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Better Than Yo Mama’s Chili

Bacon and sausage together give you such a savory foundation that this chili tastes like it simmered all day, even though you're really just letting the slow cooker do the work for an hour. The real move is sautéing your vegetables separately before they go in, so they stay tender and flavorful instead of turning mushy and dull.

Better Than Yo Mama’s Chili
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Better Than Yo Mama’s Chili

Yield: 6 people

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Ingredients

  • 8 slices thick cut apple wood smoked bacon (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 pound spicy or mild ground sausage
  • 1 15-ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 15-ounce can kidney beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes use juice
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon jarred minced garlic
  • 1 large yellow onion diced
  • 1 red bell pepper remove ribs & seeds and dice
  • 1 yellow bell pepper remove ribs & seeds and dice
  • 4 tablespoons chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 tablespoon chipotle chili powder
  • 2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
  • salt & pepper to taste

Let’s cook

Steps

  1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. & turn your crock pot to low heat.
  2. Cook bacon to a crisp for about 10-15 minutes. Remove and let cool.
  3. Brown your ground beef in a skillet and add to the crock pot.
  4. Brown the sausage in a skillet and add to crock pot.
  5. Once bacon is cooled, pat with paper towel to remove excess grease and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
  6. Pour the canned items into the crock pot. (Black beans & Kidney beans, drained and rinsed. Crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes with juice.)
  7. Mix all of the seasonings in a bowl with a whisk. Pour over mixture in crockpot. Mix everything in crockpot well.
  8. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, sauté your diced onion, minced garlic, jarred garlic and diced peppers.
  9. Once softened, add to crock pot.
  10. Mix everything well. Put lid on crockpot and let simmer on low for 1 hour.
  11. Great with shredded cheese and lime hinted sour cream on top! To make the lime sour cream, simply squeeze the juice of 2 limes into a pint of sour cream. Pair sweet cornbread with your chili and enjoy!

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  • Jake