# Grandma Leaper's Chili

Author: Alysa Slavinsky

### Ingredients

- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
- 3 lb. Beef chuck, coarsely ground
- 3 medium onions, chopped
- 3 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 31​ cup chili powder
- 1 (35 oz.) Italian plum tomatoes
- 21​ cup tomato sauce
- 2 cans beef stock
- 1 (12 oz.) can beer
- 3 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
- 2 tsp. pepper
- 2 tsp. paprika
- 21​ tsp. cumin
- 3 cans kidney beans
- Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and chopped onions (optional)

### Instructions

- Brown beef; remove fat.
- Next, sauté onions for 8 minutes, garlic for 1 minute.
- After that, put all, but kidney beans, in a big pot for 35 minutes on simmer.
- Next, put beans in pot with everything else for 10 more minutes.
- Stand at room temperature for a while and serve.

> Tip

> If you want, put Cheddar cheese, sour cream, and chopped onions on top of the best chili ever.

> Quote

> Beans, beans good for your heart… From Uncle Mark.