Grandma Leaper's Chili

Author: Alysa Slavinsky

Ingredients

• $2$ tablespoons olive oil
• $3$ pounds Beef chuck, coarsely ground
• $3$ medium onions, chopped
• $3$ tablespoons minced garlic
• $\frac{1}{3}$ cup chili powder
• $1$ ($35$ ounces) Italian plum tomatoes
• $\frac{1}{2}$ cup tomato sauce
• $2$ cans beef stock
• $1$ ($12$ ounces) can beer
• $3$ tablespoons red wine vinegar
• $2$ teaspoons pepper
• $2$ teaspoons paprika
• $\frac{1}{2}$ teaspoon 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.