Chili is souper easy. My husband wanted to learn to make it, so I thought I’d share with everyone. The best thing is, just play with the recipe! Add what you like, and you’ll be winning chili contests in no time.

How to make chili (one dutch oven sized pot)

1. Are you vegetarian? If so, skip to #3.
2. Pick your meat. I’ve used chicken, beef, pork and turkey. Cook it. You can use ground or chopped, it doesn’t really matter. You need a pound.
3. Chop your fresh veggies. You can basically use whatever you like. I like using an onion and a few carrots.
4. Open your cans: 2 normal sized cans of tomatoes, 2 cans of beans. I use organic diced tomatoes, one can of black and one can of pinot beans. Use whatever beans you like. You can buy tomatoes and beans that have spices in them, if you like it, go for it.
5. Open your can or box of broth: For poultry and pork, use chicken broth. For beef, use beef broth.
6. If you want to add quinoa (if you don’t have meat, or you just want more protein) rinse it.
7. Get our your cumin, coriander and chili powder.

Okay… You ready?

1. Saute your onions and whatever other veggies you have until the onions are translucent.
2. Add seasonings. I use about 1/4 cup chili powder, 2 tbsp of cumin, and 1 tbsp of coriander. But precise measurements aren’t necessary.
3. Add everything else to the pot.
4. Stir it.
5. Let it simmer for 20 minutes or all day.
6. Eat it.
7. Enjoy.

I considered holding off posting this recipe until I had pictures of the amazing goodness that it is, but then I found one serving of it in my freezer and ate it before remembering I wanted pictures, so I’m posting anyway.

Taco Rice Hot dish is one of those family recipes that we make anytime there are a large group of Neumanns (my mom’s family) together. About 80% of us love it. The rest go get a burger.

The name is not so great, and I get it sounds weird, but really, it’s not. It’s more like a thick soup or chili than a hot dish, and it has approximately the same consistency of chili with rice. It’s really amazing.

Taco Rice Hot Dish

8 Servings

Ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef (to make veg/vegan, substitute 1 cup quinoa)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 12 oz tomato paste
• 16 oz tomato sauce
• 6 cups water
• 4 Tablespoons sugar
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoons Oregano
• 2 teaspoons Chili Powder
• 2 teaspoons Salt
• 2 teaspoons Cumin
• 3/4 cup Rice (I use brown)

Topping Ideas:

• Corn Chips
• Lettuce
• Tomato
• Onion
• Green pepper
• Avocado
• Hot sauce
• Ranch dressing
• Sour Cream
• Shredded cheese

Instructions

1. Brown beef and onion, (or cook quinoa with onion) drain.
2. Add everything else but the rice, simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Add rice. Simmer until rice is done.
4. Serve with whatever toppings you like.

**This can be made in the crockpot too! If using quinoa, I omit the onion entirely and just throw everything in. If using meat, brown with onion, then throw everything in. Cook on low 6ish hours, high for about 4.**