Easy Chili

On Monday nights we have a combined dinner and family night with some of our friends and this week it was our turn to cook.  We had Navajo Tacos this week, which fortunately everybody enjoyed. I used a simple fry bread recipe with only flour, baking powder, salt and water.  The bread was topped with chili, cheese, sour cream and salsa.  Nothing smells quite like a pot of chili. The sauteed onions and peppers, the browned meat and all the spices mixed together create a unique and wonderful scent that fills the house for hours.  However, I cheated last night and used a spice mix I picked up at the grocery store.  It was Carroll Shelby's Original Texas Chili mixand is by far my favorite store bought chili seasoning.  For our chili we sauteed 1 onion and 1 green pepper.  To this I add almost two pounds of bite sized steak pieces lightly seasoned with Lawry's seasoned salt.  After the meat was browned I added 1 can black beans, 1 can dark red kidney beans, 1 can corn, 1 can diced tomatoes, 1 can tomato sauce and the Carroll Shelby spice packet.  The chili was then simmered for about two hours and served hot on top of the fry bread.

This is also a great crock pot recipe! I prepare everything as mentioned above but let it simmer in the crock pot for at least 6 hours.  I have done this for pot luck dinners before with great success.