Sunday Funday, Chili Day

Hello Everyone! It's Sunday Funday, Football Day! Today I am spending the day with my boyfriend, his brother and his brother's wife, Autumn. Autumn and I love to cook and bake together and do housewife things, even though she's a wife and I'm not (yet).

It's a beautiful sunny Sunday in the mid-50's and a perfect day for chili. The recipe we are using is Autumn's mom's recipe and let me tell you, it is GOOD. It's so good that I asked if I could blog about her recipe and she said yes.

Ingredients:
2 packages (32 oz) of your meat of choice (we used turkey)
32 oz kidney beans
32 oz pulled tomatoes
1 large onion
2 tbsp minced garlic (add more to taste)
4 tbsp chili powder
4 tbsp sugar
6 tbsp apple cider or white vinegar
1/2 tsp black pepper
We also got a package of McCormick Chili Hot seasoning mix to add in an extra punch

1. Chop onion and add to skillet with meat, 1 tbsp minced garlic and 2 tbsp chili powder. Cook on medium-high heat while stirring occasionally.
2. While meat is cooking, bring out a large pot. Add into pot: drained kidney beans, tomatoes, rest of ingredients except the McCormick Chili Hot seasoning.
3. Once the meat is finished, add them to the large pot and bring it to a boil.
4. Once it is at a boil and the tomatoes are softened, break them apart. At this point you can add (to taste) the McCormick seasoning to the pot to add spicy taste.
5. Simmer for about 40 minutes or until most of the liquid is gone and voila, you'll be done.

Another addition to her recipe is that you can add hot dogs to the top of the chili about halfway into the boil for them to cook and take in the chili flavor. You can either eat the hotdog with a bun or just cut it up into your chili.

On the side we made a box of Kentucky Kernel Sweet Cornbread. Of course you can cook cornbread from scratch but the whole purpose of this meal was to make it quick and easy to enjoy while watching some football.

We had never had this before and we figured we would give it a go. It turned out being pretty good for a box that was all of $1.50!

Other items we had were Keebler Club mini crackers for the side, and shredded cheese and sour cream to top the chili. We were all so hungry that we seriously just forgot about the cheese and sour cream. 

MmMm, thanks to Autumn and her mom Vikkie for sharing this recipe! It is PERFECT for a day like today. Quick, easy and delicious. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend! Talk to you soon.