Easiest Way to Prepare Delicious Chili con Carne

Chili con Carne.

You can have Chili con Carne using 19 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chili con Carne

1. It's 2 of large cans (40 oz) pinto beans.
2. You need 2 lbs of flap meat diced.
3. It's 2 cans (16 oz) of corn.
4. You need 2 cans (16 oz) of diced tomatoes.
5. You need 1 can (4 oz) of Ortega chilis diced.
6. It's 1 can (6 oz) of tomato paste.
7. You need 1 of large onion diced.
8. You need 1 of bell pepper diced.
9. It's 1 of fresh serrano (or comparable) chili diced (optional if you like it hot).
10. It's 1 of chili in adobo sauce (optional if you like it hotter).
11. You need 1 tbsp of hot red chili powder or flakes (optional if you like it really hot).
12. It's 2 cups of water (or more if too thick).
13. It's 1/4 cup of corn starch (optional to thicken).
14. You need 2 tbsp. of garlic powder.
15. Prepare 2 tbsp. of onion powder.
16. You need 4 tbsp. of cumin.
17. Prepare 3 tbsp. of California chili powder.
18. You need 1 tsp of salt.
19. Prepare of optional shredded cheese, diced onions, crackers, white rice.

Chili con Carne instructions

1. Brown the onions, fresh chili, bell pepper..
2. While these are browning add remaining ingredients except the meat into a large pot set on low..
3. Add the browned onions and peppers into the pot..
4. Dice the flap meat into small pieces and brown in same pan as onions..
5. Simmer for 30 minutes or longer.
6. Serve with shredded cheese, diced onions, or crackers on top. Also can be served over white rice..
7. If you want to thicken with corn starch add the corn starch to a small amount of cold water and stir before adding to chili or it will be lumpy..
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