FS Chili Recipe

The FS stand for Fast Slow, which is what this chili is all about. It goes together fast and easy, but takes seven plus hours to cook. That’s because this is a crock pot dish.

Ingredients:

1 lb beef stew meat, chopped into small pcs.

1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes

1 6 oz can tomato sauce

1 15 oz. can Red Kidney beans, drained

½ bell pepper, chopped

½ large onion, chopped

1 tsp olive oil

1 pkg Chili mix

Directions:

Set a small or 2 ½ quart crock pot to low.

Place the beef into a freezer for about twenty minutes to firm up the flesh. This will make cutting it into small pieces easier. Remove from the freezer, separate and cut into small pieces. All meat to warm to room temperature then place in a frying pan to which a tsp of olive oil has been added. Cook for a few minutes over medium high heat, stirring enough to brown the meat evenly on all sides. Drain and add to the crock pot.

Chop up the onion and bell pepper into small pieces and add these along with the other ingredients (not the Kidney beans) to the crock pot. Cover and cook for about seven hours. About thirty minutes before the end of the cooking time, rinse and add the kidney beans. Serves 6.

Cooks Notes:

A couple of things to know. One I used a commercial chili mix (in my case McCormick’s Original Chili) because I wanted to keep the preparation simple and fast. Second, the chili is going to look really dark and red when you serve it. Almost like BBQ sauce with lumps. Don’t let this bother you, however, it is a very good tasting blend.

An Experimental Chili Recipe

I decided to go on a chili recipe development craze and came up with this first . It was not too bad. Click anywhere on this text to expand the notes. Experiment number two will be coming shortly.

Only 500 Calories! Well...mostly!

Here is a recipe that I recently came up with as part of the diet I've been trying this spring. It's called the South Beach Diet and it does work. A doctor wrote the book and his ideas make a lot of sense. Just a while ago, I've gotten away from the diet. This may be to my eventual detriment but I digress. The recipe is simple goes together fast. Best of all, it's filling while still within bounds in the calorie department. Instead of chili, you can try any of a number of pasta combinations that suit you taste. I used a George Foreman Grill to quickly grill the chicken breast and since I had made the chili and pasta ahead of time I was able to throw this on the table in just minutes.

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