder (to taste)
s & p (to taste)
chili powder (to taste-start out with 1/2 t. and add until it's spicy enough for you)

Brown meat with onions then add to crock pot.  Add the rest of the items to the crock pot and cook for at least 4-6hrs. or on low all day.  I serve it with homemade cornbread, sour cream and shredded cheddar cheese.  We have some good friends that introduced the idea of eating it with Fritos and that's great too.  Enjoy!

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