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27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne

27 Ingredient Chili Con Carne {Share the Love}

Virginia Rich
5 from 1 vote
Course Entree
Servings 20

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. dry pinto beans
  • Water to cover
  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 2 onions medium chopped
  • 1 7 oz can of diced green chilies
  • 2 cloves of garlic minced
  • 3 lbs. ground sirloin
  • 1 lb. pork sausage like Jimmy Dean plain
  • 2 Tbl. flour
  • 1 16 oz can of Boston baked beans
  • 1 4 oz can pimientos
  • 2 30 oz size diced tomatoes
  • 3/4 cup celery chopped
  • 1/2 lb. fresh mushrooms sliced
  • 1/2 cup sweet red pepper chopped
  • 1/2 cup green pepper chopped
  • 1 9 oz pitted ripe olives, chopped
  • 1/2 cup parsley minced
  • 1 12 oz bottle of chili sauce
  • 1 Tbl. salt
  • 1 Tbl. garlic salt
  • 2 tsp. black pepper
  • 1 Tbl. cilantro chopped
  • 1 Tbl. oregano
  • 2-4 Tbl. chili powder more or less-to taste
  • 1/2 tsp. orange zest easy does it
  • 1 pt. sour cream

Instructions
 

  • Wash and drain pinto beans and soak in water overnight. Drain.
  • Cover with water and bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer 2 to 3 hours or until tender. Drain.
  • Meanwhile melt butter in large Dutch oven and add onions chilies and garlic. Saute until onion is soft.
  • Add chopped sirloin and cook over moderate heat until meat is brown.
  • In a separate pan brown sausage and pour off fat. Add sausage to meat mixture.
  • Sprinkle with flour and stir to blend.
  • Add pinto and canned beans and all remaining ingredients except sour cream; bring just to boil.
  • Lower heat and simmer about 30 minutes.
  • Skim off fat with a cold spoon as it rises to the top.
  • Serve with sour cream.

Notes

This chili freezes beautifully.