Classic Chili Con Carne Recipe
By: Cooking Gluten Free
Published: Friday, February 4, 2011 - 8:21am

Ingredients




2 pounds ground beef
1/2 tablespoon onion, finely chopped or 1 dried onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 can Ro-tel (tomatoes with chopped green chilies)
1 can pinto beans or kidney beans
16 oz. can tomato sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
3/4 teaspoon salt
Optional Toppings:
corn/tortilla chips
Tofutti american cheese
Tofutti sour cream
prepared yellow mustard

Preparation

1 Cook the beef and onion (or onion seasoning) until brown. Drain off fat. 2 Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. 3 Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30-45 minutes. Easy and delicious!

About


This is my moms classic chili recipe that she always makes on a cold, winter day. I've tried other chili recipes but I always come back to this one. You can even make this in huge quantities and then freeze in smaller portions so you can always have a warm bowl of chili!
Most chili recipes are naturally gluten and casein free, but not always corn free. Some people put masa (corn flour found in the Mexican food section) in their chili to give it an earthy, corn-like taste. But even when we did eat corn I liked it better without masa, but it's a personal preference. If you want to add masa, just mix 1/4 C masa with 1/2 C water and stir into chili just before serving. Also, if you'd like your chili to have some heat to it, just add 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper. I never do this because we don't really like spicy food.