I know, I’ve been horribly remiss in doing these. The embarrassing truth is that I’ve got enough recipes that I tend to reuse them a lot rather than finding/coming up with new ones. Just laziness on my part (but that’s part of that whole “active writer” thing).
Anyway, here’s a new one:
super easy slow cooker chili con carne.
I was going to make a meatloaf but turns out we were out of eggs and I just didn’t feel like running to the store. So I came up with this instead. No beans because it’s low carb. Of course, purists will say that beans have no business in chili anyway. 😉
- 3-4 lbs of extra lean ground beef.
- 1/2 cup chopped onion (about 1 medium)
- 1 14 oz can of diced tomato–_undrained_
- 2 16 Oz jars of medium salsa (hotter or milder to taste)
- 1 Tbsp chipotle chili powder (again, to taste)
- 1 Tbsp ground coriander.
- 1/2 Tbsp oregano.
I would normally add about a Tbsp of ground cumin as well but, again, I was out.
Mix the ingredients in a large mixing bowl. I generally find it’s best to get in with your hands and squish it all together. Rubber/plastic gloves keeps things cleaner.
Pour the mix in a 4 quart slow cooker.
Cook on low 6-8 hours.
Serve topped with cheese or just like it is.
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