Smoky Black Bean Chili

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground chicken or 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can campbell's cheddar cheese soup
• 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce (see note in step 4!)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons chili powder

Recipe

• 1 brown the meat on the stove. if you're using chicken/turkey, you'll probably want to put some oil in the pan first, but beef will make its own grease really quickly.
• 2 dice the onion. here, you can either sauté it with the meat or you can chuck it right into the pot raw. you can also set aside a little to sprinkle on top of the chili raw, for serving, as you would with shredded cheese.
• 3 put all the ingredients in your crock pot; stir.
• 4 important: i don't actually measure anything when i make this, i just upend the bottles. so i'm totally guessing on the spice/w. sauce measurements. please do adapt those to your own taste; i don't insist that i got them right at all.
• 5 turn on the crock pot - low 6-8 hours, or high 3-4 hours, or until you really can't stand the anticipation anymore. if you do it in a big pot on the stove, let it simmer at least a half hour, imo. longer if you can; the longer it simmers the better it tastes, but sometimes you just can't wait, y'know?