Good Chili?

[daughteroftheking]

Anyone have a good gluten free recipe for homemade chili? I thought this might be something easy to make up in a slow cooker and nice to have when its so cold outside. If you have anything, please let me know! Thanks!

[aklap]

Hi DotK,

Mr. Al's Beer Chili - ummmm, sans the beer for now - until I get some GF beer I used to put beer in it pre-GF days

This is a thick chili. You could add extra water or tomato juice to make it more of a soup consistancy. That's what my wife does to her portion.

1 lb hamburger
1 medium onion - diced
1 half of yellow or orange or red bell pepper - diced (I prefer these over green)
1/2 stalk of celery - diced
2 can of Joan of Arc Kidney Beans - drained
1 can Old El Paso Refried beans (optional - this makes it really thick)
1 can diced tomatoes or fresh if you have them
1/3 - 1/2 of a jar of Newman's Mild Salsa
A few dashes of chili powder
A splash of A1
Maybe a splash of V8 or tomato juice (or beer - non GF in the old days ) if it's too thick.

While browning hamburger - add a splash of A1, peppers, onions, celery. After hamburger is browned - drain or soak up any grease. A paper towel works well for that.

Throw in the kidney beans. Give it stir. Add the refried beans. This will make it quite thick. Add the can of tomatoes & salsa. Add a dash of chili powder. Give it another stir. Heck as long as your stirin' you better taste it to see if it needs anything.

I tend to like my chili thick. So I add some tomato juice or a little can of V8. I will let this reduce until it's the consistency I want.

I think that's it...I'm doing from memory...I don't have recipe

Lately we've been leaving it quite thick. We'll chop up some black olives, dice fresh tomatoes, shread some cheese, maybe a bit of sour cream...and have a chili bar and build our own. Peg will spread out a bunch on a plate and then scoop it up w/ Tostito's (Gold works the best - they're thicker). I will put it in a bowl and scoop it out...or...I put it in a corn tortilla.
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