Easy Chili

Chili is by far the easiest meal you can make that doesn't involve pasta or a phone. I didn't have much time to cook because I had to research brewery CIP procedures, it was cold and rainy, so chili was the obvious choice. (ok, i didn't think of it, my brother did)

Ingredients:
1-1.25 lbs ground meet (i used extra lean turkey today)
1 can condensed tomato soup
Up to 4 cans of various beans
Up to 1 can of corn
Up to 2 cans of tomatoes.
Chili powder
Other spicy spices

Really, once you have the meat and the soup, you can add whatever you want. Here's what i decided to add today:
Corn and peppers. Never tried them before, but they were on sale.
Ready cut tomatoes. Usually I like the ones with jalapenos.
Can kidney beans, pinto beans, butter beans (CK first introduced me to these bad boys)


What to do:
Brown meat in the biggest pan you have. Add tomato soup, and all your other cans.

Then take the chili powder and sprinkle on a lot. Then sprinkle on more until you think you couldn't possibly want any more. Then double that. More chili powder = better chili.

Add a big splash Franks Red Hot Sauce. Add other spicy spices (cayenne pepper, coriander, anzo chili pepper, etc. etc.
No need to add salt, all the other stuff is salty enough.

Mix this all together, cover, and let simmer for as long as you can to get the spices to infuse with everything. I'd say wait at least 30 minutes. I was able to wait 10 because I was hungry.

If you like a thinner chili, or plan on simmering for awhile, add dark beer. Nothing lighter than a shade of black. But remember, simmering chili is much less viscous than serving temperature chili.

Put on a plate and eat. Sometimes I like cheese on top, sometimes I like cornbread on side. This time, just chili straight up with Balls Stout 2009.