CHILI

I think Melissa has called and asked me for the chili recipe about 800 times so its time I posted it.
Making chili soup can be very controversial. There is always the question of is it really chili if there are noodles in it. It looks like Brians chili is non-noodle. I like it either way but we grew up eating it with noodles. I think that with eight kids in the family, the noodles made it go farther. So if you are a non-noodle chili person, just add some more beans and leave out the pasta.

Start out by crumbling a pound and a half of ground beef into a frying pan. I’ll feel better if you use the same pan you fried eggs in for breakfast and didn’t wash it.

Take a large onion.

And dice into pieces.

The hamburger should be nicely browned.

Dice up three stalks of celery

And add these to the hamburger. I love these food scrapers!

Add about 1Tablespoon of salt.

Here’s the part where you have to make a decision. You can either use two large cans of diced tomatoes or I like to use my own canned tomatoes.Also add a quart of water to the pan.

Then add two cans of chili beans and one can of Bush’s beans. I usually use the plain Bush beans but didn’t have any. These grillin ones were really good!

Now add one can of tomato soup. Here again, I use my home canned tomato soup. Have you ever made this stuff? I got the recipe from my daughters mother-in-law or my son-in-law’s mother. I’ll share it with you all this fall when I make 50 jars of the stuff.

Pour in 2 teaspoons of sugar and 1 Tablespoon of chili powder. Add more if you like it spicier. You can pour in some tabasco sauce if you want to heat it up a bit.

By now your hamburger mixture should be cooked up. Go ahead and dump it into your large kettle of tomato base.

Now I like to let this simmer on really low heat for a couple hours. It really helps the flavor and thickens it up.

Ok here comes the controversy. I cooked up one cup of pasta and added them to the soup. If you have different opinions about this you can always cook up the noodles and serve them on the side for people to add as they like.

Add a dollop of sour cream and some shredded cheese and eat!
CHILI SOUP
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
1 onion
3 stalks celery
2 28 oz cans diced tomatoes
2 cans chili beans
1 quart water
1 can Bush’s beans
1 can tomato soup
1 Tablespoon salt
1 Tablespoon chili powder
2 Teaspoons sugar
1 cup macaroni noodles, cooked and drained
Brown hamburger. Add onions and celery and let simmer. Pour tomatoes, beans, and tomato soup into a large kettle. Add salt, chili powder and sugar. Simmer on low heat for a couple hours. Add noodles if desired.
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