Easy Chili Recipes
Calico Beans Hotdish
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Chili and Baked Beans
On
this page I have gathered some popular bean recipes, like pork and beans, chili,
etc. As meat alternatives, hearty bean dishes are tops in economy, nutritive value,
and appetite appeal.
Boston Baked Beans have gained a fine reputation because of the earthen bean-pot with small top and bulging sides in which they are supposed to be cooked.
Equally good beans have often been eaten where a five-pound lard pail was substituted for the broken bean pot. Don't forget to make cornbread, or here recently I have been putting my chili on a bowl of french fries, or fritos corn chips.
My Easy Chili
This
is a good simple recipe for Chili. It's not hot, so kids can enjoy it too. You
know prepared chili just doesn't taste right, and it's almost $2.00 a can now.
I like to fix chili on cold, wet days with some cornbread
on the side, or serve with Fritos.
Brown 1 lb hamburger and 1 chopped onion in a skillet together and drain. Pour it in a large pot and add:
1 can tomato sauce (8 ounces)
1 can tomatoes (optional)
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon garlic
1 teaspoon oregano
1
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 cans kidney beans
drained with 4 cans of water
Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
Note: A lot of times I just use a small can of tomatoe paste
instead of the sauce, and I rarely put a can of tomatoes in it.
Chili Con Carne (Recipe from 1961)
2
tablespoons butter or margarine
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/4
cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup water
2 cups canned tomatoes
2 cups
canned drained kidney beans
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chili powder
Melt butter or margarine in skillet over low heat. Add beef, and cook till lightly browned. Add onion and green pepper, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add water, tomatoes, beans, salt, and chili powder. Cover, and simmer for 45 min., stirring occasionally. Serve hot in bowls.
Chili (1968 church cookbook)
1
lb ground beef
2 8oz cans tomato sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cup chopped
onion (3 medium)
1 cup chopped green pepper (3 medium)
1 tsp. salt
2
tbsp. chili powder
2 (16oz) cans red kidney beans, undrained
Brown
meat (drain good) and combine with other ingredients, except beans. Simmer 20
minutes, covered. Add beans, simmer another 20 minutes. (Double this recipe for
1 gallon)
Recipe from a 1968 Derby CT church cookbook
Homemade Chili
2 lb hamburger (browned and drained)
1 qt homecanned tomatoes
(mashed up)
1 heaping tsp chili powder
2 cans red beans
minced onions
water
(not much) 1/2 can?
1/4 cup catsup
about 1 tsp salt (no more)
little
pepper
Brown hamburger in a large heavy pan. When browned strain grease.
Add other ingredients. Bring to a boil, simmer 1 hour.
(Armour,
South Dakota Cookbook)
Beans Hotdish
1 lg can pork &
beans
1 sm can butter beans
1 sm can kidney beans
1/2 onion chopped
1/2
lb bacon crumbled
1/2 lb hamburger
1/2 cup catsup
2/3 cup vinegar
3/4
cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon mustard
Brown bacon and crumble Cook hamburger
and onion, drain Drain beans, except for pork and beans
Put all in a pot, add
other ingredients, stir Bake at 350 for 30 min.
Boston Baked Beans (Recipe from 1800's)
Pick
over one quart pea beans, cover with cold water, and soak over night. In morning,
drain, cover with fresh water, heat slowly (keeping water below boiling-point),
and cook until skins will burst
Drain beans, throwing bean-water out of doors, not in sink. Scald rind of three-fourths pound fat salt pork, scrape, remove one-fourth inch slice and put in bottom of bean-pot. Cut through rind of remaining pork every one-half inch, making cuts one inch deep. Put beans in pot and bury pork in beans, leaving rind exposed.
Mix one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon
molasses, and three tablespoons sugar; add one cup boiling water, and pour over
beans; then add enough more boiling water to cover beans. Cover bean-pot, put
in oven, and bake slowly six or eight hours, uncovering the last hour of cooking,
that rind may become brown and crisp. Add water as needed. Many feel sure that
by adding with seasonings one-half tablespoon mustard, the beans are more easily
digested. If pork mixed with lean is preferred, use less salt.
Calico Beans Dish
1 lb hamburger
1 onion chopped
2 cans pork & beans
1
can butter beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can chili beans
1/2 cup Bacon Bits
3/4
cup brown sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1 Tablespoon mustard
Brown ground beef with chopped onion, drain and put in a crockpot. Add other ingredients and stir till blended. Cook on low heat for at least 5 hr. stirring occasionally. Serve buffet style from the crockpot.
Also see ground beef recipes and easy soups
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