Touchdown Chili

This touchdown chili recipe simmers ground beef and onion for hours with juicy tomatoes, beer, hot sauce, and vinegar — perfect for football season

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr 15 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 305 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 6 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chile peppers, drained
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce (e.g. Tabasco™)
• 0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1.5 teaspoons dried basil
• 1.5 teaspoons ground cumin
• 0.33333334326744 cup chili powder

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook and stir ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large pot over medium heat until beef is crumbly and no longer pink and onion is tender. Drain excess fat. Season ground beef mixture with chili powder, cumin, and basil; cook and stir over medium heat until ground beef is evenly coated and spices are toasted.

Step 2

Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, beer, chile peppers, and vinegar; bring to a boil while scraping the brown bits of food off the bottom of the pan. Stir in brown sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, and black pepper.

Step 3

Reduce heat to low, cover the pan, and simmer for 3 hours, removing the lid for the last 30 minutes of cooking.