Slow-Cooker Hearty Beef Chili

Want something to eat on a cold winter night that will warm you up?  Do you also want it to be so easy to make that you think you must have missed a step?  Here is the recipe for Slow-Cooker Hearty Beef Chili.  This recipe earned the word "yummy" written next to it in one of my cookbooks.  Does anyone else rate recipes that they try in their cookbooks?  I have tried some recipes and I am ashamed to say I have written "never again" next to some of them!!

 

Here are the ingredients for "yummy" Slow-Cooker Hearty Beef Chili:

 

 

1 1/2 lb lean ground beef

1 can (15 oz) dark red kidney beans, rinsed

1 can (15 oz) light red kidney beans, rinsed

1 1/2 cups thick and chunky mild salsa

1 can (16 oz) tomato sauce

2 Tbsp. chili powder

1 onion, chopped

1 cup frozen corn, thawed drained

1 cup Mexican blend cheese

 

 

Let's begin making this dish.  First cook the beef in a frying pan. 

 

 

While this is cooking, chop the onion and make sure the corn is thawed.  Then mix the kidney beans, salsa, tomato sauce, chili powder, onion, and corn together in a slow-cooker.   Doesn't this look so pretty and yummy already?

 

Then add the ground beef when it is finished cooking. Cook on Low for 5 to 6 hours or on High for 3 to 4 hours. It will look like this when it is all done.

 

 

Now put some in a bowl and sprinkle the cheese on top.    I have also discovered that a dollop of sour cream on top of this is delightful as well!   Then fill your belly with as much as you like so you stay warm.  You wouldn't want to get "chili" now would you?!?