Cassie’s Scratch Chili

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Cassie's Scratch Chili

Yields1 Serving
 4 pounds tomatoes
  1 yellow or red onion
  2-3 peppers, either green, red, yellow bells or carmen sweets
  1-2 carrots, diced
  1 can black beans, drained (if you want to go vegetarian)
  1 pound ground beef
  3 cups stock
  1-2 cups frozen sweet corn
  2 cloves garlic, minced
  1 t cumin
  1 t chili powder
  1 hot pepper, diced (optional)
1

Wash and core the tomatoes. Chop them into large pieces and throw them into a large soup pot to cook down. Once the sauce has cooked down and thickened, puree it.

2

Meanwhile, dice your onion and soften it in some oil or butter in a skillet/cast iron.

3

Add chopped carrots to the skillet and cook until softened.

4

Next add the bell/carmen peppers to the skillet and cook until softened.

5

If going meat version, brown the ground beef in a separate pan.

6

Once tomato sauce is blended, add all the other ingredients into the pot. Cook it on low for a while to let the flavors blend.

7

Serve with shredded cheese and/or sour cream.

Ingredients

 4 pounds tomatoes
  1 yellow or red onion
  2-3 peppers, either green, red, yellow bells or carmen sweets
  1-2 carrots, diced
  1 can black beans, drained (if you want to go vegetarian)
  1 pound ground beef
  3 cups stock
  1-2 cups frozen sweet corn
  2 cloves garlic, minced
  1 t cumin
  1 t chili powder
  1 hot pepper, diced (optional)

Directions

1

Wash and core the tomatoes. Chop them into large pieces and throw them into a large soup pot to cook down. Once the sauce has cooked down and thickened, puree it.

2

Meanwhile, dice your onion and soften it in some oil or butter in a skillet/cast iron.

3

Add chopped carrots to the skillet and cook until softened.

4

Next add the bell/carmen peppers to the skillet and cook until softened.

5

If going meat version, brown the ground beef in a separate pan.

6

Once tomato sauce is blended, add all the other ingredients into the pot. Cook it on low for a while to let the flavors blend.

7

Serve with shredded cheese and/or sour cream.

Notes

Cassie’s Scratch Chili