The Key to GREAT Homemade Chili (Most People Don't Do It)

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is lower in fat, while ground pork is often less expensive.

kidney beans

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Black beans are more nutritious, while pinto beans are typically cheaper.

Soak pinto beans overnight for about 12 hours, then rinse and drain them.

Add soaked pinto beans to a large pot and cover with a couple inches of water.

Bring the beans to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low and cook for about 1.5 hours until tender.

Brown 90% lean ground beef in a large pot, breaking it up with a potato masher once it's partially browned.

Add chopped yellow pepper and yellow onion to the browned beef, cover, and sweat for about 10 minutes until softened.

Season the beef and vegetable mixture with salt, pepper, minced garlic, oregano, ground cumin, paprika, and coriander; mix well.

Stir the cooked beans into the beef and vegetable mixture.

Add a 28-ounce can of crushed tomatoes and a 15-ounce can of tomato sauce to the pot; mix everything together.

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