Jane's Costa Rican Chili
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Serve this chili in a flour tortilla or hard taco, and top with tomato salsa, sour cream, cheese and green onions. YUM!
Easy
Preparation time
Cooking time
Ingredients
For 8 Person(s)
Recipe
- 1 1/4 lbs. lean ground beef
- 1 medium cooking onion, diced
- 1/2 large green pepper, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 - 796ml/28oz. can diced tomatoes
- 1 - 398ml/13oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 - 540ml/18oz. can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 - 341ml/11oz. can kernel corn
- juice of one lemon wedge
- 2 to 3 tablespoon(s) chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) pepper
Jane's Costa Rican Chili Directions
In a large frypan, cook ground beef, onion, garlic and green pepper on medium heat.
When ground beef is no longer pink, add diced tomatoes, and with hand blender, puree some of mixture to reduce lumps. Add tomato sauce, black beans, (drained) corn, and lemon juice. Stir until the mixture is well-blended
Add chili powder, cayenne, salt and pepper.
Simmer the chili for 20 minutes, and serve with fresh bread, in a taco or on corn chips
This chili freezes well!